September 2010
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Fang Island: Never Gonna Stop Touring
Fang Island spent July touring with indie-rock legends The Flaming Lips then headed out in August with the reunited Stone Temple Pilots. September finds our boys heading overseas for their first headlining tour of the UK and Europe, with some Festivals thrown in, starting in Dublin at the Electric Picnic Music Festival and also playing the Berlin Festival.Then immediately following with quick...
August 2010
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VIDEO: Teri Gender Bender & Adanowsky "Feel...
Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes and Adanowsky sing together on “Feel Alright”
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Decoy Music Reviews - Tera Melos "Patagonian Rats"
Tera Melos has become infected with a strain of pop. The Sacramento trio are slurring melodies and scurrying rhythms on their new full length album, Patagonian Rats. We find our clever friends delving deeper into intricate and more complex song structures. While traditionally Tera Melos is covered with a dense sound, on this album there are melodic hooks that almost seem to defy the...
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LE BUTCHERETTES "Henry Don't Got Love" & "Bang"on...
Le Butcherettes performing on Mexico’s Telehit TV “Henry Don’t Got Love” & Bang from the upcoming LP called Sin Sin Sin
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Tera Melos 3+1 = 4 Piece for Tour (VIDEO)
A Message from Tera Melos:
“now that you’ve listened to patagonian rats a hundred times, you may have noticed that it’s densely layered with goodie bits. there’s lots of skronky blip sounds, electro snare rolls and melodies hidden all over the place. we thought it’d be fun to recreate as much of the record as we could live. so our friend evan will be touring with us, helping to provide...
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Lisa Papineau A Glassroom Session "Sorry I Cannot...
Lisa Papineau ‘s voice is otherworldly, and is one of my absolute favorite sounds on this planet. This is her performing her song Sorry I Cannot English from the album Red Trees, live from the Glassroom at Sargent House. This was kind of an accidental session as we had set up to have her play with two drummers and perform what would be a raucous rock song. But our grouchy ass neighbors...
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Tera Melos Patagonian Rats Comes Early
It’s just too damn good to not share this one early. We couldn’t wait and now you don’t have to either. Stream the entire Tera Melos album Patagonian Rats or download in any file size you like for only $6.99 ( please support this band they really deserve to get some clams in their pockets for this one folks)
And if you want to go mega and show some real support and walk away...
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SONNY KAY Interview in Sound Color Vibration
Sonny Kay has been involved in the music scene for some time now and his path has led him in so many directions of music and art that everyone at Sound Colour Vibration is honored we are able to work with him. From The Locust to The Mars Volta to DJ Nobody, Sonny Kay has been pushing his visual design works for the last 3 years. Sonny will be having an art show with our organization and...
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Urban Outfitters LSTN #11
Check out the new Urban Outfitters LSTN #11 24 Great songs, all FREE featuring our very own Fang Island’s track Life Coach. Along with songs from Yeasayer, Arcade Fire, Cotton Jones, Superchunk, !!!, Neon Indian, Clinic, Les Savy Fav, Of Montreal, Best Coast and more. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
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Tera Melos Interview with I Heart Noise
Interview by I Heart Noise
1. What’s in a name? Why Tera Melos?
i remember coming up with the name and really liking that visually and audibly the words didn’t really conjure up specific images. it was up to the viewer/listener to decide what it could possibly mean, and from there what the music could possibly sound like. it starts one’s musical relationship with us on a completely clean...
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Tera Melos & TerrorEyes TV Release 7" Remix Vinyl
So our friends over at TerrorEyes.TV & Tera Melos will be releasing this limited edition 7” (Only 500) pressed. It has 2 remixes on it of the song Frozen Zoo from Patagonian Rats. One is by Raleigh Moncrief and the other is by Tera Melos’ own Nick Reinhart. It will also include the studio version of the song. Anyway, you can pre-order them at the Tera Melos store and they will...
