Everyone’s fav. trio Hammer No More The Fingers is hitting up the east coast of the NC in support of their new release, Looking for Bruce just released on Church Key Records. If you’ve never caught a HNMTF show, you will not believe the transformation of Duncan, Joe and Jeff from the mild-mannered nice guys they are into the total thrashers once on the stage. Their uproarious new 90s-esque alt-math-rock totally blows the mind of those minds previously unblown. Upcoming dates (includ show with Superchunk) are below and a live vid is after the jump:
Apr 10 2009 8:00P Soapbox WILMINGTON, North Carolina
Apr 11 2009 8:00P Spazz Benefit NEW BERN, North Carolina
Apr 15 2009 8:00P Cat’s Cradle w/ SUPERCHUNK CARRBORO, NC
Apr 24 2009 8:00P New French ASHEVILLE, North Carolina
Apr 25 2009 8:00P Annual Daniel PULASKI, Virginia
Apr 30 2009 8:00P Tir Na Nog RALEIGH, North Carolina
May 1 2009 8:00P Speakertree LYNCHBURG, Virginia
Magnetwrites up a piece about Matthew Houck and his band Phosphorescent. He’s releasing an album of Willie Nelson covers. This confirms the rumblings I’ve heard of Americana bands in Brooklyn. Good interview, though. The best: “I think doing cover songs is a way to sort of just play, and not worry so much about an artistic statement or anything like that. Just enjoying playing music, you know?”-Matthew Houck in Magnet
…fresh out of the west coast Seattle scene, the Biography of Ferns take a low-key approach to their vid for “John the Barber.” The typical crowded garage scene and shadows highlighted by the overpowering sunlight pile on the cliches. The only thing holding this video together is the music itself–an odd jumble of indefinite lilts and riffs from the crockpot of punk rock history. The music is good; the video too basic for its own good.
Congratulations, Built By Snow. You are Rad Dudes. 80s video game nostalgia bleeding off the edges. Plenty of cheeseburgers to go around in the end. Punk whimsy.
…i think this song by Athens-based We Versus the Shark is called Song Three. Anyhow, this performance in NYC at Arlene’s Grocery shows off their punchy garage rock that may cause thrashing and gnashing of teeth from unbridled excitement.
in honor of sxsw, here’s austin’s the octopus project. great melody backed up by noise guitars. seems like a simple homemade video concept, but it works well.
Just got this album in the mail about two weeks ago, and I’m really glad I did. The album is awesome, and though I wouldn’t say this song is the best, it highlights what Dartz! does well–pop jauntiness with the backdrop of math rock. They are Q and Not U with a larger dose of fun. The vid is a bit too much of an 80s redux, but the song makes up for it.
Spazz-electro-pop band, De Novo Dahl, has a new release Shout on some label, (Roadrunner…I believe) that includes all of these metal bands. But don’t hold that against them, because this Nashville band is straight-up caffeine for the groove set. At the risk of sounding too effusive, I enjoy this band thoroughly.
This Memphis band has been blowing up–recently featured in Paste magazine, and my own review in Bootleg Magazine. The earthiness of what people expect from alt-country, or just returning the rootsy flavor back to country.
Unfortunately this is just a short promo video from their self-titled album, but still provides a flavor of who they are.
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kicked it 90s style & went to the gap while returning christmas presents. bought a polo shirt for $6. probably cheaper than the thrift store 17 hours ago
