December 2011
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2011 Top 10: Foreign Albums
letsgetbent:
By Joseph Rodriguez
Starting with our Reader’s Poll, we’re looking back on 2011 with a series of top 10’s that will cover everything from album covers to music videos, from favorite 7“‘s to favorite LPs, so check back and see what our staff has to say as we make our way to the new year.
2011 has been a great year for all that is garage and punk rock. Renowned bands like Thee Oh...
White Birds on Some Velvet Blog's Best of Philly... →
truewhitebirds:
This past summer Drink Up Buttercup morphed into White Birds featuring three of the Buttercups; James Harvey, Farzad Houshiarnejad, and Mike Cammarata. The White Birds’ ambient sun kissed four song debut EP on Grizzly Records is a gorgeous, reminiscent-of-the-Fleet-Foxes-meets-Beach-Boys-Surf’s-Up collection of breezy pop songs. The band recorded a Key Studio Session for WXPN’s...
GET BENT!: Video Premiere: Dry Feet - Hard Workin'... →
letsgetbent:
By Sonam Parikh
What happens when the dudes from Dry Feet leave their house at the mercy of some girls? Total takeover, of course! Check out the video premiere of ”Hard Workin’ Woman,” directed by Eddie Austin. Something I really like about the video is that the girls learned how…
Watchhttp://www.vice.com/on-the-road/season-2-the-mangler
Too coooool
Tim reaches Nashville, Music City. Before checking out the local kids putting on rock shows in their houses and swinging by Jack White’s Third Man Records emporium, he meets probably the most famous roadie of all time. Phil Kaufman, aka The Mangler, worked with The Rolling Stones and Frank Zappa, hung out with Charles Manson and...
GET BENT!: Fan Death Records Release Free... →
letsgetbent:
By Joseph Rodriguez
For the past few years now, Fan Death Records have been putting out some of the best psych, post-punk and drone records around these days. If you don’t believe me, just check out this free compilation they just dropped, appropriately titled Compilation. Some…
The Music Of Sound Playlist 12/21/11
Last one of the year!
Sun Wizard Too Much On Your Mind Positively 4th Avenue
Cults Bad Things Cults
The Mynabirds All I Want Is Truth (For Christmas)
Bleeding Knees Club Teenage Girls Virginity
Shannon And The Clams Fat Daddy …Ruin Christmas
Memoryhouse To The Lighthouse The Years
The Front Bottoms Christmas Wrapping (The Waitresses)
La Casa Azul C’est Fini Tan Simple Como El...
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mewithoutYou, The Key Studio Video Sessions, Dec. 21, 2011
Band From The Back Porch (Saves The Day cover... →
For the Dead Industry Holiday Party, members of The Menzingers and Luther played Through Being Cool in its entirety, plus a couple other favorites.
Topshelf Records: Things of note and other things... →
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The Clippers are now writing a new (THEIR FIRST!!!) full-length! Check out some rad new Clippers updates on their blog here.
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die is also currently writing their first full length. It will be largely forgettable. I don’t even know…
WatchOh man I love love love LOVE Gem Club’s album. This is wonderful. Maybe #2 of this year. Here’s the review from NPR:
Credit: Michael Katzif (cameras); edited by Bob Boilen; audio by Kevin Wait; photo by Mallory Bennedict/NPR
“Maybe you couldn’t hear a pin drop while Gem Club played, but the music was so hushed, you could hear a keyboard click in the distance. Gem Club is...
The boys of Burger Records talked on the radio about the label and their adopted child and bands they love.
Skidrow Studios
Watchlove deese doods.
Here’s the write up that goes along with it:
“Jake and Jamin Orall said they’d do it. We didn’t doubt them for a second, but when the actual brothers behind JEFF The Brotherhood took off their shirts before a “sad love song,” there were still plenty of giggles in the NPR Music office. Of course, by “sad love song,” JEFF The...
GET BENT!: Track: Mikal Cronin - You Gotta Have... →
letsgetbent:
By Joseph Rodriguez
The other day we mentioned that Mikal Cronin would be invading the West Coast. What we didn’t mention though is that he has a new 7” coming out on Goner Records slated for a late December release. A young John Cusack graces the cover of the 7”, ok, sorry, that…
