Artefacts For Space Travel are a young dystopian three piece from South London consisting of Joseph Walsh, Sam Walsh, and Alex Griffiths. The trio plays a loud and energy packed mix of punk and apocalyptic pop. Themes of the group’s songs are centered on death, childhood, the cosmos, romance, and a dystopian future. […]
Over here at the FRICTION NYC HQ, we’ve spent most of the day nursing our massive hangovers from last night’s show, party, afterparty, and after afterparty drinks. While we were bringing ourselves back into existence from our drunken haze we decided it’d be festive to recap last night’s show Madlibs style. Yeah, […]
If you’re still trying to recovering like us from last night’s Friction fun, wake up!!! It’s almost time for the weekend to start we guess. On April 15th, HEARTSREVOLUTION is releasing their hit track with remixes by Brodinski, Lauren Flax, CFCF, Lazaro Casanova and Dan Oh out on the iheartcomix label. Here’s […]
GET HYPE! Crystal Castles, HEALTH, Team Robespierre, and Apache Beat are primed to mess with your ears tonight at the Mercury Lounge for our SOLD OUT installment of FRICTION. Crystal Castles bring their distorted electro all the way from Toronto, while HEALTH’s blasts of noise mess with your head, this of course, after locals […]
Fifteen years after the release of their debut album, Secret Shine will be dropping their sophomore full-length titled All Of The Stars on April 8th via Claire Records. The album follows the Elemental and Beyond Sea and Sky EP’s, which were released in 2006 and marks their lone LP since their 1993’sUntouched. I’ve […]
The first thing I did after listening to a mastered copy of Crystal Castles new self-titled album was delete all of their bootleg and demo recordings off my computer. Don’t worry, I’m still a big fan of their work, that’s just how complete their new sixteen song album is. 1 | 2 […]
A month or so ago I was lucky enough hear most of Saturday’s = Youth, the new album from Anthony Gonzalez, better known as M83. And although I only listened to Gonzalez’s fifth studio album just once through, I can confidently say that Saturday’s = Youth is the best thing I’ve heard so far […]
I found myself standing in a loosely crowded room at The Barbary last night to see The Ruby Suns who are currently touring the States with Le Loup. It was another one of those all-ages shows that make me feel like an old man. This time, instead of being in a church basement […]
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Days 1 | 2 | 3
Last year’s candid shots were a little more fun.
Check out this cute little chubster with hearing protection on.
The Stills at Rachael Ray’s party [MP3]: The Stills ”Still in Love Song”
Rachael Ray acting all slutty at her day party. lol!!! Check out that huge rock on […]
Friday, March 14, 2008
Days 1 | 2 | 4
I was super psyched to see hometown heroes …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead at the Village Voice party.
[MP3]: …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead ”Another Morning Stoner”
Lightspeed Champion and Emmy the Great [MP3]: Lightspeed Champion ”Galaxy of […]
Avante-garde post-rock outfit Apse are gearing up for a busy 2008. The last time we checked in with the Cape Cod, MA six-piece was in 2006 on the heels of their elegant LP Spirit. Originally released on Spanish imprint Acuarela Discos, the record will be re-released in May this year (according to the […]
As a kid, I was way into dinosaurs, always fascinated by the exhibits of their bones at museums and would be constantly reading about them in books and encyclopedias (the Wikipedia of yesteryear). And who can forget “Land of the Lost” let alone the blockbuster hit “Jurassic Park?” Shit, I’m still into the […]
Shoegaze will always remain one of my favorite genres of music, even if I get away from it from time to time, it’s something that I always come back to. Granted, shoegaze and dreampop saw their heyday in the early nineties, but today many acts continue to reinvent and push the envelope with the […]
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Days 1 | 3 | 4
[MP3]: These New Puritans ”£4″ Beat Pyramid, Angular/Domino; 2008
[MP3]: Black Mountain ”Tyrants” In the Future, Jagjaguwar; 2008
[MP3]: The Fiery Furnaces ”Restorative Beer” Widow City, Thrill Jockey; 2007
Monthly Archives: March 2008