• most listened to albums in the last 3 months

    1. Hideout
    2. Film School
    3. Lust Lust Lust
    4. Distortion
    5. Chrome
    6. Ferment
    7. Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters
    8. She Dares All Things
    9. Turn on the Bright Lights
    10. A Northern Soul
    11. Cuts Across the Land
    12. Take Them On, On Your Own
  • music

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    Echodrone

    Friday, April 11th, 2008

    echodrone
    Echodrone was birthed in summer 2005 from the miasma of Craigslist. Answering a call for like-minded musicians, Brandon and Mark F. joined Eugene and began Echodrone’s exploration of the intersection where Medicine, Ride, Stars of the Lid and Mogwai meet. Original drummer Kahlil Karn felt the call in June 2006 and provided a visual component […]

    Veil Veil Vanish

    Friday, April 11th, 2008

     myspace profile
    Veil Veil Vanish is a San Francisco based 4-piece that brings dark, post-punk energy, shoegaze atmospherics, and modern indie aesthetics into the current era of pop music. Featuring ex-members of Andalusia , Astral & Jada Morning, Veil Veil Vanish began in January of 2006 and has since played venues throughout the US, with bands such as 1990’s (UK), Celebration, […]

    Venus Beltran

    Friday, April 11th, 2008

    myspace site

    muxtape.com, mixwit.com

    Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

    Two new online mixtape sites have bloomed recently. Muxtape.com and Mixwit.com. Below are two I made in a matter of minutes.
    Muxtape is bare bones. BARE BONES! you upload your own mp3s and the playlist is just a simple list.
    Mixwit is fancy, graphical and more customizable. You can choose […]

    new Frightened Rabbit due next week

    Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

    I first posted some songs from these guys over a year ago.  They have a new album coming out on April 15th called The Midnight Organ Fight.
    Be Less Rude (the file says Modern Leper but it’s not)

    myspace profile

    Broken Records, “The Next Arcade Fire”

    Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

    myspace profile
    “Jamie, Ian, Arne, Rory, Gill, Dave & Andy formed Broken Records in December 2006 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Using a range of instruments including guitars, bass, violin, cello, accordion, mandolin, piano, trumpet, glockenspiel and drums, they create a sound combining traditional European folk with modern Scottish alternative music. 2007 was a busy year for the […]

    Swervedriver with Film School at The Fillmore

    Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

    Swervedriver, with special guest, Film School
    One of my old favorites with one of my new favorites…
    On sale to General Public via Ticketmaster:
    Sun, 04/06/08 10:00 AM PDT
    Show:
    Fillmore , San Francisco, CA
    Thu, May 29, 2008 08:00 PM

    Lumerians

    Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

    Local band, Lumerians, have released a nice EP on the Subterranean Elephants label. They will be playing at 12 Galaxies on June 12, 2008.
    Orgon Grinder

    Corkscrew Trepanation

    myspace site

    thisismyjam / the.echonest.com

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    news release:
    The Echo Nest, a music intelligence company founded by two MIT Media Lab PhDs, unveiled its “Musical Brain” today in partnership with Mashery. The Musical Brain automatically listens to music and reads about music everywhere on the web in real time, understanding more about online music and fan opinion than any system to date.
    The […]

    Ray

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    official site
    New Album, ‘Death In Fiction’ will be released on May 5th, 2008 by Pito Records on 5th May 2008 (PITOCD006) – available on CD LP & iTunes Download.
    “It’s a toughened-up set of ten songs that flows dynamically from peak to ever-increasing peak whilst still preserving the charm and beauty of the band’s previous work.”
    Five […]

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