usounds August 2nd, 2007
Mirah takes a break after burying some mangled dead bodies near a small farm in the Northwest
Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn teamed up with Spectratone International (Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson) to create an insect-inspired song cycle and multi-media performance for the Seattle International Children’s Festival in May 2007. Children and festivals are both really annoying, but that doesn’t make Mirah’s voice any less glorious.
usounds August 1st, 2007
The Lodge spend a few days in the Canadian wilderness burying a few dead bodies in tall foliage
Vancouver, BC 5-piece, Mohawk Lodge like to rock out woodsman-style. Their second album, Wildfires, was released yesterday and features cameos by Dan Boeckner (Wold Parade) and Paul Bunyon.
Wear ‘Em Out [mp3]
usounds July 25th, 2007
Billboard.com: More news on the next installments of R. Kells’ Trapped in the Closet - “The new round of Trapped videos finds Kelly portraying an old man named Randolph, complete with a pot belly and a fake white beard that nearly falls off mid-scene…”
R. Kells nude mannequin (sans fake beard or merkin) probably won’t be as popular as Jane Birkin Nude
kanyewest.com: New “Can’t Tell Me Nothin’” (Zach Galifianakis version) vid posted. Zach and Will Oldham get down with some tractors and Amish kids.
NME headline of the week: Coldplay: ‘Our new album has Hispanic theme.’ However, Chris Martin explains there will be no maracas or castanets. I hope it sounds like Cinco de Michael.
Drowned in Sound: The Cribs think all bands (except for two or three) are complete and total rubbish. They aren’t naming names, but that is OK because they all have really great hair.
New albums out this week:
The Bishop Allen - The Broken String “Rain” [mp3]
Tiny Vipers - Hands Across the Void “On This Side” [mp3]
Robbers on High Street - Grand Animals “Crown Victoria” [mp3]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - The Is Is “Rockers to Swallow” (live) [mp3]
usounds July 20th, 2007
Today you can stream the entire new John Vanderslice album, Emerald City, thanks to our bff’s at Barsuk. Also, the following bands have tour information posted on the Barsuk website:
John Vanderslice - White Dove [mp3]
Smoosh cover Block Party’s Modern Love [mp3]
Nada Surf - Blankest Year [mp3]
Menomena - Wet and Rusting [mp3]
David Bazan - Cold Beer and Cigarettes [mp3]
The Slice gets ready to prepare a 4-cycle gas cultivator that will quickly produce a giant hole to dispose of some dead and mangled bodes.
usounds July 19th, 2007
PPP joke around about tossing a few dead bodies into the Baltic Sea after plundering a small village in full Viking gear.
Despite the flimsy band name, People Press Play (from Copenhagen, Denmark) has been described as stripped-down intimate shoegazer music. Their self-titled album was released on Tuesday and you can stream more tracks on the band’s MySpace.
Hanging On [mp3]
usounds July 18th, 2007
Semi-amorous Les Savy Fav pic jacked from MySpace
Let’s Stay Friends is Les Savy Fav’s first album in 6 years and features: Enon, Eleanor Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces), Nick Thorburn (Islands), Emily Haines, Joe Plummer (Black Heart Procession), Fred Armison, and voicemails from fans. New album out September 18th.
usounds July 10th, 2007
New York’s gothic chamber pop band, Rasputina, is led by classically-trained cellist Melora Creager. Creager spent the last two years scouring over daily world events and adapting them into new songs that may be found on Rasputina’s sixth full-length album Oh Perilous World! recently released on June 26th. Melora was kind enough to answer a few questions for usounds about the new album and tour.
usounds: Can you describe what the two years of your life was like? Will your next album feature current events, or was that too depressing?
Melora: I lived in NYC. I read a lot about climate change, then Hurricane Katrina happened, and I did not want to live in a city anymore. So I moved to the country, got used to that extreme switch and worked on the album all the while. I didn’t find it depressing. Opening my eyes to the world today called me to action in lots of ways. I won’t limit or predict what I’ll write about.
usounds: You wrote a song based on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 in New York. Since you are originally from Kansas, a state that has some fairly notable past events, do you ever see yourself writing a “shout out to your homies” song about William Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Kansas or something like that? Or do you not get back to Kansas all that often?
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