Most bands would break up if their lead vocalist split town. The remaining members of Akron/Family, however, used the opportunity to experiment with new players, sounds and engineers; the result being one heck of an album that I just downloaded.
Check out "River" and grab your copy here.
Akron/Family - "River"
Posted By zack | 5/5/2009 | 10:24 AM | Add a Comment
Whenever I see luchadores I am conditioned to crave Lucha Libre near my house. Apparently even at 8 a.m. Monday mornings. Check out Joaquin Phoenix, I mean Mark Oliver Everett creep on a senorita in Eels' new video for "Fresh Blood".
Posted By carly | 5/4/2009 | 8:52 AM | Add a Comment
Fat Possum Records, home to Andrew Bird & AA Bondy, seem to be picking through San Diego bands lately. After releasing Wavves' debut, they've recently snatched up the Crocodiles as well. You can grab your copy of 'Summer of Hate' next Monday (05.11) at The Casbah, before the band heads out on a two month US tour with Holy Fuck.
Posted By zack | 5/2/2009 | 11:38 AM | View Comments (1)
It's exciting to know that two of the bands I'm into the most right now are from San Diego, and even more exciting that they are playing together at the Casbah tonight. Black Mamba has been working hard on an EP and thanks to the relentlessly-on-top-of-their-shit people at Single Screen, we get to hear the debut from a turntable. I was able to sneak a listen to their test pressing and have been craving the songs ever since. If you haven't seen them or The Paddleboat yet, tonight is a perfect chance to hear how good San Diego is sounding lately; Drew Andrews and Tape Deck Mountain are icing on the cake. Five bucks to get in, bring some extra cash for vinyl.
Posted By joelpwest | 4/30/2009 | 7:45 AM | View Comments (2)
We'll be down at Subtext this friday for the opening of The Kids Are Alright, a nomadic show featuring 25 emerging artists who recently graduated or are still attending some form of art school. There will be good friends, good art, a keg and a live performance from Better Class of Flying Man.
Subtext is proud to present a group exhibition of emerging artists, guest curated by Beau Basse. The work is slowly coming in, and it’s shaping up to be a really great showcase of talent. The Kids Are Alright is a five city showcase tour of 25 young artists that have either recently graduated or are still attending art school. The series was designed to give these artists an opportunity to develop their talents while receiving direction and feedback from several different galleries throughout the country. The Tour is curated by Beau Basse, owner of LeBasse Projects in Los Angeles. His goal in producing the Tour is to create a platform for young artists to gain experience working with galleries in order to properly prepare them for future success as professional artists. Mark your calendars for this epic showing of fresh talent.
Also, there will be live music in the courtyard at 9pm. Subtext is proud to feature Better Class of Flying Man. It’s gonna be a nice Spring night, so don’t miss out.
Participating Artists: Danni Shinya Luo, Luke Berliner, Ching Ching Cheng, Asia Eng,Julian Callos, Ryan Dineen, Nicole Dreyfuss, Mylan Nguyen, Nimit Malavia, Yuta Onoda, Martha Chan, Dominique Fung, Jeremy Lynch, Wendy Cogan-Toyoda, Andrew Holder, Eric Davison, David Jien, Steven Gonzalez, Linda Kim (featured above), Steven Gonzalez, Timmy Lee, Diana Kim, Chelsea Greene Lewyta, & more.
Posted By zack | 4/29/2009 | 3:38 PM | Add a Comment