Coinciding with the release of the newest single from M83’s seminal Saturdays = Youth “We Own the Sky” Anthony Gonzalez is releasing an EP with an exclusive remix of “Graveyard Girl” and an excellent new track entitled “Je Vous Hais Petites Filles”. Definitely some awesome, retro M83 action, check the mp3s out below!
NEW KILLERS EP The Killers newest LP Day & Age is crammed full of the same working-man-with-mascara pop we’ve come to know and love from the group, one of the standout tracks being the wild outer limits ride that is “Spaceman”. Well it turns out the foursome is releasing a Spaceman EP, featuring the titular track as well as two other songs, an unreleased b-side called “Tidal Wave” and a wonderful cover of “Four Winds” by Bright Eyes. The diatribe on modern America, while a definitive Oberst standout, sounds nonetheless heartfelt and crushing with the patented Brandon Flowers warble behind it. Flowers has definitely fallen into form as a rock and roll Jesus of sorts and the religious undertones and sacrificial lyrics complement his image perfectly. This is definitely worth checking out below.
The Killers – “Four Winds” The Killers – “Tidal Waves” ******************************************************************** NEW ONE DAY AS A LION VIDEO A little bit late (and maybe a little bit repetitive), but here’s the video for “Wild International” from One Day As A Lion, and it’s worth every second if only to watch De La Rocha spit a killer flow over Theodore’s wicked drum beat. Check it:
One Day As A Lion – “Last Letter” ******************************************************************** NEW ROLO TOMASSI MERCH Head on over to the Rolo Tomassistore immediately and check out some of their killer new tshirt/hoodie designs. Finally we can rep RT here in the States!
Pounding out the riffs with a stampede of fury, Austin’s own Prey For Sleep definitely woke up fans midway through the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath SXSW day party last week. Featuring songs from their debut LP as well as their extremely limited Forever Dies Today EP, PFS shook the walls and almost collapsed the chandeliers of the tiny Peacock bar.
A long-time Cannibal Cheerleader favorite, Prey For Sleep has a new guitarist who seems to be injecting a new life into the band who are steadfast in their Southern metal conquest. With a lengthy May and June Texas tour planned, one can be assured that this quintet is about to blast off to new heights (or sink to new fiery depths, whatever your pleasure). Check it:
In the wake of the much missed Southern Drama comes Naomi Cherie’s new band, joining forces with California act Agent Ribbons to continue her Vaudevillian-punk leanings with wildly imaginative song structure mixed bare-bones style blues instrumentation (one guitar, one drumkit, and now one violin!). Slicing and dicing their way through economical tracks of rock via way of performance art, the group astounded the Peacock audience at the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath.
The band also played to promote their new Lucy the Poodle Magazine, an enthralling look at Austin’s booming music scene. And who could that be writing the cover story about Cannibal Cheerleader favorites Death is Not a Joyride? Why it’s none other than CC contributor JB! So check it out here and grab a copy after watching these sweet Agent Ribbons videos below.
Rounding out the SXSW week with a day at Auditorium Shores has become a tradition of ours here at Cannibal Cheerleader, and what better way to end it than with a performance by one of Texas most treasured artists, Erykah Badu. Only, the show clearly didn’t go as planned.
Badu and her backing band/producing group the Cannabinoids were supposed to go on around 7pm and at around 7:10 the DJs hop on stage and start spinning intro music, introducing each other at length and trying (rather unsuccessfully) to warm up a crowd who were set to hear the Dallas songstress. And thus we waited and waited, and after about thirty minutes of tape loops the band casually wanders offstage, yelling “We’ll be back Austin!” as if that was the entirety of the performance, no Badu in sight. Suddenly an announcer booms over the PA, stating that ‘Erykah Badu has travel issues’, which makes the crowd erupt into a resounding ‘boo’.
