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‘Tracks’ Category
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Lovedrug (free!) Christmas Music
December 8, 2010 by Steph
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The Kickdrums’ Free Download of “Perfect World”
October 20, 2010 by Steph
The KickDrums are a 2-man team comprised of Alex Fitts and Matt Penttila started off as a hip hop production team, placing tracks with 50 Cent, Young Joe, and Chamillionaire , as well as producing a third of hometown heavyweight Ray Cash’s debut album. The KickDrums are pioneering a different sound, rock tinged with hip-hop production techniques.
The KickDrums released their first independent album titled Just a Game in 2009. The album was praised by the likes of Travis Barker, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Dante Ross, and others. Hiphopdx.com called Just A Game “one of the year’s best non-rap albums.” The following year proved to be the busiest yet. Since then The KickDrums placed tracks with Kid Cudi and Scarface , while officially remixing Adelle, Ben Harper, Richard Ashcroft, Peter Bjorn and John, Kanye West and Good Charlotte.
The KickDrums are in the process of completing a project with long time collaborator DJ Mick Boogie. The project will include “best of” remixes from the past year as well as new original material remixed by a range or rappers including U-N-I, Curtains, The Kid Daytona, Joell Ortiz, and more. Currently The KickDrums are in the studio working on an album with legendary producer and artist the RZA aka Bobby Digital.
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Song of the Week – The Jezabels’ “Mace Spray”
October 19, 2010 by Steph
In honor of The Jezabels’ shows at CMJ this week, their single “Mace Spray” from their newest release the Dark Storm EP is our Song of the week.Sydney, Australia’s The Jezabels are set to head out on a national tour of Canada in support of Two Hours Traffic following the recent release of their new EP Dark Storm, out 10/1. The North American trip begins with several appearances at the CMJ Music Marathon before heading north to Canada for a show in Toronto and 8 dates as main support for Two Hours Traffic.
The Jezabels have tirelessly toured Australia since the release of their EP She’s So Hard in November 2009. The band has supported artists like Tegan & Sara, Katie Noonan and Josh Pyke as well as selling out their own headlining shows. Additionally, the singles “Hurt Me” and “Easy to Love” from the EP She’s So Hard received heavy rotation on radio in Australia and abroad.
The newest EP and the third of a trilogy of EPs (beginning with 2009’s The Man Is Dead) represents the band’s most confident outing to date–moody, mysterious, and epic, yet buzzing with the quartet’s ever-present knack for an irresistible pop hook.
10.21.10 (8 pm) Bowery Ballroom (CMJ) New York, NY
10.21.10 (1 am) Union Hall (CMJ) Brooklyn, NY
10.22.10 Pianos (CMJ) New York, NY
10.23.10 Fat baby (CMJ) New York, NY
10.26.10 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
10.28.10 Republik – Calgary, AB*
10.29.10 Barking Parrott – Penticton, BC*
10.30.10 Pit Pub UBC – Vancouver, BC*
11.02.10 The Slice – Lethbridge, AB*
11.03.10 Starlight Room – Edmonton, AB*
11.04.10 The Exchange – Regina, SA*
11.05.10 Amigos – Saskatoon, SA*
11.06.10 Royal Albert – Winnipeg, MB**As main support for Canada’s Two Hours Traffic
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FREE EP from Kitten
October 14, 2010 by Steph
Thanks to Dysonsound.com, I discovered this great 5-track EP called Sunday School from the band Kitten. It’s fantastic and worth way more than… 0 pennies. Female-fronted garage electro pop… it covers all the bases without sounding over-the-top. Has a bit of a ’90s girl rock vibe, but in a 2010 way. They’re already getting buzz at places like Nylon so jump on the Kitten Train now!
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Song of the Week
October 12, 2010 by Steph
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Check out The Gay Blades
September 3, 2010 by Steph
Winning the prize for one of the strangest band name circulating the music scene right now (next to Neon Dick and Nude Boy) is The Gay Blades. The duo will be releasing their sophomore album Savages on October 5th on Triple Crown Records/ILG. They’ve toured with bands like Cursive, MGMT, The Black Lips, Matt and Kim, Ra Ra Riot, Jack’s Mannequin, Juliette Lewis, and Electric Six and they’ve managed to build their following on “their side-stepping demeanor, their unpredictable live shows, and, of course, their unhinged manic sound.”To get a taste of what you can expect from The Gay Blades on their upcoming release, check out their single, “Try To Understand”
[audio:http://addicted2shows.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/02.-Try-To-Understand.mp3|titles=Try To Understand|artists=The Gay Blades]Savages Track Listing:
1. Rock N’ Roll (Part I)
2. Try To Understand
3. Puppy Mills Presents
4. Mick Jagger
5. Why Winter in Detroit?
6. November Fight Song
7. Too Cool To Quit
8. Shadow’s Like A Ghost
9. Burns and Shakes
10. Wasted On The Youth
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WTF, Weezer?
