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25.04.2009

New Band Feature

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I have some great bands lined up for SAL’s new Artist corner/interview/whatever feature. This should be interesting.

First two features will be posted next week and they come from Shuteye Unison and Oceans.

Also, I have gotten tentative confirmations so far from Algernon Cadwallader, Look Mexico, O Pioneers!!!, Bridge And Tunnel, Arrows, Static Radio, Sakes Alive!!, Iron Chic, Empire! Empire!, Rapid Cities, Driving On City Sidewalks, Monument, Joie De Vivre, Lights At Sea, Cloud Mouth, Little Lungs, Blue Sky Law, Henry Gale, Young Livers, The State Lottery and hopefully much more to come.

Alright, I’m off to Charleston, SC to see Dino Jr. play. Later suckas.

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19.01.2009

Band Spotlight: Thousandaires

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Who? Thousandaires

Where are they from? Brooklyn, NY

What do they sound like? Members of Bridge And Tunnel, Get Bent and Halo Fauna get together to form yet another band. Do these guys ever quit? The three aforementioned bands should give you a pretty good idea of the awesomeness contained within the band’s first three songs. The band (Jared from Get Bent, Jeff from Bridge And Tunnel and Dave/Dom from Halo Fauna) just played their first show and are currently writing and recording. In the meantime, you can download Thousandaires’ Land Seal Demo over at If You Make It right now.

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15.01.2009

Bridge And Tunnel: East/West

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Bridge And Tunnel return with their much anticipated debut LP. The band delivered an awesome four song demo that turned into a 7-inch release courtesy of No Idea Records in 2007. The band features former members of Latterman, Each Other’s Mothers and Slingshot Dakota among many others. Bridge And Tunnel’s debut offering, East/West, marks a noticeable shift for the band and is the kind of album that rewards patience from the listener.

Much of the changes can probably be traced back to the band’s choice in recording. Granted the songs eschew any sort of accessibility or pop directness in the first place. The post-hardcore dynamics that the band flashed on their demo are certainly turned up to ten here. But the choice to opt for a more closed in sound with large doses of reverb kind of pushes the band’s sound inward. Not to mention that East/West was recorded by Kevin Ratterman (Elliott) after hours in an active funeral home and you have a recipe for a record that truly builds itself up from within.

What has not changed for Bridge And Tunnel is the smart lyrical nature and the inventive instrumentation of the band. This is the sound of punk rock being played by a group who knows how to play their instruments and not just recycle their influences. This is the sound of youth turning into adulthood. This is the sound of optimism being choked by apathy yet refusing to go down gracefully. Bridge And Tunnel could have taken a much easier route on their debut but the band chose to take the road less traveled. I may not always love East/West but I respect the hell out of it. On “White-Collar Crime Scene” the band asks, So where the fuck is our pride tonight? Are we just blank slates born at the end of an arms race? No doubt, Bridge And Tunnel are still here and they are still pissed. And for that we should be grateful.

Genre: Indie/Punk/Hardcore

RIYL: Fugazi, Cursive, Small Brown Bike

Label: No Idea

Call To The Comptroller’s Office

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Night Owls

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www.myspace.com/bridgeandtunnelmusic

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20.12.2008

SAL Reader Year End List

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#1

Dillinger Four “C I V I L W A R” – 8 votes

#2

Bridge And Tunnel “East/West” – 6 votes
Constantines “Kensington Heights” – 6 votes

#3

Death Cab For Cutie “Narrow Stairs” – 5 votes
Fleet Foxes “Self-Titled” – 5 votes
The Gaslight Anthem “The ‘59 Sound” – 5 votes

#4

Able Baker Fox “Voices” – 4 votes
Algernon Cadwallader “Some Kind Of Cadwallader” – 4 votes
Polar Bear Club “Sometimes Things Just Disappear” – 4 votes
Torche “Meanderthal” – 4 votes

#5

Beach House “Devotion” – 3 votes
Cheap Girls “Find Me A Drink Home” – 3 votes
Drive-By Truckers “Brighter Than Creation’s Dark” – 3 votes
Foals “Antidotes” – 3 votes
Fucked Up “The Chemistry of Common Life” – 3 votes
Good Luck “Into Lake Griffy” – 3 votes
Scream Hello “Everything is Always Still Happening” – 3 votes

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19.12.2008

Andy’s Top Ten

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Andy Thomas – Only Thunder / Label Manager for Suburban Home Records/Vinyl Collective – Denver, CO

* Ten Bad Ass Albums of ‘08 in no particular order

Torche – Meanderthal
Russian Circles – Station
Tim Barry – Manchester
The Gaslight Anthem – ‘59 Sound
Bridge and Tunnel  – East/West
Jessica Lea Mayfield – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
Dillinger Four – CIVIL WAR
Cheap Girls – Find Me a Drink Home
Man Man – Rabbit Habits
Olehole – Holemole

