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Landspeedrecord! – “Unfailurelessness”
Record Label: Cattle Dog Records
Genre: Indie/Post-Punk
Band Link: www.landspeedrecord.net
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These guys take Talking Heads’ nervous, nerdy energy and dark lyrics and strain them through an interestingly, poppy post-punk sound.
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Gogol Bordello announces new album and tour dates
Gogol Bordello have a new album coming out in the spring called “Transcontinental Hustle” and have also announced initial tour dates in the USA as well as Europe. What’s even cooler is DeVotchKa is playing with them on the US dates! I’m not sure if DeVotchKa is playing with them on their US Tibet Benefit Show at Carnegie Hall on February 26th, or any NYC dates but they are for other US dates. I might have to attend one of those shows! Can’t wait to hear the new album as well. Tickets go on sale Friday and Saturday but a pre-sale is happening right now if you sign up for the band’s website. Read on for more info from Eugene Hutz and the band:
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Castevet – Subterranean Chicago, IL
Date: January 20th, 2010
Band Link: www.myspace.com/romancastevet
Less than a year after releasing their Summer Fences EP, Castevet headlined their record release show for The Echo & The Light at Subterranean last weekend. Taking the stage after midnight, the group displayed an explosive combination of indie, emo, punk, and instrumental. It’s almost as if the group single handedly picked the best element from their favorite bands and magically placed them into their songs.
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Nakatomi Plaza – “Ghosts”
Record Label: S/R
Genre: Indie/Post-Hardcore
Band Link: www.myspace.com/nakatomiplaza
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Nakatomi Plaza exits stage left on this interesting but angsty final album. Musically, “Ghosts” finds them somewhere between post-hardcore and Superchunk-style distortion-heavy indie. The tunes are dense, with a lot packed into 2-3 minutes, but there isn’t quite the dynamic energy to make it work. Male-female vocals are emotionally powerful but don’t seem to fit well over the flat music.
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Hopeless & Sub City announce Take Action Volume 9
The track listing, artwork and release date for Take Action Volume 9 has been announced. The 2 CD set will include exclusive songs, acoustics, and remix tracks from We The Kings, Mayday Parade, 30H!3, Cobra Starship, Taking Back Sunday, There For Tomorrow, Frank Turner, The Friday Night Boys, Anarbor, and Hit The Lights, among others. Can’t wait to hear the Frank Turner track personally.
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Mystery Of Two – “S/T”
Record Label: Exit Stencil
Genre: Indie
Band Link: www.myspace.com/mysteryoftwo
Musically better than their debut, Mystery of Two are still marred by stupid vocals. In fact, because the music is cohesive – and downright poppy and pleasant! – the garbled, half-spoken vocals sound even more jarring and irritating on this record. This album is like trying to enjoy a fun, sunny day at the park while a drunken David Byrne and David Thomas throw rocks at your head.
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The Get Up Kids – The Metro, Chicago, IL
Date: October 21st 2009
Band Link: www.myspace.com/thegetupkids
A lot can be said about bands that decide to reunite to tour. Of all the reasons why, I can think it is safe to attribute the main cause to nostalgia. According to Merriam-Webster, Nostalgia is a noun and has two meanings: 1. the state of being homesick 2. a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition. Touring in support of the tenth anniversary of their album, Something to Write Home About, The Get Up Kids evoked feelings of nostalgia in Chicago last Wednesday night.
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Into It. Over It. – “52 Weeks”
Record Label: No Sleep Records
Genre: Indie
Band Link: www.intoitoverit.com
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Into It. Over It. is Evan Weiss of Damiera and Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start. The concept here is that Weiss wrote and recorded one song per week for 52 weeks.
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500 Days of Summer available on Blu-ray and DVD December 22nd
500 Days of Summer was the indie film to see this summer. Of course I didn’t bother to see it in theaters. The film will be coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 22nd. Since I like Zooey Deschanel, I’ll definitely check this one out. Be sure to check out the soundtrack as well, which features a new song from She & Him (Zooey and M. Ward’s band).
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White Rabbits sign to Mute Records for non-North American releases
White Rabbits have signed a deal with Mute Records to release their albums outside of North America. It’s Frightening will be released on the UK label; the album is currently being released on TBD Records in North America. You can see the Brooklyn-based band perform on Jimmy Kimmel live on November 3rd. See the tour dates after the jump:
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