Cannibal Cheerleader

PONYTAIL LIVE IN AUSTIN
Wonderful week of live shows here at Cannibal Cheerleader with one of our personal favorites Ponytail from Baltimore absolutely wrecking shop at Red 7 last night. A completely amped up crowd mobbed the front of the stage from song one and given that the quartet never let the energy-level drop below ‘blazingly electric’ the enthusiasm ripped the night in half. Much is written about the vocal stylings of Molly, Ponytail’s lead vocalist, but it was her backing band that stole the show, with churning guitar lines seamlessly converging into dueling spidery solos, all backed by the furious assault of the drummer who left his seat on more than one occasion with reckless abandon, wailing on his drums like he was beating back hellfire.
Playing through classics old and new, including personal CC favorite “Late For School” (yay!) the band cemented their reputation as not just another instrumental band but a indie-rock powerhouse with enough energy to power a small city into the new millennium and beyond. Fantastic set.
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Ponytail – “Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)”
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NEW AGENT RIBBONS 7″
Our friends in Agent Ribbons have been busy bees lately, what with opening up for Camera Obscura and picking up Naomi Cherie from the sorely departed Southern Drama all in the last few months. And now the California trio, on top of eberything, have sneaked in time to record a fantastic new 7″ entitled Your Love is the Smallest Doll, and it combines the lyrical whimsy and vaudevillian stylings of earlier recordings with a more fleshed-out sound care of Cherie’s string section. Featuring some of the group’s most infectious tunes, this EP comes highly recommended, if only for the title track’s vocal harmonies and liberal usage of toy piano.
Agent Ribbons – “Your Love is the Smallest Doll”
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PULL IN EMERGENCY TO RECORD FULL-LENGTH
Here’s the word from Cannibal Cheerleader favorite Pull In Emergency via the band’s Myspace:

” we’ve been a bit quite recently mainly because of the ol GCSEs/ A Levels so this is just an update. during the summer we’re going to be recording our debut album… and hopefully doing lots of gigs and stuff, underage is going to be sickkkk we think the albums going to be out in February/ March of 2010, we’re going to New York in December for some gigs in Manhattan and Brookyln all in all, sorry for being quiet recently, but this summer is going to be intense… PIE.xxxxx“

New Pull In Emergency album? Sign us up immediately. If we hear anything we’ll be sure and alert the CC faithful first!

Pull In Emergency – “Planes”
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NEW ACTION DESIGN VIDEO
Lots of news in the Action Design department, as the band is currently flying about the country on a new tour and will be touching down in Austin on May 25th. Not only that but the band has a new video forthcoming for standout single “Landmines” and we have the ‘pre-video video’ here to prove it. Check it out below!

The Action Design – “Move On”
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NEW HEARTSREVOLUTION VIDEO
Been a while since we sat down with the Heartsrevolution crew but the duo of Lo and Ben have been getting a lot of press recently, what with their inclusion on Gossip Girl (quite a soundtrack that show) and being given the Kitsune Maison nod. Now the group has a new video for a song entitled “The Rose and Her Prince”. A much for downbeat tune for the group but a welcome experimentation for such an interesting band. Can’t for the life of me figure how to embed this but check it out here.

Heartsrevolution – “Ultraviolence”
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

May 22nd is JB’s birthday! If you see him celebrating with cheap beer and expensive cigars tomorrow night at his favorite Austin hangout (Crown & Anchor Bar) holler at him and he’ll give you a sticker or a zine!

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BE YOUR OWN PET RELEASE 3-SONG EP


Remember when we told you earlier in the week that there was no news on that 3-song EP featuring the tracks that were left off the US version of Be Your Own Pet’s sophomore LP Get Awkward because of a record label dispute? Well turns out there IS news and it’s in the form of Get Damaged, an EP (or two 7″ records) that feature all three missing songs (”Becky”, “Blow Your Mind”, “Black Hole”). The EP is due out June 3rd (smokes that’s soon!). Read here for all the details and check out that completely rad cover up there! Here’s an obscure BYOP track as well for the newly converted.

Be Your Own Pet – “Hillmont Avenue”

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NEW BORIS MUSIC VIDEO – “STATEMENT”


Here’s the new Boris music video for their single “Statement” off of the excellent Smile LP. Remember, these guys are playing Saturday June 28th at the Mohawk right here in Austin. You know Cannibal Cheerleader will be there, sporting our rad Boris hoodies!

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GUESS WHOSE BIRTHDAY IT IS?


It’s John B.’s! Thanks to everyone for reading my blog the past few months – the best kind of birthday present is having people enjoy your work. If you know me and live in Austin, hit me up – we’re having a pool party before we hit up Terror Thursday tomorrow. See you there!

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