Murmurs

LISSY TRULLIE INTERVIEWWe’ve been singing the praises of the inimitable Lissy Trullie since we first spun her Self-Taught Learner EP back in February here at Cannibal Cheerleader. Her brand of jangly guitar rhythms and NYC-livin’ lyrics conjure images of the heyday of garage-rock revival, and since she’s coming to Austin tomorrow Wed. May 27th at [...]

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 [...]

Blood Bath Recap Pt. 2

THE ACTION DESIGN – BLOOD BATHRegular 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 [...]

Feeling Like Murder

SXSW BLEEDS AUSTIN DRY

…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 [...]

The Beast Approaches

CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER BLOOD BATH SET TIMESThat’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 [...]

Blood Bath

CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER BLOOD BATH – SXSW PARTY

That’s right Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, this year we’ll be having our first ever South By Southwest 2009 Blood Bath/Day Party! Featuring some of our favorite bands from around the world including Rolo Tomassi, the Action Design, Prey for Sleep, Treasure Mammal, Agent Ribbons, and Vermillion Lies! 

The party takes place [...]

Empty Face

THE ACTION DESIGN RELEASE FREE LIVE TUNES

Quick update today – check out our favorite dance-rockers The Action Design’s Pure Volume page as the band has just uploaded some pretty rad live tracks that are free to download. Head over immediately! In other exciting news the Action Design will be playing this year’s SXSW! Sweetness! We [...]

Scissors and Spacemen

THE ACTION DESIGN LIVE IN AUSTIN

Our favorite band of dance-rock stalwarts the Action Design blazed through a searing set last night in Austin at Emo’s downtown. While the band’s last Austin performance left us winded, M and the gang had us gasping for air this night, with a rampaging set that reminded old schoolers of [...]

Follow the Lights

ACTION DESIGN RARITIES ON YOUTUBE
Thanks to another friend from the UK (we apparently have a lot of overseas readers here at Cannibal Cheerleader!) we’ve managed to come across some really astounding Action Design videos that feature the band performing as of yet unrecorded material, including the first video (below) entitled “Expert (Now I Know You)” [...]

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 [...]

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