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RED SPAROWES INTERVIEW: With Best New Bands
On The Road With Red Sparowes
Written by Lauren Novik
The severely ambient music of Red Sparowes is absolutely worth experiencing. The songs peppered with somber notes and self-reflective starkness are unavoidably hypnotic- and if I’m this entranced via auditory tools, I can’t wait to see what their live performance at the El Rey Theatre next week will bring!
Their new CD The Fear Is...
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RX Bandits: No Reading & Leeds in 2010 But...
Well it is such a bummer to actually be typing this after wanting to see them play Reading & Leeds for as long as I’ve known them and this year it was going to be…. BUT, RX Bandits will have to sit out the good times this year which is the bad news. The good news is, and I’ll give you a hint You guessed it? C-Gak will be a new first time dad and none of the guys want to...
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Whatever Takes Your Fancy: A Commentary
The Music Industry: A Comment on It’s State and Where it is Going
by Alex on August 17, 2010
It’s nice to know the young music lovers of the world ‘get’ what we do here. Below is an excerpt from THIS ARTICLE, where the writer names Sargent House as his choice for one of the ones getting it right. Thanks kind sir. It’s this kind of encouragement that helps us deal with...
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Dave Davison & Tastemakers = Street Singing
Dave Davison sings a Cast Spells song and then a Maps & Atlases song on the Streets of Cambridge both videos courtesy of Andrew Phan & Tastemakers Magazine
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Le Butcherettes to Play Main Stage @ EL Corona...
It was announced today that Le Butcherettes will be playing the Main Stage at El Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City on October 16th - on the same stage as The Pixies! So excited for this one.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE CHOI
What can I say about Steve Choi on this day, his day of birth? Well only that you inspire me with your incredible and diverse musical skills young man! We love you and you are truly one of the house’s original gangstas. Much Love Choi!
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RX BANDITS Debut on Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock
We are excited to announce that RX Bandits will have their track It’s Only Another Parsec from the album Mandala included in the upcoming release of Guitar Hero 6 “Warriors of Rock” it’s a stellar line up of Rock. Read more about some of the bands announced so far HERE Level of Difficulty: RICHTER.
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This Town Needs Guns Signs With 13 Artists
Happy to announce that This Town Needs Guns have just signed on for booking at 13 Artists agency in London with Jason Edwards as agent. Joining one of the most excellent rosters of bands including Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, Portishead & our ol’ pals Maps & Atlases to name a few. 13 Artists will handle the band worldwide excluding North America.
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Maps & Atlases Review in Huffington Post
Maps & Atlases - NYC By: Kim Gittleson I have a confession to make. Last night, the first time in a long time—perhaps for the first time ever—I saw a band without having heard any of their songs. I read no blog posts, visited no MySpace pages, read no tweets. I even had to repeatedly squint at the sign behind the bar (hey, I forgot my glasses) to remember the name of the...
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NATIVE: Short And Sweet NYC Album Review
By: John J Frusciante Native - Wrestling Moves (Sargent House) Formed in Indiana in 2007, Native plays gritty, churning post-hardcore that bursts forward on throbbing rhythms and aggressive guitar lines and sounds like 13 Songs-era Fugazi mixed with Cobra Kai. This full-length debut follows their well-received EP We Delete; Erase and lives up to the band’s hype, buzzing with jolts of electric...
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Russian Circles : Guitarist Magazine - Mike...
We’re all Russian Circles fans here on Guitarist – there is simply no other instrumental band making music as atmospheric, emotional and powerful as this US trio.
Back in issue 326 we featured guitarist Mike Sullivan but now here’s the full transcript of our conversation with even more detail on the making of their third album Geneva and Mike’s special playing...
