I will preface this by saying (admitting) I was not expecting this album from Mojave 3. That being said, I am very much into it. Trading in their slow-country-ish past for an upbeat and happy-go-lucky sound, the band’s reinvention is aiding me in riding out the end of this hot West coast summer. While unexpected, [...]

Eugene Kelly’s career would probably have fared better had he arrived on the “indie” scene en masse in 2006 with his band’s The Vaselines and Eugenius instead of the late ’80s and early ’90s respectively. While he may not have received commercial notoriety, his influence has been heard the past ten years in countless waves [...]

Today is a big Tuesday for all of us in Dylan’s camp. Like a lot of you, I will be at the record store bright and early (relatively speaking) to pick up a copy of Modern Times, Dylan’s 31st studio album. I have resisted checking out any of the tracks prior to the release date [...]

Sonically descending from out of nowhere, Brooklyn’s TV On The Radio tore out of the gate with their Young Liars EP unleashing their chaotic blend of fuzzed out post-rock on the indie-minded masses. Effortlessly combining an organic blend of gospel, free-jazz, punk, and drum loops, TVOTR sounded like nothing else on the contemporary music scene. [...]

You know I was thinking, it’s funny our (often baseless) first impressions. Today I received an album in the mail, and I don’t know if I was just in a shitty mood or what, but the name of the band just annoyed the hell out of me, and almost cost me hearing the song below. [...]

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While reading the recent Trainspotting retrospective expose’ in Premiere magazine last week, I could hardly believe it had been a whole ten years since the film’s release. Sparking a cultural fetish towards all things Britannia, [...]

“We’re Catfish Haven and this is what we do!” – George Hunter
Not missing a beat, Catfish Haven returns September 12th with their first proper LP for Secretly Canadian following up their early ‘06 SC released Please Come Back EP. Southern, sweaty and blues-infused, Tell Me finds the band continuing down the same path of [...]

Thanks to mr. chris (via a discovery on the NC based oakroom blog) I got to hear a new Rosebuds song today. It’s reportedly a 2006 demo that was found on thier MySpace blog page. Good detective work, oakroom. Mmmm. North Carolina pop Merge-style. Check it out below.
DOWNLOAD:MP3: The Rosebuds :: Hold On To This [...]

Look what arrived in my mailbox the other day…Sebadoh III. As I unwrapped the clear plastic, I may have wondered aloud “what goodies await a Drunkard other than the opportunity to hear a copy of this album free from the hiss of my well-worn high school cassette??” Turns out quite a few goodies were to [...]

If you on the eastside of L.A., or for that matter anywhere in L.A. with a running automobile, consider getting out and about this weekend for the years annual Sunset Junction Festival. It’s a good old fashioned neighborhood block party. Here are some of the acts I plan on checking out while eating delicious tacos [...]

This just hit my inbox — thought I would share. As most of you old fans have surely heard, Evan Dando has re-formed The Lemonheads much in the same way as Jay Farrar re-formed Son Volt in 2005. Both with entirely different lineups. How this constitutes a reunited band is questionable, but seeing how much [...]