August 10, 2010 by Steph
Hurley to be released September 14, 2010
About this new album cover, frontman Rives Cuomo explains to Pitchfork, “We just wanted to use that picture of Jorge Garcia’s face on the cover. It’s such an amazing album cover, and we didn’t want to have any other words on it, so we just figured everyone was going to call it Hurley, so that’s what we call it.”
Ok….
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The Posies’ single from upcoming release Blood/Candy
August 7, 2010 by Steph
The Posies, a 23-year-old Seattle-based rock band, are accompanied by a “star-studded cast” on their upcoming record Blood/Candy to be released on September 28th on Ryko. The new single “Licenses to Hide” features the vocals of Lisa Lobsinger (lead singer of Reverie Sound Revue and vocalist of Broken Social Scene) and other guest vocalists include Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo) on “The Glitter Prize,” Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers) on “Plastic Paperbacks,” and Paco Loco (Australian Blonde and Paco Loco Trio) on “Enewetak.” You will also hear strings on the record, which are arranged by the Grammy-nominated Phil Peterson, who has played on recent albums for Owl City and Nada Surf.
Of the single “Licenses to Hide,” Posies’ principles Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow said this in a recent Spin interview:
Ayer: ” ‘License to Hide’ is one of two songs on the record that I think is so completely out of left field for us. I always thought that the Posies should have something that resembles a showtune in our canon… On a certain day, it could be in one of the Muppet movies — and I mean that in a good way.”
Stringfellow: “It’s just about shedding the inhibitions to be yourself. So many people present themselves as the people they want to be seen as — and there’s something noble about that. As you grow older, you might earn the right to be that person, having tried other things, and maybe that person isn’t so bad.”
Beginning on the US album release date (Sept. 28), the band will launch their European tour, starting in Spain. Tour dates are yet to be released.
Listen to: “Licenses to Hide”
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The Lonely Forest to release an EP
August 7, 2010 by Steph
Hey! I was just listening to them!
That’s what I said when I received a press release today for The Lonely Forest’s digital-only EP to be released on Chris Walla’s (of Death Cab for Cutie) label Trans on September 14th. This Washinton-based band has taken to writing “brilliant pop songs featuring lyrics about spiritual longing wedded to an almost prog-rock sensibility.” In essence, they’re fantastic.
The EP is just a taste of what we’ll be getting in 2011 with their upcoming full-length Arrows and if this is any indication, you can count me in for that $9.99 on opening week!
Listen to:”Live There”
[audio:http://addicted2shows.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/The-Lonely-Forest-Live-There.mp3|titles= Live There|artists=The Lonely Forrest]The Lonely Forest EP Track listing:
1. Turn Off This Song2. Ramshackle House
3. Live There
4. Let It Go
5. Turn Off This Song (Acoustic)
Tour Dates:
Aug 13 – Mount Vernon, WA Skagit County Fair
Aug 14 – Seattle, WA – KEXP BBQ – Free Show (Mural Lawn on Seattle Center Grounds)
w/Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
Sept 17 – Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
Sept 18 – Milwaukee, WI Mad Planet
Sept 19 – Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
Sept 21 – Ann Arbor, MI The Blind Pig
Sept 22 – Columbus, OH The Circus
Sept 23 – Newport, KY The Southgate House
Sept 24 – Akron, OH Musica
Sept 25 – Pittsburgh, PA Brillobox
Sept 26 – New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sept 27 – Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs
Sept 29 – Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sept 30 – Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
Oct 1 – Washington, DC Black Cat
Oct 2 – Asheville, NC Stella Blue
Oct 3 – Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
Oct 5 – Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
Oct 6 – Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
Oct 7 – Orlando, FL Backbooth
Oct 8 – Tampa, FL Crowbar
Oct 9 – Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
Oct 10 – Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
Oct 11 – Nashville, TN Exit/In
Oct 13 – St Louis, MO Firebird
Oct 14 – Bloomington, IN The Bishop
w/Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Nov 3 – Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
Nov 4 – Ames, IA Maintenance Shop
Nov 5 – Lawrence, KS Jackpot Saloon
Nov 6 – Denver, CO Hi Dive
Nov 7 – Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Nov 10 – Nampa, ID Flying M Coffee
Nov 11 – Seattle, WA Neumos
Nov 12 – Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Cabaret
Nov 13 – Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Nov 15 – San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
Nov 16 – Los Angeles, CA SpaceLAnd
Nov 19 – La Jolla, CA UCSD – The Loft
Nov 20 – Phoenix, AZ The Trunk Space
Nov 22 – Austin, TX The Mohawk
Nov 23 – Dallas, TX House of Blues – Pontiac Garage
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