With her perfomance clearly shelved we prepared ourselves for Explosions in the Sky. However, much to our surprise 15 minutes later who wanders onstage but the immitable Miss Badu, signature hair braided long all the way down her back. She quickly introduces herself and hops into a killer rendition of “The Healer” which then bounces into a rocking take on “Danger”, after which the singer quickly skirts off the stage, her set cut short by time constrictions caused by her travel issues obviously. While the set was short it was nonetheless sweet and extremely passionate – here’s hoping Erykah Badu swings back through Austin ASAP.
Explosions in the Sky suffered a different set of problems, though nothing to do with lateness. It seems as if the local post-rock quartet was suffering from serious sound issues, a point made clear across the audience all night (and the blogosphere afterwards). Guitars would cut out randomly and the sound barely carried off the stage, leaving those at a distance to wonder why there wasn’t better sound provided for the Auditorium Shores stage. Still, the band, focusing heavily on newer tracks, managed to absolutely destroy their set, reeling and wheeling around chords and guitar lines in an awe-inspiring display. Definitely a site to behold, only next time in a different locale!
We here at Cannibal Cheerleader are well-known for our doom-metal obsession, thus it has been with extreme excitement that we’ve awaited the release of the new Isis album Wavering Radiant, and it does not dissapoint. Returing to the churning formula of Panopticon while keeping the indie-inflection of The Absence of Truth, Isis have crafted yet another masterful rendition of sonorous, stretching, and seething metal music, with plenty to like for all fans. Definitely worthy of a listen, check it below:
Rounding out the week with a little bit more Treasure Mammal news, the Phoenix artist just released a new split 7″ with the Numerators featuring his absolute jammer “Spring Break” as well as “Amethyst”. Definitely worth the buy if only for the Cholos in the bathtub artwork up there. “Spring Break” is one of our favorite party-starters of all time, featuring all the charm and wit of T. Mammal crammed into one pop extravaganza (and to what other track do you get to scream the lyric “Johnny Cochran… you’re dead!”). So head on over to the Mammal’s Myspace and grab that sucker ASAP y’all!
That about finishes our content for the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath. It was an incredible party and everything we hoped it would be. Thanks so much to the bands, to everyone who helped out (the Peacock, Ramon Ramirez for the killer sound, Allison Bright for the wonderful pictures), and most of all thanks to anyone who came and had a good time. Kudos to you people, you make writing this site worth it, so keep reading and tell all your friends to join the cult of Cannibal Cheerleader!
If you’re familiar with the Cannibal Cheerleader cult at all you’ll know we count ourselves among the biggest devotees of Phoenix’s favorite son Treasure Mammal aka Abe Gil. With experimental tendencies wrapped in electronic warbles coated in inspirational by-way-off ridiculous lyrics packaged in a hip-hop candy coating, T. Mammal defies easy definition, as his performance at our Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath clearly demonstrated. Blasting through some unbelievably awesome new tracks, Abe left the audience at the Peacock literally speechless.
Despite having initial difficulty getting sets for SXSW, the Treasure Mammal eventually found him self playing a half-dozen parties across Austin. We’re not sure if he survived the events of the craziest weekend in Austin, but we’ll undoubtedly be seeing more of this awesome artist soon. Check it:
Another one of our favorite acts of the Blood Bath was undoubtedly Vermillion Lies, a wonderful duo out Oakland who opened the show to a small but devoted crowd and absolutely rocked the Peacock to its foundations. Playing a brand of Victorian-era inspired punk rock with a heavy dosage of bizarre instrumentation to boot (toy drums and accordions anyone?) these ladies knew how to start a party off right.
Playing to a tiny bar as if they were opening for a stadium tour, Vermillion Lies left Austin to prepare for their upcoming tour with Amanda Palmer. However, they couldn’t leave the Lone Star State without getting themselves involved in the massive pillow-fight that occurred on Sixth Street that afternoon. Definitely a crazy group, check it:
Had the opportunity to check out a ton of bands at Mess With Texas on SXSW’s final day of Saturday and it turned out to be one of the best days of the whole fest. Starting with Cursive who blazed through their seminal Ugly Organ album almost start to finish and crashing through a wonderful set by CC fave Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, we knew we were in for a wonderful afternoon. After a set by the Vivian Girls (maybe a little too blog-buzzworthy for our taste at the moment) we were privvy to a set by the absolutely incredible Thermals who blazed through tracks old and new to the joy of a crowd-surfing audience below. One of the best (and hottest!) days of South by Southwest ever!
