Fallen in love.

WE ARE AUGUSTINES :: CHAPEL SONG.

Every picture tells a story.

Other Lives :: Tamer Animals

Oh Minnows: You'll Never Know Us.

Everything, yes.

The Horrors :: Still Life.

Their new album 'Skying' will be out this month.

If you keep spinning the dime...

Eventually it will land heads up.

This, unlike many other things, will never, ever grow tiresome to me.

Going Awol.

Aaron Bruno, formerly of Under The Influence of Giants and a founding member of Home Town Hero, has thrust himself into an indie rock solo project he calls Awolnation.

2010 proved to be a good year for Bruno, between signing to Red Bull Records and touring with both Weezer and MGMT, while releasing his first EP, Back From Earth. In February 2011, the band's first single, "Sail," debuted at #30 on the U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs chart and by March, Awolnation had dropped it's first full-length, entitled Megalithic Symphony.

The album boasts an incredibly impressive mixture of influences: electronica, hip-hop, and punk rock, whilst peppered with a persona of pop that is only to be countered by the gritty wails of Bruno himself. Don't be surprised when you find yourself dancing, fist-pumping or even scratching your head as you try to make sense out of this auditory genius...

C.

AWOLNATION - "Sail" (Official) from AWOLNATION on Vimeo.

AWOLNATION - "Burn it Down" (Official) from AWOLNATION on Vimeo.

Hooray, indeed.

Every once in a while an indie band of this caliber goes undetected on my radar for longer than I can appreciate. Hooray For Earth, an indie quartet hailing from the east coast, surprisingly had it's beginnings all the way back in 1996, though the current lineup has only been together since 2006. I came across them last year after the release of their EP entitled "Momo," specifically with their track "Surrounded By Your Friends."

Hooray For Earth with be touring with Architecture in Helsinki this summer and their new full length LP is set to release next month.

In case you were wondering what you've been missing...

Space Age (i) Love (this) Song

I've always loved The Kills. My l'ove affaire continues.

Don't ever say I never gave you anything.

I haven't posted in a while, so I knew that whatever my return post would be, would have to be a good one. But then I got distracted by this.



You're welcome.

Relatively speaking.

Would you care to meet one of my most recent favorite bands? Of course you would.

Back in September, Shaking Through did an episode on Twin Sister. This is that episode.

And here comes a song I really like, too.

Papercuts: Future Primitive.

RIP Trish Keenan.

Sometimes stepping back is the only way to move forward.

Michel Michel

Amoeba Music sits down with director and creative sensationalist, Michel Gondry, as he discusses his band, visual effects, and more.

Cutting cookies, copying carbons.

The new Arcade Fire music video for The Suburbs, directed by Spike Jonze, was released today.

Also, read this: Why Does Hollywood Hate the Suburbs?

The Late Call.

The Late Call, an indie folk band out of Stockholm, had their new album "You Already Have a Home" release yesterday, October 22, 2010 on Tapete Records...and everything I've heard from it thus far, is pretty spectacular.

http://www.myspace.com/thelatecall

Yulie and Yulia.

In case you weren't sure, yes, this album {WOLF PARADE : EXPO 86} is amazing.

You and me, let's be friends ok?

Parlovr - Pen to the Paper from *safe solvent™ on Vimeo.

Giving credit where credit is due.

Now, my only brother and I are very different in almost every way imaginable. You know, the little things in life; ie : careers, life paths, activities, interests, location, etc.

HOWEVER, this same brother of mine, who lives in the DC area (like I said - we're even very different in terms of location), recently turned me on to a new musician that's leaping onto the music scene in his city. (Baltimore, sure. But DC? I'm starting to notice, there's more creative presence coming out of DC than I've ever seen before, causing me to rethink my take on that seemingly linear place.)

His name is Matthew Hemerlein, and he recently landed the Young Performing Artist Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities to use towards recording his forthcoming album. A grant well deserved, indeed. I expect there will be an endless supply of amazing things coming our way soon, and I have every intention to follow this fellow, and his home, very closely...and perhaps you should too.

Matthew Hemerlein performs "Gyllenhaal Sandwich" :

Johnny on the spot.