Clinic’s new album Visitations hits stores today. The CD comes complete with deluxe hardbound packaging and a bonus track. The LP features heavy-weight vinyl, a CD of the album, and a pullout poster. And the video posted below features oversized produce.
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Neumo’s
Seattle, WA January 19, 2007
When Stephen Malkmus comes to town, and you like indie rock, just go to the show. Okay? Malkmus started with a unique sound nearly two decades ago and has stayed that way…he is a statue of confidence and consistency in a sea of silly little fads.
Rating: 7.0
After listening to Friend and Foe several times, you may still find yourself pondering exactly what to think of it. Perhaps you’ll consider your admiration for the experimental streak that the gentlemen of Menomena exhibit. Perhaps you’ll express some reservations about their kitchen sink approach to instrumentation and arrangement. Perhaps, after some time, you’ll come to accept the disorienting songwriting technique and the quirky, scattershot charm that it aspires to. It wouldn’t be an unreasonable sequence of reactions.
Getting down with “Down Beside Your Beauty”.
Down Beside Your Beauty mp3
Down Beside Your Beauty Live Video
Rating: 5.5
Music’s future is in the independent label scene, and it is likely that talent will be culled increasingly from the fertile fields of Myspace Music. But there comes a point when a critic who reviews predominantly Indie releases begins to wonder, “is there such a thing as being TOO Indie?” Is there a line in the sand over which lies a dangerous realm of lo-fi, ‘I cut this album on my laptop’ music containing so much ambient sampling, white boy pretentiousness, and overdrive-free rock as to be embarrassing? The answer is yes, and I’m damn sick of it.
Peter Bjorn And John just hangin’ out with the cremated remains of an unruly fan
PB&J’s “Young Folks” (featuring Victoria Bergsman ex-The Concretes) might be the catchiest song in the universe right now-you can’t really go wrong with bongos. “Young Folks” was also named one of the top 5 songs of 2006 by Pitchfork and NME. The full album is called Writer’s Block and will be released February 6th on Almost Gold Recordings. Catch Peter Bjorn and John January 29th on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Get this motherfucking chain off my motherfucking legs!
Directer Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) is brewin’ up a drama/romance called Black Snake Moan starring Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci. According to IMDB, Jackson plays a God-fearing bluesman who has the love for a wild young woman. He looks everywhere for love but never quite finds it despite everything being way hotter down in the south and all. Check out the trailer on MySpace.
The soundtrack includes bluesy songs by The Black Keys, RL Burnside and many by Samuel L. Jackson. Here’s one now!