Monthly Archives: February 2010

Film At 11: Clem Snide

Thanks to Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide for guest editing our website all week. Be sure to check out the band’s latest, The Meat Of Life. Here’s the video premiere for the album’s first single, “Walmart Parking Lot.”

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From The Desk Of Clem Snide’s Eef Barzelay: The Heligoats’ “Fish Sticks”

When Clem Snide began recording albums more than a decade ago in New York, the band’s clever alt-country songs often came across as an ironic take on Americana. Everyone knows you can’t do country music in the big city, and where did Israeli-born singer/guitarist Eef Barzelay get that twang from, anyway? After years of slogging [...]

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MP3 At 3PM: 1986

Giorgio Angelini and Cully Symington are two pretty busy guys who spend most of their time working and touring with bands such as Bishop Allen, the Rosebuds, the Gutter Twins, Cursive and Okkervil River. But since 2007, the duo has been working on an album as 1986, with the help of TJ Doherty (recording engineer [...]

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In The News: Tom Petty, Thom Yorke, The Hold Steady, Gogol Bordello, Doves, Deer Tick, Cursive, The Weakerthans, Destroyer, The Octopus Project

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers have announced the spring release of Mojo (Reprise), their first studio album in eight years. The band will support the LP on a summer tour of North America’s top arenas and amphitheaters, featuring a mix of guest appearances by My Morning Jacket, Crosby Stills And Nash, Joe Cocker, ZZ Top [...]

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From The Desk Of Clem Snide’s Eef Barzelay: Little Wings’ “Fall Flood”

When Clem Snide began recording albums more than a decade ago in New York, the band’s clever alt-country songs often came across as an ironic take on Americana. Everyone knows you can’t do country music in the big city, and where did Israeli-born singer/guitarist Eef Barzelay get that twang from, anyway? After years of slogging [...]

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Film At 11: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

Check out this video of Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra performing “I Built Myself A Metal Bird” live in front of a small audience (including a baby) in a very bizarrely decorated space. The song is off the band’s sixth album, Kollaps Tradixionales (out now on Constellation Records), which is its first recording since summer [...]

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From The Desk Of Clem Snide’s Eef Barzelay: Alan Weisman’s “The World Without Us”

When Clem Snide began recording albums more than a decade ago in New York, the band’s clever alt-country songs often came across as an ironic take on Americana. Everyone knows you can’t do country music in the big city, and where did Israeli-born singer/guitarist Eef Barzelay get that twang from, anyway? After years of slogging [...]

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MP3 At 3PM: You Say Party! We Say Die!

Sounding something like peppier Nada Surf meets a disco-pop beat, the Los Campesinos! remix of You Say Party! We Say Die!‘s “Laura Palmer’s Prom” makes the Canadian dance punkers’ music take on an even better than usual party appeal. The band is consistently evolving with the influences from touring throughout Japan, China, Australia and Brazil. [...]

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Normal History Vol. 49: The Art Of David Lester

Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 26-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. “The Caribou And The Oil Pipeline” is the last download from The Observer album. It falls under the heading of political, and [...]

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From The Desk Of Clem Snide’s Eef Barzelay: Nina Simone’s “Don’t Explain”

When Clem Snide began recording albums more than a decade ago in New York, the band’s clever alt-country songs often came across as an ironic take on Americana. Everyone knows you can’t do country music in the big city, and where did Israeli-born singer/guitarist Eef Barzelay get that twang from, anyway? After years of slogging [...]

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