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Amazon MP3 Goes $5 SH Album Crazy
Amazon MP3 is going $5 album crazy this month with 4 Sargent House releases included in their awesome 1000 albums for $5. So, if you don’t already have any of these fine specimens of tunage. Now would be a good & cheap time to go support the bands and the house for only $5
RX BANDITS - …And The Battle Begun - $5 This Town Needs Guns - Animals - $5 Bygones -...
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More SHOW NEWS: Le Butcherettes
LE BUTCHERETTES (Mexico)
Aug 14 - EXA Festival - @Palacio de los deportes - Mexico City, MX Le Butcherettes at 1:40pm w/ Special guest on Bass Quique Rangel of Cafe Tacvba Aug 20 - Imperial - Mexico City, MX OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ GROUP / LE BUTCHERETTES (USA) Sept 13 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall (tickets) Sept 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubador SOLD OUT Sept 17 - New York,...
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FANG ISLAND: TOUR TOUR TOUR - STP/EUROPE/MATT &...
Fresh off of touring with indie-rock legends The Flaming Lips in July, Fang Island again hits the road this week, supporting the reunited Stone Temple Pilots. They will then embark on their first headlining tour of the UK and Europe in September, starting in Dublin at the Electric Picnic Music Festival . Then, following quick stops in the American heartland for the Pygmalion Music Festival and...
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NATIVE : Live Videos from Wicker Park Fest 10'
We Love Native
We Really Love Native
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RX BANDITS : Featured Show with Big Sir & Album...
Like I said in an earlier post, I’m getting so excited for the 3 Full Album shows of RX Bandits. Today I’m featuring the album and show for Mandala . Don’t miss Sept 26th when they perform Mandala in it’s entirity. Along with a great mix of songs from their other albums at Troubadour in Los Angeles. Now, another extremely exciting part for us all here is that the...
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Zach Hill : Face Tat Pre-Order Deals & New Merch
Zach Hill store is now open! You can Pre-Order his new album Face Tat on CD and or Vinyl. There is also two sweet deal bundles - with a choice of any of the three new shirts. All Vinyl comes with a Free DL card to download the album in any file size you want. Album will be in stores on October 19th but all pre orders will ship out on or around October 1st over two weeks before official release.
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Zach Hill Interview: Performer Magazine
“Zach Hill is a well-known drummer of technical skill in the progressive music scene. Over the past decade, he has developed an intense cult following to the magnitude of which he probably doesn’t yet realize. Predictably unpredictable, Mr. Hill is known for being on numerous releases within a year, which sometimes stretch over varying genres and styles. In this interview, I talk to...
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LE BUTCHERETTES: INDIE ROCK! Magazine
Check out the Feature on Le Butcherettes in Indie Rocks! Magazine Mexico. To enlarge click on images.
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RX BANDITS : ...And The Battle Begun
I’m getting so excited for the 3 Full Album shows of RX Bandits so I’m going to feature an album a day on here (and no I’m not doing them in order) But, don’t miss Sept 25th when they perform …And The Battle Begun in it’s entirity with Horns! Along with a great mix of songs from other albums at Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA. Opening this evening will be...
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Tera Melos Loves Sargent House
Tera Melos love Sargent House so much they made me a commercial. The feeling is mutual.
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RCRD LBL Feature Zach Hill Free Download
Drummer solo albums are rarely good–this much Ringo taught us. But when the drummer in question plays like virtually no one else alive (our only reference point being Keith Moon, if he’d been into prog) and is known as a consummate collaborator (see: Hella, Marnie Stern, Boredoms, Wavves, etc.), those reservations can be comfortably cast aside. Such is the case with Zach...
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RUSSIAN CIRCLES ACCIDENT : SUCKS
Nothing like buying a new van and having it destroyed 4 days later along with the trailer that was rented and a ton of gear. Vintage Gretsch drum kit DESTROYED - tears for that. Russian Circles have been stranded in Baton Rouge since Friday and are so sad to have had to miss playing the Baton Rouge, Atlanta and Carborro shows. But they are on the way to buy their second van in a week and will...
