Bulletins

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  Nov 03, 01:15 PM

  It's all Free

  To celebrate the one year anniversary of its release, all 19 tracks on our self-titled debut are now free for download on ilike.com. Just add yourself as one of our friends and then download away. I'm currently on the move to Red Hook, but post-move I'll update you as to the latest and greatest tunes coming your way.
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  Jun 20, 01:41 PM

  Fear and Strength

  Just had to post this video. So powerful and truly beautiful. I hope all those in harm's way stay safe. But after living in Cairo for a stint, the sounds of Allah Ahkbar reverberating across the cityscape is a scene to behold and the woman's voice and words are heartbreaking and inspiring, at the same time. Turn it up loud, this is fear and strength, at the same time.  
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  May 13, 08:04 AM

  Sweet Video

  This is a clip from a DVD from Lesque Skateboards in Japan. We were lucky enough to be part of this project and "Coffee to Conversion" is on this clip. Regardless, a gorgeous DVD, highly recommend you getting the full DVD to get the full effect. Great filmmaking, great skating and nice music. Even if you aren't into skating, you will be after watching the DVD. Great Stuff. Enjoy.

  
  
  For more on Lesque and this DVD go to: www.lesque.com

   

  Sweet Video
  
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  Apr 23, 06:52 PM

  Colour Music, Will Kindler, Lights on Moscow

  Back again, trying to give exposure to other smaller-time bands that need and deserve it. This week we run around from Dirty-ass screw with you music in the form of Colour Music, a beautiful and unexpected voice in Will Kindler and finally to something comfortable, the warmth of Lights on, Moscow.
  
  COLOUR MUSIC
  
  Stillwater, Oklahoma - Hardcore/Gospel
  
  This week I had to start the playlist with Colour Music’s, “Put in a Little Gas.” Absolutely blows my mind. The intro provides us with one of the dirtiest little intros I’ve heard in a while. Take noise-rock from classic industrial brit pop bands like Curve and drive it through a filter of yesteryear in the form Helmet and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and you might spit out something like this. True vomitous beauty here.
  
  Then, just to screw with you, they suddenly downshift, into the eccentric pop of bands like Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci or for the American crowd, Apples in Stereo. If there is one thing I’m sure of, a band that provides numerous ROYGBIV references isn’t interested in being normal. And they aren’t, they are fucking insane and are not afraid to totally screw with you. And if the spelling of their name doesn't clue you in, they take much of their sensibilities from overseas. In the end, the ride is quite beautiful. Highly recommend.
  
  Recommended tracks: Put in a Little Gas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  WILL KINDLER
  
  Wilton, NH - Disco House/Rockabilly/Emotronic
  
  A little lyrical jumpstart. Brain candy kindling sung through sweet sonic lullabies, but never lulled to sleep. Too many bands go for the souped up sounds, cacophonous melodies that confuse you, no meat on the bones.
  
  They are too caught up in their own sound that they forget the foundation of a good song, is a good story and the right person to tell it. Kindler spent a whole winter in a house without heat, a bottle of whiskey, good friends and a commitment to the story and it shows in songs. I remember listening to Buckely’s Grace the first time. I felt like I was being let in on a secret, that I was literally hearing the inner workings of a beautiful mind. To tell you the truth, bringing up Buckley makes me nervous. I mean I am stepping on some hallowed ground, but screw it…
  
  I’ve been waiting for a voice, for a day that I I could forget that part of me that died the day Buckley died. A decade later and Kindler has done that even if it’s for one split second. He is taking off where Buckley left off and has the potential to do more. If I have one word of advice for Kindler it would be don’t die, please. You have a great future ahead of you that doesn’t involve drowning. Device of Desire certainly shows us he’s well versed in the Americana Dylan colors. But it’s “You I and the princely thief” that proves to me that he has the chops to be spoke in the same breath as Buckley. Beyond on all this, fans of bands like The Watchmen, The London Suede, Supergrass will also find something here for you.
  