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18.12.2008

Mike’s Top Ten

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Mike – Static Radio – NJ

1. Antillectual – Testiomy
2. Let Me Run – Meet Me At The Bottom LP
3. Seasick – Ouroboros EP
4. Ghost Town Trio – Have You Heard EP
5. Bridge And Tunnel – East West LP
6. Polar Bear Club – Sometimes Things Just Disappear LP
7. The Ergs! – Hindsight Is 20/20 My Friend LP
8. Paint It Black – New Lexicon LP
9. Jena Berlin – Quo Vadimus LP
10. Arm The Poor – Blurring The Lines Slurring The Ryhmes EP

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17.12.2008

Chris C’s Top Ten

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Chris Connallon – Scream Hello – New Brunswick, NJ

1. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
2. Beck – Modern Guilt
3. Portishead – Third
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
5. The Gaslight Anthem – The ‘59 Sound
6. Guns n’ Roses – Chinese Democracy
7. Bridge & Tunnel – East/West
8. Dillinger Four – C I V I L W A R
9. Polar Bear Club – Sometimes Things Just Disappear
10. Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs

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15.12.2008

James’ Top Ten

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James – Anchor Arms – Gainesville, FL

1. How Dare You – Comfort Road
2. Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves – Self-Titled
3. The Shaking Hands – Self -Titled
4. Bridge And Tunnel – East/West
5. Mike Hale – Broken with No Hope
6. Murs – Murs For President
7. The Night Marchers – See You In Magic
8. Virgins – Miscarriage
9. Chuck Ragan and Austin Lucas – Bristle Ridge
10. Polar Bear Club – Sometimes Things Just Disappear

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02.12.2008

Dave’s Top Ten

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Dave Garwacke – If You Make It/Halo Fauna – Brooklyn, NY

Maps & Atlases – You and Me and the Mountain
Bridge & Tunnel – East/West
Get Bent – Demo
Good Luck – Into Lake Griffy
Little Lungs – Hoist Me Up
Iron Chic – Demo
The State Lottery – Cities We’re Not From
Lemuria – Get Better
Eric Ayotte – Remnants of Story Town
Tin Armor – EP

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01.12.2008

Collin’s Top Ten

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Collin – Valdez, Alaska

1. Riddle of Steel – 1985
2. Sidekicks – Sam (7″)
3. Dillinger Four – C I V I L W A R
4. Constantines – Kensington Heights
5. The Gifted Children – Always Stay Sweet
6. Static Radio NJ – An Evening of Bad Decisions
7. Verse En Coma – Rialto
8. Cheap Girls – Find Me A Drink Home
9. Paint It Black – New Lexicon
10. Bridge & Tunnel – East/West

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23.11.2008

Fellow Project: The Buried Life

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Long Island band, Fellow Project, is made up of members from the punk bands Bridge and Tunnel, Yes Sensei, We Meet Under Tables, and Church of the Rowdy. But, on The Buried Life, Fellow Project inject a singer/songwriter folk sensibility into their brand of rustic punk rock. Fellow Project’s use of dual male/female vocals set a nice tone for the band’s brand of folkish punk rock. Hell, the lead male singer sounds eerily like Frank Black. How cool is that? In fact the band’s music shares a lot of similarities to Black’s more countrified solo approach. This is Fellow Project’s second album I believe and definitely a grower given more listens. Fellow Project won’t knock you over but if you’re a fan of passionate and sincere music, The Buried Life will leave a certain impression on you.

Genre: Punk/Folk

RIYL: Slingshot Dakota, Frank Black, Whiskey & Co.

Label: Dead Broke

If A Hat Fit

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Thank You Comrade Conrad

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www.myspace.com/fellowproject

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20.11.2008

Bridges And Powerlines: Ghost Types

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I listened to this album non-stop when I got it but then it quickly fell off my radar. Unfortunately that’s the case with a lot of albums with the constant onslaught of new stuff headed my way day after day. And I don’t have the largest attention span in the first place. So, it’s really a bad combination but I digress. Bridges And Powerlines (not to be confused with Bridge And Tunnel) definitely deserve some coverage. Ghost Types is the band’s debut full-length. The band hails from New York City but sound nothing like you might expect. The band really reminds me of the alternative pop of Buffalo Tom mixed with a bit of new wave posturing. Perhaps akin to TVT-era Guided By Voices which some might scoff at but I actually enjoyed. Either way the band writes some amazingly catchy and intelligent indie power pop. Songs like “Floods And Fields” “The Maine” and “The Thieves, They Are Everywhere” possess such haunting, dark melodies. Bridges And Powerlines brand of pop has a way of possessing you and that will always be worthy of acclaim.

Genre: Indie/Power Pop

RIYL: REM, Buffalo Tom, Guided By Voices

Label: City Bird

Floods And Fields

02%20Floods%20And%20Fields.mp3

The Maine

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www.myspace.com/bridgesandpowerlines

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01.10.2008

If You Make It!

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Among the countless reasons to go to If You Make It, you can now download awesome free albums here. I STRONGLY recommend that you download The State Lottery’s Cities We’re Not From record which I will have a review up for soon. And of course, you can buy the vinyl LP from Salinas. Seriously, this is one of my favorite records of the year.

Also at the link above, you can pick up two new super groups and their debut EPs: Thousandaires (members of Bridge & Tunnel, Get Bent, Halo Fauna) and Iron Chic (members of Latterman, Small Arms Dealer, Agent, Suicide Fix). God, how incestuous these boys are!

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