Tokyo Police Club put on a great show last week at the Glasshouse, their final gig of their current tour in support of this year’s amazing Elephant Shell, their first LP. After the show at the Glasshouse, TPC goes on tour opening for Weezer, a big break for them, with dates scheduled into late [...]
Prepare to be wowed by Brooklyn trio School of Seven Bells whose first full-length CD, Alpinisms, is set for release on October 28. Their smooth dance-beats, Benjamin Curtis’s guitars, and the breathy, entwining vocals of sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza have sweetly seduced most of the music-blog world with the pre-release of the single [...]
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Davey Quon from We Barbarians
Uber Drivel has photos and reviews from the 2008 Virgin Festival.
Trendwhore agonizes over the lineup at the Montreal Pop Festival and the tough decisions between seeing SNFU or Bad Religion…decisions, decisions…
Thanks Captain Obvious reviews the new TV on the Radio and Damien Jurado releases, shares a lovely Manchester Orchestra video, and [...]
We BarbariansIndie Mom and I arrived uncharacteristically late to last Friday’s Tokyo Police Club show at the Glass House and found We Barbarians had already started their set. I didn’t know anything about them, but I was soon taken in by their act, which was better than many openers we’ve seen. Come to [...]
Parker Gispert of the WhigsThe Whigs from Athens, GA, brought some southern charm to Pomona’s Glass House last Friday night when they opened for Tokyo Police Club. Parker Gispert (vocals, guitar) and Tim Deaux (bass) took turns with the keyboard while Julian Dorio provided more than the usual drums and hair.
I was impressed [...]
Joe Williams of White Williams
Cleveland’s “happy hardcore” threesome White Williams opened for Vampire Weekend at the Glass House last Tuesday, September 16. Joe Williams fronts the band, but information is sketchy about the other band members.
This might be Cale ParksIn a live setting, this group earns their hardcore self-description by sounding much messier and [...]
Lizzie Powell of Land of Talk
I am so excited that a couple of the tunes from Land of Talk’s second CD, following up their debut EP Applause Cheer Boo Hiss (2006), and first full-length, Some Are Lakes, are appearing ahead of the early-October release date. I’m sure I’ll have more to say when I get [...]
Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig–snazzy shorts!
The last time Vampire Weekend came through the Los Angeles area, I missed them because I was still in my denial phase that they were a band that could not possibly live up to the hype surrounding them. Then I learned the error of my ways and bought their debut [...]
Just from a glimpse at other reviews of the Stills‘ new album, I’m not alone in thinking that Logic Will Break Your Heart (2003) was the album we hoped would form the foundation the Stills would build on. I ate that thing up like ice cream, song after song. Their follow-up, Without Feathers [...]
Speed of Dark has recently passed its second anniversary. I can’t promise anything really different in the future, but it’s still fun, and we will keep on going until it’s not. We have some cool shows coming up in the next few months, and hopefully Uncle T will write about his adventures at [...]