With a blog called Cannibal Cheerleader you can imagine how enthused we are about any band that calls themselves the Horrors. Truth be told we were among the first in our small group of indie-centric friends who jumped on the group’s self-titled EP and proclaimed them as the heir-apparent of goth-rock as we know it. We still love that album and Strange House and we can say unequivocally that the video for “Sheena Is A Parasite” ranks among our top 5 of all time.
And now, we’re getting news that the Horrors are resurrected, plucked from the grave of UK obscurity with their new album Primary Colours and it’s first single “Sea Within A Sea”. Definitely a slow-burner, clocking in at over 7 minutes, it seems the London quintet has shifted gears from the hellfire immediacy of their debut to a creepy-crawly, Zombies-by-way-of-the-Cure spookfest that sounds like a titilating ghost story rather than a slasher horror. Check it out below and count us among the group who can’t wait to hear the whole album.
The Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath recap continues with the Whispertown 2000, who put on an absolutely electric show last Wednesday at the Peacock in Downtown Austin. One of several stops on the band’s SXSW day party roundup, Morgan Nagler and company still managed to bring down the house with songs old and new, including several excellent cuts from their latest LP Swim.
Speaking to Morgan at the bar before the band played, she revealed the band was operating on so little sleep that they were feeling a little delirious, albeit the good kind of delirious. After a whirlwind jaunt down to Texas that saw them renting motel rooms for all of three hours before hitting the road again, the group dashed into Austin and immediately began playing shows, fueled only by a passion for playing and a good deal of free alcohol. Here’s to you W2K, our favorite traveling troubadours!
SXSW LIVE REVIEW: SVIIB, POBPAH (yay abbreviations!)
Friday was definitely a day of rest from SXSW proper, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t head down to Emo’s to check out some buzz-worthy bands, including the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and School of Seven Bells. Pains of course sounded heavenly, churning through now classic cuts from their self-titled debut, but it was SVIIB that really took the stage by storm, churning out fierce guitar-lines care of their ex-Secret Machines guitarist and screaming psychadelic with trippy dual-female vocal stylings. The Cannibal Cheerleader crew was definitely mesmerized by this one! One of the best bills of the whole weekend, quite the show.
On the opposite end of the spectrum from any of these bands comes Virginia-based doom metal outfit Salome (named after the woman who sentenced John the Baptist to death – how metal is that?) who on their four-track, near 45-minute self-titled debut LP mange to create enough carnage to beckon any apocalypse down on our heads. Seriously, this trio, helmed by Kat on wild-eyed, satan-worshipping vocals, R. Moore on stoner-jam, fever-dream guitar riffs, and Deal on pummeling, madness-inducing drums, has created one of the best metal records we’ve heard all year, on par with Crack the Skye and Static Tensions. If you haven’t heard of these guys yet, check them out immediately, they are truly a cannibalistic feast for the ears. Check it:
Lastly today here’s the cover of the new Intimacy: Remixed record from Bloc Party who have now posted the remixes of “One Month Off”, “Mercury”, “Talons”, and “Ares” on their Myspace (plus you can find the “Better Than Heaven” remix here). Looks like they kept the blacklit scheme from Silent Alarm:Remixed and all the better really, as Bloc Party album covers are always the best. Can’t wait to hear “Halo”!
Also check out this awesome video from Letterman! Watch for trippiness at 2:44.
