Beat It Back

PONYTAIL LIVE IN AUSTINWonderful 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 [...]

Surfin’ and Shoegazin’

NEW PONYTAIL VIDEO. Here’s a new video from Baltimore pop-rockers Ponytail whose latest release Ice Cream Spiritual was one of our favorite releases of last year. Featuring the standout track “Celebrate the Body Electric”, this psychadelic trip-worthy mind explosion features the kind of balloon-busting antics we’ve come to expect from the spazz-tastic quartet.

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Shred Yr TV

MARNIE STERN INTERVIEWWe here at Cannibal Cheerleader were among some of the most ardent fans of Marnie Stern’s sophomore release This is It… and we proclaimed it as one of our top albums of 2008. Now, before she heads down to Austin for SXSW 08, Marnie Stern has granted us an interview about her life, [...]

Bloody Best of ‘08

CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER’S BLOODY BEST
TOP TEN SONGS OF ‘08

10. Spinnerette – “Ghetto Love”

Squeaking in at the last second care of the newest incarnation of ex-Distiller Brody Dalle, Spinnerette, “Ghetto Love” combines spidery guitar riffs and wailing female vocals to make a part-industrial, part-punk masterpiece that rivals the tunes from such seminal works as Coral Fang. Highly recommended [...]

Still Not Dead

OCTOBER HIATUSFor those of you who haven’t noticed Cannibal Cheerleader hasn’t updated in a while. Luckily this isn’t a permanent hiatus but sad to say it will continue through the month of October as I (John B.) will be busy applying to grad school. I’ll also take this opportunity to attempt to revamp the site. [...]

Serious Shit

INTERVIEW WITH PONYTAILRecently, Cannibal Cheerleader had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Ken Seeno of Baltimore’s own Ponytail, a fantastic band whose new album Ice Cream Spiritual is fast becoming one of our favorites of the year. The band’s penchant for wildly inventive riffs, 7-minute strong structures, and legendary live performances has garnered them [...]

The One-Two Punch

FRIGHTENED RABBIT/OXFORD COLLAPSE IN AUSTINLast night at Mohawk here in Austin audiences were treated to the indie-rock equivalent of the 0ne-two punch, with Scottish crooners Frightened Rabbit teaming up with poppy-punksters Oxford Collapse for an evening of scorching numbers, all played with such effortlessness the boys in the bands made it look easy.Oxford Collapse opened [...]

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