Spin Me/Best Of Pt. 1

SPINNERETTE DEBUT NEW VIDEO, RELEASE EP

It’s finally here Cannibal Cheerleaders, the new Spinnerette  Ghetto Love EP has arrived and none too soon for our ears. It seems that ex-Distiller Brody Dalle has been reincarnated as a nightmarish punk burlesque dancer, wrapped in layers of electronic decadence while still maintaining the poignant and fierce lyricism on [...]

Planet of Girls

INTERVIEW WITH VIVIAN GIRLSRecently here at Cannibal Cheerleader we had the opportunity to conduct an interview with one of our favorite new bands of the year Vivian Girls. Having not only created a firestorm of press with their sold-out debut and girl-group meets shoegaze sound, the Girls’ star seems to be shining brighter and shooting [...]

Star-Gazing

RINGO DEATHSTARR UPDATEIt’s a weekend update of epic, lovelorn, shoe-gazing proportions, starting off with this post from Austin’s favorite swirly guitar masters Ringo Deathstarr. Here’s there most recent Myspace post:

“this just in…we have been working on new material lately….we are going to start playing it at shows starting now. we also just finished tracking a [...]

Up Against the Wall

TILLY/BELAIRE/RINGO D’STARR ROCK EMO’SLast night at Emo’s here in Austin, Texas, attendees of the earth-shattering performances of Tilly and the Wall, Belaire, and Ringo Deathstarr were witness to a brilliant becoming, as three already immensely respectable acts combined forces for an evening of sonic epiphanies, with each band blowing away expectations to an infectiously joyous [...]

A Thousand Years As A Lamb

ZACH DE LA ROCHA SIDE PROJECT DEBUTSZach de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine fame is finally debuting a song from his side project One Day As A Lion with former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore. Named after the infamous graffiti which read “It’s better to live one day as a lion, than [...]

Halfway There

Hey Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, we’re halfway through the year so I figured it was about time to announce the albums, acts, songs, and shows that I feel are the best of the year SO FAR. Below are some tentative lists with the entries in no particular order and I’m not going to comment on these [...]

Stuff To Live For

GIANT DRAG RELEASING NEW EPAccording to the Giant Drag website, Annie Hardy of our favorite My Bloody Valentine-referencing, shoegazey, post-punk solo/duo band will be recording a new, as of yet untitled EP. The tracklist will include live favorites such as “Swan Song” and “White Baby” as well as tracks “Heart Carl” and “Stuff to Live [...]

Slow Dive

RINGO DEATHSTARR TO OPEN FOR SWERVEDRIVERHere’s a post from the Ringo Deathstarr Myspace:

SO, we have finally secured a rehearsal space to call our own. now we can get down to business. we are currently planning our next release, which as of the moment looks like it will be another e.p. released on vinyl and download. [...]

Conquering Heroes

NEW RINGO DEATHSTARR VIDEOCheck out this rad new video from our friends Ringo Deathstarr whose next performance is sadly not until June. Until then, friend them on Facebook and watch some of their cool, shoegazey videos complete with guitar-pedal heroics!********************************************************************NEW BAND CHEER: YELLEYelle is a French-pop songstress/electro threesome with a sound that would make Glass [...]

EVIL ALL AROUND

CRYSTAL CASTLES LEGAL TROUBLEWhile I heard rumblings of trouble with the above apparently ’stolen’ image of punched-up Madonna (which graces many Crystal Castles releases, tshirts, and even serves as the inner booklet for their debut LP) a couple of months ago, it appears everything has come to head between the original artist and CC, so [...]

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