usounds July 13th, 2005
The sky cracked with the impending fury of a New York City shitstorm as I hoofed it downtown to catch Louis XIV, an act that’s been garnering a dollop of hype and airtime of late. Certain industry insiders had even hinted that their brash blend of rock and hormones was just the thing the music world needed to pull it out of its post-White Strokes doldrums. Well, it’s not often you get to see a bunch of widely heralded Rock ‘n’ Roll saviors on stage in their prime, so I took the offer as a mandate and dragged myself out through the putrid runoff of what passes for early summer in this soul-swallowing hellhole.
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usounds May 27th, 2005
Kraftwerk fangen ihre Welttour dieses Wochenende an und werden dann 20 Städte spielen. Die Mannmaschinen schaukeln Ihre Körper von Stadt zu Stadt!!!
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usounds May 25th, 2005
I had seen Peter Murphy 10 years ago, and I was drunk. I met him afterwards and muttered the words “Whoah Peter Fucking Murphy… You’re fucking HOT!” Like he really needed to hear some sloppy drunk giving him kudos, but he was kind and gracious and took it as a compliment.
Fast forward 10 years later… Mr. Murphy is on tour, and I got the opportunity to see him perform live again. This time, I was sober and “camera-ready”.
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usounds May 24th, 2005
More Swedish popfection on USOUNDS: The Shout Out Louds (hearby known as TSOOL) hit LA tonight in support of the Dears. Should be a great show, the Dears are fantastic and NME has proclaimed TSOOL “The best new band” of Coachella.
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To warm it up, here’s a TSOOL single “Out Loud”. Tour dates are below.
Download Out Loud mp3
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usounds May 20th, 2005
USOUNDS has been published around the world, online and off, for several decades. We recently heard about an exciting new medium called “music blogging” and are rushing to embrace it. With that in mind, we converted our graphic designer, Kei, to full time music blogger. Here is his first effort, we hope you enjoy — ED
May 13, 2005
What a day. I spent 2 hours drawing up a sweet new citroen graphic for “Citroen of the Month,” only to have Chaz reject it as “too ghey”. Drunken ass. In any case, the day was not totally ruined because I downloaded an insanely good mix from Jena Paradies. It’s called Kuntsform de Natur, and features Sender Berlin, the MFA, Heiko Laux and more. If you like dance/house music of any kind, you should download it now…
Posted by Kei at 19:22
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usounds May 10th, 2005
Four Tet’s new album comes out at the end of May in the States, and sooner in the UK. He’ll be on tour (mostly European dates so far) to support it. If you get the chance, go!
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usounds April 20th, 2005
It was late at night and I was on the prowl. My Trans Am scraped the city streets as plumes of purple smoke swept through the t-top. My custom in-dash hi-fi was pumping out Black Sabbath’s Volume IV record at volumes few could withstand, and my mane undulated in the wind like a peroxide windsock.
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usounds February 28th, 2005
Bloc Party will finally get their debut album out in the USA. The record, titled “Silent Alarm” is due to be released on March 22. Early reviews say it captures Bloc Party’s raw-yet-polished rock sound along with some studio flourishes that put it way ahead of the other new rock releases this year.
Keep reading for US tour dates!
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ric befara February 24th, 2005
I needed a cooler climate. After bounding around and baking in the American Southwest for the last few years, I headed to that green, wet, gray, elusive corner known as the Pacific Northwest. The ‘79 Corona proved to have enough life to get me there, but barely. I drove the last 85 miles through the mountain passes with one windshield wiper, squeeking loud enough to pierce the sitar in my headphones. At 6 AM on January 30th, 2005, I pushed the car into a Salvation Army parking lot in south Seattle and left it forever. I taped a “Free” notice to the windshield, then headed north on foot.
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usounds February 8th, 2005
Caribou (formerly known as Manitoba) and USOUNDS #1 album of 2004 winners Junior Boys will be touring North America in the Spring and Summer. Dates are below.
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