THE ACTION DESIGN – BLOOD BATH Regular readers of Cannibal Cheerleader will be familiar with one of our favorite acts the Action Design who played our inaugural Blood Bath SXSW day party a week ago. The band rocketed through a seven song set of classics, even throwing in a Misfits cover for good measure! Seriously, this group bleeds cool in classic style and got the whole of the Peacock dancing in fine form. This group has come a long way since Tsunami Bomb and because of that we feel they’ll all the better for it, having improved their sound immeasurably to the tune of a dance-rock powerhouse. A funny story must be included about the group whose guitarist Jaycen woke up last Wednesday morning with a terrible stomach pain and had to be rushed to the hospital. We were called in the midst of the performance of opener Vermillion Lies with the news that the band’s attendance might have to be an acoustic set, if anything at all. That said, once Jaycen was freed from his IV tethers, the group raced up to Austin from San Antonio at breakneck speed and despite some delays managed to play a scorching last set of the day. Definitely worth the wait, and let it never be said that this band isn’t a troupe of troopers. Check out some videos and more pictures below!
SXSW LIVE REVIEW – THE HOLD STEADY/LUCERO Our Thursday at SXSW involved a wonderful stint at Red 7 where we were witness to an astounding double-bill of Lucero and the Hold Steady. Seems that this was the first time these two great and very similar acts were on the same bill and the set did not dissappoint, with classic tunes played by both bands. Still, it was the Hold Steady that took the cake, rampaging through songs old and new with a heavy concentration of rockers from Stay Positive including personal favorite “Slapped Actress” and barn-burning opener “Constructive Summer”. The crowd responded in kind to the band’s inclusive nature, featuring crowd-surfing, a surprising amount of moshing, and plenty of sing-along choruses. Definitely a sight to behold and worthy of the trip downtown during the busiest weekend in Austin.
NEW CRYSTAL CASTLES TRACK Long time fan-favorite and live-show standard “Baptism” from Crystal Castles has managed to weasel its way onto music sites over the past 24 hours. No one’s quite sure if this track is a result of any new recordings or if the wordless track (live the track is accompanied by Alice Glass’ trademark shouts) is off of a mysterious release. What we do know is the noodling synths and breakbeat riffs make this track a monster jam and we’re happy to finally have a real version swimming through our shuffler. Check it out below:
(turns out this mp3 was a fan-made cover – thanks Andy from Lies Records for clearing that up!)
Hey Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, sorry for the delay but we’ve got videos and pictures from last week’s killer Blood Bath SXSW day party, starting with this bloody awesome collage video of the whole event, featuringRolo Tomassi, the Action Design, the Whispertown 2000, Treasure Mammal, Prey For Sleep, Agent Ribbons, andVermillion Lies. If you weren’t there you’re probably already torn apart mercilessly, but if you were and want to recap, here you go!
Playing their first ever US show at the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath here in Austin for SXSW, headlinerRolo Tomassibrought the pain in a big way with their blazingly original sound. Ripping through crowd-pleasers like “I Love Turbulence” and “Fofteen” while mixing up the setlist with excellent takes on the likes of “Beatrotter” and “Film Noir”, the brother-sister duo of Eva and James Spence ripped and snarled their way through every song, bringing attendees of the Peacock Lounge to their knees in awe. While the band has garnered enough attention in the UK to open for the likes of the Bronx and Fucked Up in huge clubs, the intimacy of the small east-side bar the group played at here in the US couldn’t have been a better venue for the immediate and vitriolic intensity of the group’s blend of prog-punk and brutal hardcore.
The band took a 24-hour total plane ride to Austin, had to purchase all new electrical converters once they got here (UK to US, who knew??), suffer through stringent 21+ alcohol rules (the members are all sadly underage, we’ll buy you drinks next time guys!), and put up with the sweltering Texas heat, and yet the quintet still managed to put on the most blistering set of the entire festival in our honest opinion. This time next year this band will probably be too big to play Blood Bath II, but we can always dream. On a side note, while they manage to play some of the fieriest hardcore on either side of the Atlantic, all five members of Rolo Tomassi (Eva, James, Bean, Joe, and Edward, not to mention their wonderful management) are among the nicest and most humble people in any band we’ve ever worked with. Kudos to them for being so professional and at the same time so fucking rock and roll. See you guys back in the States soon! Until then, here are some videos from the day’s proceedings and some more photos – enjoy!
