The Pigeon Detectives

Sounds Like “Indie-Pop Perfection” – NME Influences: The Beatles, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Oasis, Led Zeppelin, The Small Faces, The Strokes, Blondie, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Cream, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson, Nirvana, Television, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley, The Rolling Stones, Little Richard, The Who, Blur, Graham Coxon, David Bowie, … read more ➜

Drakes Hotel

Influences : Idaho, Mazzy Star, Curve, The Chameleons, Mojave 3, The Verve, Julian Cope, House Of Love, Luna, Cocteau Twins, Psychedelic Furs, REM, Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order, Teardrop Explodes, Killing Joke, Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, David Sylvian, Eno, YMO, Roxy Music, Bauhaus, MBV, Police, Stone Roses, Gang Of Four, DJ Tao, Jeffrey Koepper, Piotr … read more ➜

Sound enhancement for iTunes

I read this article about digital audio sound enhancement in the NY Times earlier in the week. I remember before iTunes existed I used something like this when I used SoundJam back in the late 90’s. This is a great thing to use, especially for me. It’s incredible how it works and fools you into … read more ➜

Indie Radio Select Albums Chart

TW LW ARTIST ALBUM LABEL 1 3 BRIGHT EYES Cassadaga Saddle Creek 2 1 ARCADE FIRE Neon Bible Merge 3 4 BLONDE REDHEAD 23 4AD 4 6 ELLIOTT SMITH New Moon Kill Rock Stars 5 5 ARCTIC MONKEYS Favourite Worst Nightmare Domino 6 13 MAVIS STAPLES We’ll Never Turn Back Anti 7 8 !!! Myth … read more ➜

Tentonic

Recommended if you like: Oasis, Hurricane #1, Ride, The Charlatans, Verve video of Tentonic’s song ‘Sterling’ tentonic.com myspace

The Young Knives

Recommended if you like: Blur, Klaxons, Maxïmo Park, The Fratellis, We Are Scientists, Art Brut, Editors “Three young men who dress like old men who hail from the decidedly un-rock’n’roll environs of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, The Young Knives may not immediately resemble a band bound for the big time. Their Voices Of Animals And Men, however – … read more ➜

Airiel

Recommended if you like: My Bloody Valentine, Catherine Wheel, Cocteau Twins, Highspire, Chapterhouse, Slowdive, Adorable, Swervedriver Playing at the Rock-it Room in San Francisco on July 13th. Chris DeBrizzio from Airiel emailed me and said that this show is canceled and they are trying to reschedule a show for the 14th. Venue is unknown at … read more ➜

Creeper Lagoon

Recommended If You Like: Death Cab For Cutie, Grandaddy, Spoon Creeper Lagoon was one of my favorite local bands in San Francisco in the mid to late 90s along with Engine 88. One of my all-time favorite shows was with the two of them at the Kilowatt. The Bay Area-based alternative rock quartet Creeper Lagoon … read more ➜

new issue of The Big Takeover is out!

The Big Takeover is without a doubt my favorite music magazine. The new issue is finished and is out now! ————————- bigtakeover.com “New Big Takeover #60 (Shins cover) at Printers; Good Time to Subscribe/Renew/Update Address / New Rabid Interview online at Trakmarx.com by Jack Rabid 9 May 2007 Firstly, before I talk about the new … read more ➜

Film School

Recommended if you like: Interpol, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine I’ve been digging Film School for about the past 9 months. They are in the studio and due to release the new album mid 2007. “Quiet but intense, subtle but unrestrained, the songs of Film School possess, musically speaking, more balls than Sigur Ros and … read more ➜

Das Llamas

Influences: Devo, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, the Monorchid, the Clash, Gang Of Four, the Pixies, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, the Birthday Party, the Fall, Nick Cave, ESG, Glen Branca, Liquid Liquid,the Misfits, Anthony B., Tones On Tail, Queens Of the Stone Age, Ennio Morricone, Scientist, Booker T. & the MG’s, the Meters, the Legendary Pink … read more ➜

Remote Buddy for OS X

It’s time for another Mac related post. It’s been a while. With Remote Buddy you can practically, fully control your Mac from afar with a remote. Remote Buddy turns the remote control in your hands into a key to your entire system. No matter, whether you want to control applications and presentations, browse and playback … read more ➜

Tearwave

I was sent this cd a few weeks ago. I’ve listened to it a little bit and haven’t had time to write about it with the traveling I’m been doing the past month. The following is taken from their myspace site. “Nine months of the year, western new york is cold, dark and depressing. This … read more ➜

Screen Vinyl Image

Screen Vinyl Image are J. Sequential and Electra Blue. Their debut EP, The Midnight Sun, was released April 3rd on the small DC label Safranin Sound & Design, which was created by members of Alcian Blue. Screen Vinyl Image is a mash of electronic, shoegaze, and dream pop. The first track, “Roaming Spirit Freedom”, sounds … read more ➜

Cut City

Recommeneded if you like: Interpol, post-punk free mp3 of Like Millions free mp3 of Anticipation http://www.myspace.com/cutcity http://www.cut-city.com/

Uncut (riyl: interpol, !!!, The Ponys)

The Uncut hails from Toronto, Canada. They list their influences as Joy Division, Swervedriver, Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, and Fugazi. Their debut release was one of my top albums of 2004. I really think that it’s a solid … read more ➜