Cursive stopped by the Daytrotter studios recently and recorded a few tracks including “Sierra” from The Ugly Organ as well as two new tracks, “Donkeys” and “Let Me Up” which will likely appear on their upcoming album. Head over to Daytrotter now to snag the downloads and explore the rest of this great site.
A recent article in the UK’s Guardian newspaper reveals that up to 95% of people in that “golden age group” that the record industry craves (hell, that EVERY consumerist industry craves), the 18 to 24-year old’s, actively copy and swap music.
It’s interesting to note that The Guardian is also mentioning the continued presence of offline music sharing. Remember making mix tapes and mix CD’s for that girl in your class who couldn’t give two shits as to whether or not you existed but you were sure that one Pixies song would sway her when she found the tape stuffed into her backpack by your dumb stalker ass?
It’s always interesting to see the mainstream industry react to news like this with either some sort of “groundbreaking” deal a mainstream band who can afford it makes or by deciding to “bow to popular demand” and disable what amount to booby traps in legally-released mp3’s that will melt your computer if you try to put them on an iPod.
Brooklyn’s psychedelic-pop-soul-rock quartet Hysterics brought their frenetic energy to Bowery Poetry Club on Saturday night.
Sometimes you see onstage freakouts that seem premeditated, however, while the young men of Hysterics know exactly what they’re doing on stage, their shenanigans don’t come across as insincere. In their exuberance, you see a bunch of guys who probably grew up pouring themselves into music, plunking out notes or beats on their respective instruments.
Read more after the jump!
As we reported in the first part of our Fest VI Coverage (speaking of which, be on the lookout tomorrow for parts II and III), Paint It Black’s Dan Yemin was proclaiming their new album would bring “punk back to year zero.” Some more good news was announce today by the band, with the release date for New Lexicon being set for February 19th, 2008.
The album, the band’s first with guitarist Josh Agran (Affirmative Action Jackson) and drummer Jared Shavelson (Hope Conspiracy), features production from both J.Robbins and Dalek’s Oktopus. Also, Naked Raygun lead singer Jeff Pezzati does some guest vocals on a track.
Pre-order the album here and you’ll receive it February 1st, a good two weeks and change ahead of everyone else. Also, you can check out a new track, “Past Tense. Future Perfect” below. Needless to say, we all just wet our pants.
Tracklist after the jump.
Spin.com has realized the awesomeness that is Polar Bear Club and did a nice write up on them here. Best part is that the post includes a free mp3 of “Our Ballads” which has only been available for streaming on MySpace page. The track comes from their new record Sometimes Things Just Disappear, which is slated for a December release through Red Leader.
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