Black Heart

STARS RECORDING NEW ALBUM. Exciting new update from the Stars camp, our favorite Canadian indie-pop collective who have been leaking material at a satisfying drip, including last year’s delectable treat the Sad Robots EP. Looks as if the group has a new album in the works, tentatively titled The Black House, The Blue Sky, and [...]

May 15th, 2009 | Category: cannibal cheerleader, converge, heartless bastards, in our bedroom after the war, sad robot, set yourself on fire, stars, the black house the blue sky, the mountain | One comment

NYCinema

LISSY TRULLIE TO ROCK OUT AUSTIN

It’s been a hot minute since we reported on the activities of one of our favorite discoveries of the year, NYC garage-rocker Lissy Trullie and her company of dashing Boho-rejects and art-school dropouts. Seems as if LT and the gang will be swinging through Austin next month at Emo’s in [...]

April 27th, 2009 | Category: acl festival, arctic monkeys, austin city limits, cinemasophia, lissy trullie, little black cloud records, raveonettes, ringfinger, stars, the decemberists, the virgins | Leave a comment

Blow Up

INTERVIEW WITH THE ACTION DESIGNSo for a myriad of reasons, including but not limited to transportation issues and the Republican National Convention being cut short due to Hurricane Gustav, the Cannibal Cheerleader crew did not manage to make it up to Minnesota to film the protests. The good news however is this week will feature [...]

September 2nd, 2008 | Category: acid tongue, action design, ben gibbard, death cab for cutie, into a sound, jenny lewis, never say, sad robot, stars, tsunami bomb | Leave a comment

Misadventure

NEW CRYSTAL CASTLES VIDEO/NEWSOur dearest friends Crystal Castles have just released a video for their single “Crimewave”, featuring a mesh-masked Alice Glass and a lonely zombie. Check it out below.Crystal Castles – Crimewave (Crystal Castles VS. Health)In other CC news, according to NME (and confirmed by our friend Myke) the band has canceled several [...]

August 29th, 2008 | Category: acl festival, be your own pet, crimewave, crystal castles, nme, pitchfork, republican national convention, sad robot, stars | Leave a comment

Quick Bite 12 – Good Save

STARS POST NEW TRACK

Our favorite Canadian melodic-popsters Stars are back on their game with the posting of a new track entitled “Why I Want To Save You” on their Myspace. The track contains all the formulas for success – sweeping chorus, intricate instrumentation, heartfelt and lovelorn lyrics. It’s the Stars formula alright! Give it [...]

July 29th, 2008 | Category: acl festival, stars, why i want to save you | Leave a comment

Stars and Planets

BLOC PARTY REVEAL “MERCURY”Yesterday we posed the question ‘what do our favorite Gang of Four indebted dance-rockers Bloc Party have up their sleeve?’. Today we have our answer as Bloc Party’s radio announcement was for a new single entitled “Mercury” (the video for which you can view below). Reports are vague as to if this [...]

July 8th, 2008 | Category: beck, bloc party, cat power, in our bedroom after the war, kanye west, mercury, modern guilt, nas, polaris, stars, stereogum, the nigger tape, untitled, you can't stop us now | Leave a comment

Food for Thought

BEN GIBBARD COVERS RILO KILEY/STARSAt a recent solo gig for Rhapsody, Ben Gibbard gave the acoustic treatment to some Narrow Stairs already classics such as “Cath…” and “Grapevine Fires”. However, the real excitement came when the Death Cab for Cutie frontman covered tracks from Rilo Kiley (”Silver Lining”) and Stars (”Your Ex-Lover is Dead”), and [...]

July 2nd, 2008 | Category: ben gibbard, bright eyes, conor oberst, death cab for cutie, finally punk, jim james, m. ward, my morning jacket, narrow stairs, rilo kiley, stars, the carrots | One comment

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 [...]

June 27th, 2008 | Category: alamo drafthouse, bitches in tokyo, creepers, frightened rabbit, mohawk, oxford collapse, ponytail, stars, terror thursday | Leave a comment

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