Arik, drummer of Lasso the Moon, Baby Calendar, and Call it Radar, draws from a seemingly endless pool of talent and ingenuity. LtM's super-technical emo/indie onslaught evolved into a more tempered and highly melodic, if precious, Baby Calendar. Now Arik has parted ways with Baby Calendar bandmate Tom Gorrio and is doing his thing, with a new lineup, as Glocca Morra. The demo, which is available on the band's MySpace page, features three songs with a decidedly more aggressive approach than any
via www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclubCity Limits, besides snagging Bad Brains, has also grabbed blog darlings Tokyo Police Club to play the same weekend the band would have played Langerado. Unfortunately, the show goes up against two others that night that attract similar fans: Girl Talk and Deerhunter at Culture Room, and Modest Mouse at Revolution.Still, those latter two are destined to be packed to the gills, so those wishing to avoid sweaty crowds will dig the comfortable, super-clean environ
via www.ozomatli.comFinishing up what looks to be, perhaps, the last of the Langerado rescheduling announcements, Ozomatli will now appear at Culture Room on Saturday, March 7. Unlike Sunday's indie-fave head-to-head-to-head showdown of Deerhunter Girl Talk vs. Modest Mouse vs. Tokyo Police Club, Ozomatli's competition on Saturday isn't too bad. The main other show that night is the Pogues, who boast a significantly different audience.Tickets go on sale this Friday, and cost $19.99 in adva
It's Tuesday, so clearly it's time to start looking forward to the weekend. Since Langerado's been canceled, people looking to get their fill of music will have to do a bit more planning and travelling. A few of the bigger bands that were to play Langerado, like the Pogues (March 7th at Pompano Beach Amphitheater), Modest Mouse (March 8th at Revolution Live), Flogging Molly (March 6th at Pompano Beach Amphitheater), Ozomatli (March 7th at the Culture Room), and Girl Talk (March 8th at Cultur
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Modest Mouse performed at Revolution Sunday. Click here to view the full slide show.Modest MouseSunday, March 8th 2009Revolution Live, Fort LauderdaleBetter than: Their performance at this year's Langerado. Or anyone else's for that matter.Modest Mouse has got to be the loudest band ever to shun the use of distortion. There's no humming fuzz, in fact, I don't even think they use overdrive, other than the natural OD coming from amped-up speakers. No,
If you missed Goldcure's shows at Bull Bar and Propaganda back in May, you missed a hell of a good time. But fear not, young music lover, you've got a shot at redemption. On September 5, the Austin-based Indie-poppers are making another trek to Propaganda in Lake Worth. Let me clarify the indie-pop thing just a bit: this isn't another Shins/Strokes/Modest Mouse type of indie rock band. They play a radio ready style of rock and roll without overly complicated guitar work and weird for the sak
via kevindooley's Flickr​With the recession and all, the days of music writers' snail mail boxes getting stuffed daily with press kits is pretty much over. Most labels and publicists send private download links these days, which is actually an excellent idea. Promo CDs are just going to get put on a music media geek's iPod or computer anyways, and it saves all the envelope-tearing and physical sorting on the receiver's end. Plus, of course, it's green and all that.The occasional CD still
