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Horsefeathers Live (Free Tix!)

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If you’re in LA this Friday, come on down to Tangier where Fonogenic will be throwing an awesome party. Live bands include Pink and Noseworthy, Hour of the Shipwreck, and Portland Orgeon’s Horsefeathers. Horsefeathers is making their first SoCal appearance… they have been getting a ton of the old blog-o-buzz so be the first on your block to check em out. Also, DJ robot Mark (Music For Robots) will be behind the decks and that guy is a funky freaky machine, so you won’t want to miss it.

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South Park Contest of the Century

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Send USOUNDS a short review of your favorite band or any group you are finding really awesom-o right now. The two best reviews will be published on USOUNDS and will also win a 3-disc collector’s set of South Park’s thrilling eighth season. (Includes the infamous “The Passion of the Jew” and “Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset”)

Please send all submissions to usounds@gmail.com

Golem Concert Review and Photos by Julz Finley

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Beachland
August 27, 2006
Cleveland, Ohio

Golem (in this context) isn’t the character from Lord of the Rings, but is a 6 piece band from Brooklyn, NY who is not only schooled in traditional Klezmer/Yiddish Muzak, but kick-ass live performers too. I had the chance to see them play at the Beachland in Cleveland, and I am really glad I went. It was by far one of the best shows I’ve seen in quite some time.
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New Band Feature: Saturna!

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Photo by Justin Dylan Renney

Today’s USOUNDS new band feature brings the spaced-out, jovian sounds of Portland, Oregon’s Saturna. Band members Ryan, Eric, and Steve sent us a really catchy mp3 called Pop Rocks, and answered a few questions about the new album, Chuck Norris, and how much ass they get as a band.

USOUNDS: What can you tell us about your new album, All Night?

ERIC: We concocted it in Steve-O’s super-secret underground lair, fueled by credit cards and bountiful amounts of lousy Mexican food. The last song is the same as the third song. And we’ve never met the girl in the All Night photograph, but we’d like to tell her thanks. Thanks!
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Eric Bachmann Solo Album

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Photo courtesy of Eric Bachmann

Remember when Eric Bachmann rocked harder than the Los Arcos Rock formation in Mexico during his time in Archers of Loaf? And remember when he put out an album called Tragic Animal Stories under the name Barry Black that boasted tracks such as, “The Horrible Truth About Plankton,” “Chimps,” and “Tropical Fish Revival”? How about when he lived in a van and cranked out four Crooked Fingers albums? Now Bachmann will release the first solo album under his own name called, To The Races August 22nd on Saddle Creek Records. Steam two tracks on MySpace.
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