We of course didn’t just have our own SXSW Day Show – we attended quite a few as well! And among the top acts we absolutely had to check out during the week was Brooklyn’s Lissy Trullie, the terrific female clone of Julian Casablancas, complete with lazy-vocal stylings and a blues-rock meets NYC garage guitar sound. Playing every single track from the unequivocally awesome Self-Taught Learner EP, as well as a few unheard tracks such as smooth rocker “Billy”, Lissy Trullie bled cool from every orifice, performing in trademark black-leather jacket, torn up tank-top, and 4-inch heels, appearing every-bit as confident in front of a packed Red 7 audience as she might in her favorite NYC dive-bar. If there was ever a buzz-band deserving of the hype, let it be this one, putting all the other big-city acts to shame with a simple sound done so solidly as to make you forget why you ever strayed from it in the first place. Confidently soaring through a set of sublime rockers, Lissy and company parted ways after an all too short set, packing up their equipment but leaving a lasting impression on the whole crowd. Definitely one of the best acts of SXSW 2009.
In a move that has all of us audiophiles salivating like wild dogs, theYeah Yeah Yeahshave announced a special pre-order deal for their upcoming third LP It’s Blitz! that includes a special 7″ with their first single “Zero” on the A-side and a remix by none other than blog-buzzers Animal Collective on the other. Swing byInSoundand pre-order this right now – we know we did! Until then, check out some more b-sides from the special-edition release below.
…and we love it. Definitely having a great time here at SXSW, Rolo Tomassi melted our faces off at their first US show ever at the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath, Lissy Trullie left us starry-eyed at Red 7, the Hold Steady played their first ever dual-header with Lucero, M. Ward and the Cold War Kids burned up Auditorium Shores, and that’s of course just the tip of the iceberg.
We here at Cannibal Cheerleader don’t profess to have the biggest staff that can cover an entire festival – however, the one thing we definitely do better than anyone else is videography and we’ve got killer video for Rolo, The Whispertown 2000, The Action Design, and more from our day show, all of which we’ll roll out next week. We plan on giving a massive update on Monday where we’ll talk about every little experience from the weekend and our day show. Stay tuned until then and enjoy your SXSW experience!
PS. Check out this indie video from NME of the Rolo Tomassi bassist Joseph Thorpe coming THIS close to smashing his bass all over the Peacock.
Comments? For the record, the guys in Rolo Tomassi are the nicest, most thoughtful, and humblest band we’ve ever come across that can turn around and shred the shit out of a venue in a 30-minute set. A class act through and through.
Speaking of rock behemoths, Kylesa swings through Austin this week for SXSW hot on the heels of their new record, the unbelievable Static Tensions, and we scored an interview with co-guitarist and co-vocalist Laura Pleasants for an exclusive Cannibal Cheerleader interview. Check it:
CC: What is Kylesa all about? Describe your sound to the uninitiated. What are some of the themes of your music?
LP: We play heavy music rooted in punk, metal and psychedelic rock. Generally we write about personal life experiences.
CC: What went into the making of Static Tensions? Did the songs come quick or slow? What was the recording process like?
LP: Phillip and I wrote everything with Carl behind the drum kit. The three of us got together after our brief European tour last year (Feb. 2008) and buckled down to write the songs. “Said and Done” was written before we went to Europe but everything else was done afterwords. Eric, our other drummer, came up periodically to jam and work on some ideas. We did a tour in May and played some of the songs live to get comfortable with them and work out some of the kinks. We started recording in July 2008. Some songs came rather quickly and others took time to materialize and grow. Recording this time was probably one of the best experiences I’ve had in the studio. Everyone was prepared and more relaxed. The line up was stronger than what we’ve worked with in the past and everyone, for the most part, was on point. Phillip’s producing skills have immensely improved and we had some nicer equipment in the studio to work with. Before going in there, Phillip, Carl, Jay and Steve (of the Jam Room) got together to brainstorm the recording of the drums. The drums were a big concern for us because you couldn’t really hear the two drums that well on the last record. They came up with a good plan and with a little bit a trial and error, i think they nailed the sound. I also had more time in the studio to work on my guitar parts. I’ve never had much time in the past to experiment much so I was extremely pleased to have some time to dedicate to guitar overdubs and solos / atmospheric stuff.
