We haven’t had a contribution from our Dallas connection, Uncle T, for a while. Recently he saw Ryan Adams at McFarlin Auditorium in Dallas. Although there are many concert recordings of Adams, I did not find one for this particular date. I did, however, find nice live recordings from other performances in [...]
Philadelphia band The A-Sides are currently on tour with Say Hi and The Velvet Teen in support of their second album, Silver Storms, released in September. While the band’s first album, Hello, Hello, released in 2005, was heavily influenced by The Beatles and The Beach Boys, their second effort is more reminiscent of Nada [...]
10.27Quick Bits
I have time only for a quickie today, but I am enjoying these new songs very much, and I hope you will too.
Souxsie SiouxSiouxsie Sioux doesn’t seem to have missed a beat since her Banshee days, and her voice is as strong, deep, and loopy as ever on this new album.Souxsie Sioux: Into a Swan [...]
10.26finally friday
(Dawn by Alphonse Mucha)
I added some new links to our blogroll recently. I welcome the following blogs to our frequently visited list!
Cerulean’s Love of Music features their weekly podcast and some songs that might pass you by if this blog weren’t here to highlight them for you.
Local Vertical highlights Far-Less, Mister Vague, and some inbox [...]
Jake Harrison, Tyler Thompson, and Ryan Gillmor of Gillmor
Leader and namesake of the band Gillmor, Ryan Gillmor has travelled the country on two Warped Tours as a single act. Now he has gathered L.A. musicians Justin Ivey on drums, Jimmy Marvich on bass, Tyler Thompson on keys, and Jake Harrison on guitar to form [...]
10.24siberian: with me
Seattle band Siberian released their first full-length album yesterday, With Me. Siberian have been covered before on Speed of Dark when we discovered their debut EP, and were featured in my first appearance on BlogFresh Radio. The band, which includes members Finn Parnell, Zach Tillman (brother of SoD favorite J. Tillman), Colin Wolberg, [...]
Time Travel Tuesday celebrates the news (Rolling Stone, 10/15/07) that Led Zeppelin’s entire discography is available (preorder) as a digital box set exclusively from iTunes for $99 (Yahoo News. All you have to do is listen to their earliest work to know why this is exciting.
In 1969, Led Zeppelin was THE must-have album. [...]
10.20Nada Surf Resurfaces
There was good news this past week for Indie Mom and me: Nada Surf has announced that their new album Lucky will be released early next year. There is a single from it to whet our appetites. I’m bringing out some live tunes from their 2005 concert in Cleveland.
The band has also [...]
10.19finally friday
Alt-gramma and I are off to see Say Hi To Your Mom (now officially shortened to simply “Say Hi“) at the Glasshouse tonight. The band has just released a really excellent album - so check back soon for a review.
Our buddies at indiechristoph think you should check out a couple of bands, Cats and [...]
10.18Remixin’ It Up
Sometimes a photo is so unspeakably weird that I can’t stop looking at it. Here’s a good example.
These yummy remixes are not as weird as that mixed-up photo. Metric’s “Monster Hospital” remix is great on the treadmill, and the Pretenders’ “Lie To Me” is dark and gooey, just the way I like it. [...]