  I remember reading a review once. It read as a compliment. “More mewlin than a kitty, but a kitty never sounded so pretty” There is something so wrong about this quote in relation to Kindler’s music, he’s not a mewler, but there is something so right there too. Maybe it’s the pretty kitty part.
  
  Recommended tracks: Device of Desire, You I and the Princely Thief
  
  
  
  
  
  
  LIGHTS ON, MOSCOW
  
  Stillwater, Oklahoma - Hardcore/Gospel
  
  We all like a good haunting now and then. A little spine chilling, tingling emotion can never be that bad. Lights on, Moscow is a band whose sound matches the times we live in. Sobering thoughts and sobering sounds in sobering times. Reflective, intoxicating and beautiful. A background that reminds you of rhe shoegazey atmospheric of bands like Rumskib and Pia Fraus . Smooth and sultry vocals can’t help but bring back memories of the sounds of bands like Slowdive and Lush. Simple, slow and methodical bass lines. Vocals that entertain thoughts of Sharon Van Etten and Sergius Gregory. Stripped down sounds that are done so well.
  
  Regardless, big fans of what they are doing here. “Lord, Let me Know” and “Spirits on My Bed” are beautiful and sparse. For a more aggressive sound that is great and inspiring go to “Like Lovers Often Will”.
  
  Recommended tracks: Lord, let me Know, Spirits on my Bed
  
  
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  Apr 14, 01:51 PM

  Orbits

  

  Last song for current project. This was just a simple little dittie to end the album. Repetitive, simple, short and a nice way to end it. Other than that, will continue with artist reviews and keep you all updated on music in the future.
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  Mar 29, 11:42 AM

  Rose Berlin, Blind Archery Club, The Emeralds

  ROSE BERLIN
  
  myspace.com/roseberlin
  myspace.com/spceco
  
  Favorite Track: Anyway
  
  You may remember the young Ann Driscoll, 19, I featured a while back. But this 16 gives her a true youthful run for her money. For sure when it comes to mood and cool, she is ace. Sassy, sweet sounds, with great rock n roll genes, this gangly 16 year old is anything but gangly in attitude….I'm a firm believer that rarely can the 16 year old master the art of cool or bad-ass or whatever you call it. But with a daddy in the form of Dean Garcia, of legendary band Curve, one of the most influential British bands, rock 'n roll is swimming in her blood. She mentions the carefree nature of the Wannadies in the tracks on her page, which you will no doubt hear, but I would certainly add the edge of Garbage and Curve as well. She's not there yet, but in a few years I guarantee you'll be hearing alot of her.
  
  She has teamed up her dad to create a brand new project, less than a couple months old called SPC ECO. A little of the very more experimental variety, but this could turn into something quite nice.
  
  
  
  BLIND ARCHERY CLUB
  
  myspace.com/blindarcheryclub
  
  Favorite Tracks: Off the Deep End, High on Morning Dew
  
  There was a band totally revered in Scotland while I was living there called Run Rig which put together some pretty classic anthemnic tunes. They were Scotland's version of U2, or perhaps more appropriately Canada's The Tragically Hip. Regardless, I only bring this up because some of Blind Archery Club's sound immediately brings this band to mind. Based out of Norway, these guys are carving out a great sound, emotional, acoustic at times and well grounded in all things anthemnic. "Off the Deep End" is my favorite, but they all have their own draw.
  
  
  
  THE EMERALDS
  
  myspace.com/theemeralds
  
  Favorite Track: Talk about Love
  
  Sure, its dirty as hell, you can't understand a word that's being said (if you don't speak Japanese) and the chord progressions are well pretty standard, but this shit is damn fun in the way that will remind you for sure of Guitar Wolf and all their Japanese brethren. "Talk About Love" is the most fun, so would start with that. This will not be everyone's cup of tea, especially those of you who are punk averse, but I like it nonetheless.