CC: Where do you draw inspiration from? Who are some of your favorite artists both past and present?
LP: Inspiration comes from living life, really. Soaking in the ups and downs. Some of the core favorites among Phillip and mine are: Sabbath, Fugazi, Pink Floyd, Kyuss, Flaming Lips, Neurosis, Black Flag.
CC: Great metal music seems to be in resurgence, especially in the South in the areas around Savannah and Atlanta. What is it about this area that makes bands create such thought-provoking and inventive metal music?
LP: It’s an interesting question, but a hard one to answer. Heavy music has been relevant in the South for a long time but it’s just now getting more attention. There’s something that’s very oppressive and smothering about Savannah. It’s beautiful and great yet depressing in many ways. Additionally, I think the general lower cost of living allows for people / bands to get together and spend more time on music and less time at work. It’s a big reason why Kylesa has been able to do what we do for so long.
CC: What’s it like being a woman in a hardcore metal band? No doubt you rock just as hard if not harder than everyone else, but have you encountered any difficulty on the road? Any episodes of scene misogyny?
LP: There are sometimes episodes and comments like “You play really well for a girl” and that type of thing. The best part about those comments is that they think they’re paying you a compliment! A lot of the more mainstream metal acts with women members are marketed with an overtly sexual image. I guess there’s a lot of media pressure to be that because sex sells and these labels and magazines are selling mainly to young men / teenage boys. I think that’s a horrible way to portray women in music. It’s like you have to be some big titted heavily made up, scantily clad chick, or you can be “one of the guys”. There’s not much middle ground. I feel like I don’t fit in either category. I think the metal scene still has a ways to go in that sense. I don’t think about gender when I play and I want to be considered a guitar player and a song writer. And I can hang with the guys but it’s nice to be able to be a girl, too. But overall, I am treated with respect among the scenes we play.
CC: Where do you think the music industry is going and how is the business model changing? Kylesa have been releasing vinyl and 7″ for years, do you think that wax is making a comeback and that it will soon be the new standard? How does the business side of Kylesa run?
LP: I’m not really gonna go into the business side of things but if we were strickly business minded, we’d have a lot more money and popularity than we do now! We have always been a vinyl band because vinyl means a lot to us as music fans. I love records. I think there are fans of vinyl and that keeps vinyl alive but the whole model is changing. Soon everything will be exchanged digitally but it’s hard to say how the $ will exchange hands. The thing about the digital age is that there is very little soul or tangibility to it all.
CC: What is it for a band to ‘make it’ in today’s music world? Have Kylesa made it?
LP: Haha. Not really sure…we just try to stay a float. A lot of “making it” it is being in the right place at the right time with a lot of luck.
CC: What are your feelings on Static Tensions? From what we’ve heard so far it’s shaping up to be some of your best work, do you think this album will increase your profile? What are your goals for this release?
LP: I do feel that it’s our best record and we want to tour fairly heavily on it.
CC: How do you feel about SXSW? What do you like about Austin and the Texas metal scene? And speaking of festivals, what’s it like to be on the earth-shattering bill for Scion Fest?
LP: SXSW is great. We played it a couple of yeas ago and then last year i flew out to Austin just to attend the shows and hang out with friends. Austin rules. Such a great city and there are some good bands there for sure, Iron Age being one of my current favorites. Scion fest was pretty amazing. There were tons of people there, tons of great bands and the vibe and energy of the whole show was incredible. I just wish I could’ve seen all of the bands!
