Posted on July 30, 2010 by admin
The Drone Forest project was initiated by Ian C. Stewart in the year 2002 when he requested electronic audio files from Michael J. Bowman, C. Reider and Davie Blint. Mr. Stewart then used these files to create several long pieces of experimental music, which he set to avideotape of stark Winter trees. In the Spring [...]
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Chris Al-Aswad, founder of an excellent art journal Escape Into Life (as well as The Blog Of Innocence) has passed away (at the age of 31). The tributes poured in from Twitter (where he posted actively) and other sources and for a good reason – his websites are chock full of thoughtful and excellent essays [...]
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Vanguard Villains formed in January 2009, born out of the remains of various New York bands. Their huge sound is built on the interplay of acrobatic guitars and drums. The group has been playing the Brooklyn and Manhattan circuit consistently, gaining a following and media coverage. They are currently releasing music independently, on their own [...]
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Collapse Under The Empire is an instrumental/post-rock band from Hamburg, Germany. The lineup consists of Martin Grimm (Guitars /Drums) and Chris Burda (Keys/Synthesizer&Drums). They formed in 2007 and released their debut album Systembreakdown (2009) on their own. Their latest release (as of 2010) is “The Sirens Sound” EP. Further Info: Official Site / MySpace / [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on July 28, 2010 by admin
5 latest/hottest topics on forum: Pitch Shifter Recommended Records Death In June I-Dosing What Is “Industrial”?
Continue ReadingPosted on July 28, 2010 by admin
Jewy Sabatay > download their self-titled album here Street Cheetah > stream/buy their albums (and one split) here False Awakening > download “So Far, So Close” EP here Pantone247 > listen to their songs “Golden Green”, “Papa Surf”, “Maybe Tonight” and “Buy Back The Numbered Days” here
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Born in a thunderstorm in the rain, raised by two angry lesbians. Pantone247 can knock out a badly recorded shambling ruin of a pop song in time it takes most bands to tune up. Mostly they can do that because they don’t bother to tune up too much. Featuring ex-members of The Red Sweaters, Pauly [...]
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Street Cheetah is a walking talking rock-n-roll machine out of Illinois. So far, they produced two albums (“Beach House” and “Death Curve”, both from 2010) as well as split with Commodity. All of the band’s material is available for streaming/purchase via the band’s Bandcamp page. Further Info: MySpace / Bandcamp / Last.fm Jewy Sabatay is [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on July 27, 2010 by admin
There’s a free screening of the movie “The Shield Around The K” at the Middle East upstairs tonight at 8:30. The movie itself is dedicated to K Records, an influential label out of Olympia, WA: The Shield Around the K will play tonight at The Middle East at 8:30pm as part of Rock Shop, the club’s [...]
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PBK aka Phillip B. Klingler is an experimental music composer and artist currently residing in Michigan. He has been a fixture in the noise scene for over 20 years. PBK has collaborated with the likes of Aube, Vidna Obmana, Asmus Tietchens, Wolf Eyes and many others. Recently he has been working with independent filmmakers, contributing [...]
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“We are travelers of the aural unknown, riding the limitless wave of newborn soundscapes into the collective ear. These sounds look to travel into the mind spaces of those who hear its voice and in that exchange there is a hope to inspire and share in the artistic creativity that we all experience together.” Tree [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on July 26, 2010 by admin
Finneyrkes – Gather & Sing / Without End / Elsie / Bastard Heinali / Matt Finney – Lemonade EP Finneyerkes offer a download of four of their albums via the band’s MySpace page + a collaborative EP “Lemonade” recorded by Ukrainian musician Heinali and Matt Finney is available for streaming purchase here. Harvey Girls – [...]
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Finnyerkes is an Alabama/Virginia based duo of Matt Finney and Randy Yerkes whose genre was described as “ambient poetry”. The band offers their first 4 albums for download via their MySpace page. More recently, they produced a split with fellow band Ten. Further Info: MySpace / Twitter / Last.fm Named after waitresses who served travelers [...]
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Twisted Village is both a record label and a store run by Wayne Rogers and Kate Biggar (who both play in Major Stars) and located in Cambridge, MA. While the label will still function, the record store closed its doors for good today, July 25th, thus bringing about a very unpleasant reminder of tough times [...]
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DHN is an East Coast psychedelic rock/ambient festival which continues the tradition of 90s Deep Heaven festivals of Boston. It’s going to take place at the Precinct Bar (stage 1) / P.A.’s Lounge (stage 2) in Somerville on August 7. Continuing the tradition of the original Deep Heaven ambient/psych festivals of the 90s in Boston, [...]
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Participants on “Gone In 60 Seconds” compilation: PBK Harvey Girls Guanoman Finneyerkes Chris Rehm Street Cheetah Jewy Sabatay Pantone247 False Awakening Collapse Under The Empire Rectum Tigon Vanguard Villains Down I Go Drone Forest Northern Valentine Female Demand Drohnwerks Shroud Eater Dead Leaf Echo With few more on the way. For those of you who [...]
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