The Distortions

After spending half of this week at Macworld, a meeting today with fellow system admins and a couple guys from Apple, and listening to Directory Services, Kerberos, Active Directory, and LDAP speak, the title of this song seems somewhat appropriate. “Machines at Night” begins where the band’s first record left off, but quickly speeds off … read more ➜

Intravenous! What it was like to collect music in the ’90s.

For those of you under 25 years old, you may wonder how music fanatics obtained rare tracks from our favorite bands before MP3s were common. (Or before streaming) In 1995, I worked for a small software development company in San Rafael, CA called Presage Software. We developed predominantly educational titles for kids that used popular … read more ➜

City-State

City-State is a band out of Washington, D.C. They write solid, post-punk influenced rock, with strong melodies. Recommended if you like: The Cure, Interpol, Joy Division, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness myspace site city-state.net

Ash – Goldfinger

Ash – Goldfinger (from the album ‘1977’ which was released in 1996) Ash Recommended If You Like: Blur, Pavement, The Buzzcocks, Weezer, Oasis, Hurricane #1 “Irish punk-pop trio Ash first formed in 1989 when childhood mates Tim Wheeler and Mark Hamilton got guitars for Christmas and established the metal act Vietnam. Nothing more than something … read more ➜

Track A Tiger

“Track a Tiger began in August 2003 as a solo recording project of Jim Vallet. After sifting through some old 4-track tapes and a notebook with a few song ideas, a 16-track digital recorder and a few microphones were bought and recording began in his Chicago apartment (dubbed Coal to Cola Studio). The songs started … read more ➜

Wolftron

Wolftron is the music of Kenny Choi, an unsigned artist out of Washington. He is giving away all of his music for free! Listen to the track ‘Ugly Bird’ and download them all from the Purevolume link below. listen for free at lala.com wolftron on myspace more free mp3s on purevolume

Baby Panda

mog.com More about this song Share Baby Panda is the solo project of Paul Gonzenbach, frontman of The Jim Yoshii Pile-up.

My Bloody Valentine Confirms Reunion

After more than a 10-year hiatus, My Bloody Valentine is reuniting and is set to release a new album in 2008. Lead guitarist Kevin Shields discussed the group’s reunion on Soft Focus, the VBS.TV talk show hosted by DC punk Ian Svenonius. According to Shields, the three-fourths-completed set sounds very much like what you would … read more ➜

bands that start with H…

Some music to listen to from bands that start with the letter ‘H’… Heavens: Heavens features the frontman from Alkaline Trio. Heavens draws its sound from 80s post-punk and synth pop. Hammock Hopewell

Stars Of Track And Field tomorrow night in San Francisco

Stars Of Track And Field are playing Wednesday night at The Bottom of the Hill. Cover is just $10. One of my favorite tracks is Say Hello. More are below… Recommended if you like: Snow Patrol, The Shins, Rogue Wave, The Decemberists, Voxtrot Four Stars – Alternative Press, March 2007 “Standout ‘Movies of Antartica’ is … read more ➜

What to use instead of Oink (waffleswaffleswaffles and jam)

here’s the list of OiNK alternatives. audionews.ru (Music production) blackflowermusic.com btbeat.com bt.etree.org btmusic.org chronictracker.com deepbassnine.com dimeadozen.org djiq.org filemp3.org funkytorrents.com indietorrents.com kerrazy-torrents.net libble.com metal-torrents.com onemoresolo.net pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com (Pearl Jam) punkhc.dyndns.org punktorrents.com purelivegigs.com smithstorrents.co.uk (The Smiths/Morrissey) stmusic.org thecellar.afraid.org themixingbowl.org thetradersden.org torrentazos.com tracker.twee.se trancetraffic.com zombtracker.the-zomb.com exigomusic.org vipmusic.org modetrance.com tranceroute.com softmp3.org punkoiska.com metalbits.org tracker.gunsnroses.us mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/ (Japanese/Asian) nipponsei.minglong.org (Anime OSTs) tracker.shoegaze.lt … read more ➜

Swervedriver Returning To Duty For 2008 Tour

This is the best news I’ve heard in a while regarding reunion tours. If you’ve never heard their album, Mezcal Head, pick it up on Amazon for probably a dollar. These guys have influenced numerous modern day bands. Interpol for one. Interpol’s drummer, Sam Fogarino is a fan. “Now that the press release has been … read more ➜

Genaro

Recommended if you like: Rogue Wave, Interpol, The Twilight Sad, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness ‘Garp 52’ mp3 ‘Suspicions’ mp3 Genaro are a band from the outskirts of Glasgow, in Scotland. They are signed to Benbecula Records. Their first release was in December of 2005 as part of their new Minerals Series. They … read more ➜

The Dimes

Recommended if you like: French Kicks, Voxtrot, The Octopus Project, The Decemberists, Of Montreal, Spoon “Wildly melodic and inherently quirky, The Dimes’ sunny day indie-pop is born of the same Northwest, um, loins as The Decemberists, The Shins, Ben Gibbard, and even recent Austin to Portland transplants, Spoon. In fact, known for unexpected outbreaks of … read more ➜

New Radiohead available today… if you can get to it.

The new Radiohead album, ‘In Rainbows’, is out today. It’s only available online, legally, from their site www.inrainbows.com. Radiohead is no longer under contract with a distribution partner so they can do as they please with their newly created music, such as offer it up online for free, or whatever you feel like they deserve. … read more ➜

Division Day (The Bottom of the Hill, Thur. Oct 4)

Division Day is playing at San Francisco’s The Bottom of the Hill tomorrow night. This is their album release show. mp3 of ‘Colorguard’ mp3 of ‘There Is No Telling’ “…they display an ability to layer diverse sounds that brings to mind Yo La Tengo’s ambitious yet loose-limbed approach to music… sure as hell beats a … read more ➜