i know i am way late on this...but red state is just amazing, and rope has been on nonstop repeat!!! please we need to play some shows in the near future! i hope all is well, take care guys. xo Joshh
NO AGE Bear pit witness to Los Angeles' No Age, fun–loving fuzz–punks surfing waves of lo–fidelity, inspiring the youth multitude from home base The Smell, and writing songs for a new California
DIAMANDA GALAS A voice of the dispossessed that dances across octaves and cuts like a knife, Diamanda Galas turns the table on the oppressors, calling down a righteous vengeance that's steeped in the ages
LIL WAYNE Plan B salutes Lil' Wayne, chemically assisted thug maestro and self- proclaimed "best rapper alive"
PLUS: Zombie–Zombie, Envy, Cobalt, Miss AMP on (her own) pregnancy, John And Jehn, New Bloods, Monade’s tour diary, an Underage Festival playlist, a textual mixtape from Booka Shade, Jamie Lidell, Lou Barlow, Whitehouse (live), The Field (live) Boredoms (live)
REVIEWS INC: Thalia Zedek, Bon Iver, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, The Fall, Asva, Gable, The Last Shadow Puppets, Scott Kelly, Stevie Von Till, Hadouken! Erykah Badu, Infinite Livez Vs Stade, Camille, Gonzales, Ellen Allien, Nico Muhly, Mystery Jets, The Advisory Circle, The Raconteurs, Unlabel, Smoosh, DJ Cameo, Adem, Vetiver REISSUES: Joy Division, Liquid Liquid, Section 25, Aphex Twin, Alireza Mashayekhi and Ata Ebtekar, Sebadoh, An England Story, OMD
Dear Gowns ! I take the liberty to present 2 new songs ... of surrealistic inspiration for the words ... The first is a kind enthusiastic emotion ... I repeat i adore your music ... Have a delicious weekend ... LAHERSE
when you guys were on tour, one of your fathers claimed a dead cat that came into my work (berkeley animal control). he told me about his sons band and I have to admit that i'm glad your cat died cause I'm happy that i found your music. .... sorry about the cat though...
TIMES NEW VIKING: Ohioans with pop melodies all charred and twisted (but no less addictive or affecting for that), leading the latest wave of Midwestern noise-rock mavericks. Their latest album, Rip It Off is their debut for Matador Records, tempering their corrugated tempest not a jot: an overload of ragged harmonies and splintered guitars that'll fill your heart with a most combustible joy. Live, they're the same, only more so. Times New Viking are ably supported this evening by LOVVERS, Nottingham-based noiseniks described in the pages of Plan B as "Kerblammo rock princes", a fine description for a group given to unexpected explosions of high-exhilaration noise. Rounding out the line-up, Cardiff's GINDRINKER, a duo who cast a withering eye upon modern Britain, and score that sourness with a mess of drum machine, guitar-screech and melancholic horn, a bitter symphony that's most satisfying.
ALSO: PORTISHEAD, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, BENGA, THE WAVE PICTURES
PLUS: Chipmunk, a Fucked Up tour diary, Gindrinker, MIT, A Silver Mt Zion (on their influences), (a virtual mixtape by) Operator Please, Team Brick, The Doubtful Guest, Cowtown, Tindersticks.
REVIEWS: Times New Viking, Ellen Allien, Boredoms, The Breeders, Boris, The Sword, Dead Child, Estelle, The Long Blondes, Destroyer, Excepter, Portishead, Jamie Lidell, MGMT, Bob Mould, Young Knives, Barry Adamson, Why?, Youthmovies, Baby Dee, The Microphones, Instal Festival, Anni Rossi (Live), Vialka (Live).
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