Check out the rest of the interview available in Issue #3 of the Cannibal Cheerleader zine! You can pick it up at our SXSW Day Party, tomorrow, March 18th 12-6pm, at the Peacock (515 Pedernales) here in Austin. Come out or be torn apart mercilessly!
CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER BLOOD BATH SET TIMES That’s right folks, the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath, SXSW Day Party is approaching quickly and if you’re not going to be at the Peacock, 515 Pedernales in Austin, Texas this Wednesday March 18th, 12-6pm, you can rest assured you will be torn apart mercilessly. Above you’ll see our sign for the day show and below you’ll find the set times and the top ten reasons to attend the Blood Bath.
PS. It has come to our attention that the Peacock is now allowing everyone 18+ to attend the event, so if you’re over 18 but under 21 you can attend but not drink. Spread the word!
Top ten reasons to go to the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath:
10. Vermillion Lies leaves to go support Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls after SXSW – Don’t you want to tell your friends you got in before they were big??
9. Treasure Mammal is a hip-hop/experimental artist and motivational speaker and in a live setting that’s every bit as cool as it sounds.
8. Agent Ribbons play Victorian punk – they didn’t even have punk back then but it would’ve been as badass as this, no doubt.
7. Prey For Sleep are following an indie punk band, so we hope a few clueless hipsters will get their faces literally ripped off for cool effect.
6. Action Design = former members of Tsunami Bomb, need we say more?
5. Whispertown 2000, the only folk-rock band with enough cajones to play the same stage as metal acts – seriously bloody indie rock.
4. First ever Rolo Tomassi performance in the United States! FIRST EVER!!
3. Issue #3 of the Cannibal Cheerleader zine available at our merch table, along with CC stickers and possible a Marnie-Stern-style kissing booth!
2. Meet your friendly Cannibal Cheerleader staff, who are way cooler than your average Austinites and can show you a better time in the ATX than 90% of these outside blogs/parties.
1. BLOOD, GUTS, AND GORE. LOTS OF IT. SERIOUSLY, FOUNTAINS.
Be there people, or be torn apart mercilessly. Rolo Tomassi – “Fofteen” ******************************************************************** NEW MF DOOM ALBUM All past transgressions are hereby forgiven, all the rumors, the poorly received live performances, it’s all in the past now that Atlanta emcee MF Doom (now apparently called DOOM, all caps son) has released BORN LIKE THIS. Seriously folks, this may just be the most consistently enjoyable Doom record since Madvillainy, and it features many of the same attributes, that is, short songs with atypical song structures and incredibly clever (not to mention extremely ill) wordplay and rhyming skills. MF Doom is back in fine form, rapping about the state of the hip-hop community, politics, and comic book characters, all in his trademark mush-mouthed, stream-of-conciousness flow. This, plus the sickest J-Dilla and MetalFingers beats this side of the Mississippi, combining bizarre instrumentation with fierce bass beats. Seriously, best hip-hop release of the year so far, no doubt at all. Definitely worth picking up and enough to put all the ’sucka emcees’ in their place, as Doom would say. Sometimes, the king of the world is also the biggest villain, check out some tracks below:
(deleted by request) ******************************************************************** BLOC PARTY ANNOUNCE REMIX ALBUM According to this Stereogum post, Bloc Party will be releasing an Intimacy remix album (Intimacy Remixed) in May, mirroring their lauded Silent Alarm Remixed from back in the day. They’ve got some seriously heavy-weight remix artists contributing such as Mogwai and Phones so we’ll be looking forward to this one with great anticipation. Here is the (terrifyingly awesome and fittingly Cannibal Cheerleader) video for first single, the remix of standout track “Signs”. Definitely worth checking out, though to correct the Stereogum album that said there were no ancillary releases to A Weekend in the City – did you never get the b-side compilation album Another Weekend in the City? You’re missing out if you’ve never heard “Once and Future King”! Check it y’all:
