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12.03.2010

Heads Up! The Restoration

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Went to a rock show last night and out of the four bands that I had never seen before, the best was the least “rock” of them all. The Restoration from Lexington, SC stole the show in my eyes. Led by beautiful vocals that remind one of Damien Rice or Andrew Bird, the band can lay down intricate arrangements as well as ratchet up the noise when they want to. The Restoration give off a cool Murder By Death-vibe at times as well. In exchange for your email address you can visit the band’s Bandcamp page and get some free songs. Check out “Constance” and “Reverend Samuel Harper” especially…well worth your time!

24.02.2010

Heads Up! Tiny Engines To Release Everyone Everywhere LP

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If you didn’t know Tiny Engines is a label I started with two other guys in 2008. This will be our third release overall. 2010 will be much busier for us than our first two years. We’ve got 2 or 3 more releases coming this year!

TINY ENGINES To Release EVERYONE EVERYWHERE LP
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* Pre-order Self-Titled 12″ (out 05/04/10)
* Band now streaming two brand new songs
* Download 2009 debut 7″ for FREE @ If You Make It

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Tiny Engines is pleased to announce that it will release the Self-Titled debut full-length from Philadelphia’s Everyone Everywhere.

The album, which will be released in vinyl and digital formats on May 04, 2010, is now up for pre-order from the label. Tiny Engines will press 500 12-inches on maroon and off-white colorways (350 / 150). To secure a copy of this amazing record, go here.

The band is currently streaming two brand new songs, “Tiny Boat” and “Blown Up Grown Up,” on its Myspace page.

Everyone Everywhere’s eponymous debut builds on the rock-solid foundation laid down on last year’s dynamic 7″, A Lot Of Weird People Standing Around, and further pushes the band’s sonic palette in exciting new directions at every turn. Sure, those lovely Promise Ring vibes remain – not to mention hints of Braid’s twisting-yet-tuneful angularity, the crackling anti-anthems of indie heroes Superchunk and Piebald’s off-kilter sense of melody – but the Philly four piece has honed its songwriting chops, dialed in its amps and seriously upped the ante with this emotionally taut ten-song affair.

On a related note, Everyone Everywhere and Evil Weevil Records, the label responsible for the 7″ version of A Lot Of Weird People Standing Around, have teamed up with the awesome folks at If You Make It to give away a digital copy of the 4-song effort. To download this sweet little release, completely free from financial obligation, go here.

22.02.2010

Heads Up! New Rocket Fuel Podcast

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120 on SAL contributor Jeff Takacs has a podcast called Rocket Fuel that you should definitely be checking out! The new episode is up, #35 to be exact. On this episode Jeff has an interview with Tim from The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, a contest with Paper + Plastick and tunes from Alkaline Trio, The Wonder Years, Glossary, Tim Barry and much more on it.  You can see the full tracklisting and more details on the Rocket Fuel site.

17.02.2010

Heads Up! Kaki King

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Kaki King’s fifth album, Junior, is out April 13th on Rounder Records. I’m stoked for this. I wasn’t a huge fan of King’s last album, Dreaming of Revenge but loved …Until We Felt Red. Either way, I’m interested to see where she goes on the new material.

Ah, and this…

10.02.2010

Heads Up! New Aloha Album!

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It’s hard to believe this is Aloha’s fifth album. Seems like just yesterday the band appeared on the scene. The band are one of those rare breeds that seem to stand on their own outside of any genre tagging. But one listen to Home Acres and you can tell this just might be Aloha at their most upbeat and most accessible. Home Acres is available from Polyvinyl with a release date of 2/26/10.

Aloha “Moonless March”

03.02.2010

Heads Up! Waitlisted Radio

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so, the new episode of Waitlisted Radio is up! our first playlist features higher giant and pj bond (as well as lissie, we will eat rats to survive, and the loved ones). the second playlist was put together by pj himself when he was in town and we have a little intro he recorded to go along with it. we also have a loved ones interview on the episode. there is also a 3 cd giveaway, one of which is pj’s cd.

http://mediafire.com/waitlistedradio

we will be launching a website by the end of march to go with the podcast.

02.02.2010

Heads Up! 69 Love Songs

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The Magnetic Fields‘ classic triple album,69 Love Songs, is set to be released as a box set on limited-edition 10” vinyl in April on Merge Records. Oh, this is tempting!

The Magnetic Fields “Book Of Love”

26.01.2010

Heads Up! The Emergency Room

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This is a follow up to the Alkaline Trio post from yesterday…I guess Dan Adriano of Alkaline Trio has already started something else on the side – The Emergency Room. I vaguely remember seeing something about this on Twitter now that I think about it. Anyway, I found rough demos here which include a live cover of “The First Eviction Notice” by The Lawrence Arms. I’ve been listening to these songs a lot over the last few days and if you’re a fan of Dan’s songwriting this should excite you. One can only hope this grows into a full band! I mean, next to a Tuesday reunion, this might be the next best thing.

The Emergency Room “Me and Denver”

The Emergency Room “Hurricane Season”

21.01.2010

Heads Up! Into It. Over It.

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Evan Weiss, who is Into It Over It, is doing a bunch of split seven inches in 2010 following his awesome 52 songs project. The first split 7″ is up for order now and is the beginning of Into It Over It’s ‘Twelve Towns’ releases which I’m assuming are all songs about specific towns. Amirite Evan? Anywho, this first split is with Bob Nanna & Lauren Lo. Nanna of course is from Braid and Hey Mercedes fame. This one comes out on Evil Weevil. A few others are coming out on another rad label later this year but I’m not sure if that’s been announced yet so I’ll just shut up now.

18.01.2010

Heads Up! Wooden Teeth

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Wooden Teeth, featuring former Lock And Key vocalist Ryan Shanahan, now have songs up for free download on their Last Fm page. I spotlighted the band here late last year.

Wooden Teeth “Guilty/Innocent”

20.12.2009

Heads Up! New Rocky V!

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I totally missed this when it was announced a few months ago. True Devotion comes out on February 23rd via Barsuk Records. You can check out the record info here. Here’s a song from the new record performed live. Werd.

Rocky Votolato “Sparklers” (Live)

08.12.2009

Heads Up! Last Sweetheart Album!

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Before Sweetheart broke up the band finished their  second record but it was never released. Well, the band has finally made the record available for download. Our man Ben covered Sweetheart recently in a Band You Should Have Known feature. You can check that out here. Ben says this last Sweetheart record is “all around awesome.” I haven’t listened just yet so I will take his word for it. Click the link below to download. Werd.

Sweetheart “The Unbearable Tightness of Being”

28.09.2009

Heads Up! New Holopaw!

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04.08.2009

Heads Up! Latin For Truth Free EP!

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Scottsboro, Alabama’s Latin For Truth have released a free digital version of their latest EP, We Are Sick of Not Having The Courage To Be Absolute Nobodies. To download all three songs, as well as lyrics, artwork and a bio, go here or click on the album cover below.


(Click on album cover to download)

1. 88 Says
88%20says.mp3
2. Natural Tailor Of Natural Joy
Natural%20Tailor%20Of%20Natural%20Joy.mp3
3. Phuckette Motorsports
Phuckette%20Motorsports.mp3

03.08.2009

Heads Up! Football, etc. Demo!

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The official first demo of ex-Tin Kitchen band, Football, etc., entitled First Down, is now available! You can order a physical copy from the band via their Myspace and/or you can download it over at If You Make It. Donations are encouraged if you download! For fans of Rainer Maria, Football, etc. deliver on the promise of Tin Kitchen rather splendidly.