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Anticon’s favorite sons, WHY? recently released part four of the eight part mini-series In Search of WHY?. Featuring the continued antics of Casey and Paul as they slowly drive Josiah Wolf insane. “I got reflexes like a ni-ni-ni-ni-ninja!”.
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ALARM/Tee Pee/Encore Records Host Austin Day Party
ALARM Magazine, in collaboration with Tee Pee Records and specialty hardcore/metal retailer Encore Records is proud to present a daytime showcase of Tee Pee Records artists and friends at Encore Records (1745 W. Anderson Ln.) in Austin, Texas on March 13. Set to perform at the event is Witch, Earthless, Graveyard, Ancestors, Annihilation Time, and The Weight.
DeVotchKa’s Mad and Faithful 2008 Tour
Denver gypsie outfit DeVotchKa is headed into a busy spring with a bevy of shows on both sides of the Atlantic. Following the March 18th release of the their second album A Mad and Faithful Telling (Anti-, 2008), the band will hit the road with shows at SXSW in Texas and Coachella in California. A European tour succeeds the North American showcase and tickets are beginning to sell out.
Interview with Able Baker Fox
Following eight months of online riff-swapping, the scattered Midwesterners of Able Baker Fox rehearsed only once before recording their upcoming debut, Voices, in less than a week at the studio of engineer/producer Ed Rose (Coalesce, The Get Up Kids, Reggie and the Full Effect). Merging old tour buddies and collaborators from melodic post-hardcore groups Small Brown Bike and The Casket Lottery, its members say a combination of history and distance made the record “effortless.”
Gnarls Barkely Complete Video for “Run”
Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo are at it again… Separate they are just mild mannered musicians, but when their powers combine they become the chart toppling force of hip-pop, Gnarls Barkley. Kicking off their second bout of outrageous antics is the video for the first single “Run”. Directed by Guy Shelmerdane and Richard Farmer, the video is centered around a 90’s public access show called City Vibin’
Zoroaster and Sourvein; Chicago 2/20/2008
Ever notice how the most of the best (non-local) shows in Chicago during the winter feature bands from the South? My first couple of years in town I assumed that it was because nobody bothered telling them how disgusting and miserable winter could be. I was wrong.
Dälek and Russian Circles Live in Chicago
The pairing of heavy rock instrumentalists Russian Circles and experimental hip-hop duo Dälek might seem to be a mismatched live bill for genre purists. However, since both groups are known for their intense live shows and for pushing the boundaries of their respective genres, it is more of a meeting of musical kindred spirits. Last Tuesday was the kick-off of a touring cycle that brings the two groups together on tour (along with energetic noise-rockers Young Widows) for series of shows until March 2.
The Music Biz Wins For Once P2P Users Beware; The Sherrif Just Got a Brand New Gun and it’s Aimed at YOU
You may have heard about the RIAA’s recent major victory in court. Although over 20,000 lawsuits have been filed by the RIAA against people who file share music, only one, so far, has made it to a court room. Everyone else had the good sense to settle out of court for a few grand.
But Jammie Thomas, 30, a single mother from Brainerd, Minnesota, says she was wrongfully targeted by SafeNet, the RIAA’s net detective that patrols the Internet for illegal file sharing.
Weekly Burlesque: Sex Worker’s Art Show Riles ‘Em Up
I wanted to go on the Sex Workers’ Art Show Tour this year, as I did last year, but I withdrew my application because I also wanted to stay and work on the new space for the School of Burlesque. It was a tough choice because SWAS means more than a lot to me, but I’ve been getting lots of calls and messages from the road that make me feel almost like I’m in two places at once. Love is good stuff. I can’t be there now so I’m really putting myself into this blog post to establish my undying affection and solidarity for my peeps on the road.
The Breeders, Islands, Fucked Up, NOFX to Play Free Show in Texas
MESS WITH TEXAS 2 ANNOUNCES A FULL DAY OF FREE MUSIC AND COMEDY IN AUSTIN, TX AT WATERLOO PARK
Mess With Texas, an annual party thrown in Austin, in the south by southwestern region of the US, at the same time as a certain other major music festival, has expanded in its second year to a massive, outdoor, FREE, ALL AGES event with three stages and an exclusive Austin performance from headliners The Breeders and NOFX and comedians like Janeane Garofalo, MTV’s Human Giant and Brian Posehn.
Is Print Dead? Or Does It Just Smell Funny?
If you are like me, you have a life long love affair with print in all it’s manifestations—books, magazines, newspapers, graphic novels, comics books, posters, drink coasters—in short, anything you can feed through a press and slap some ink on can be the object of this affection.
With the rise of the web and “new” media, newspapers and magazines are shrinking from reduced ad revenues and circulation. The venerable Punk Planet has folded, publishers of every stripe struggle to break even, and kids spend the majority of their reading time online, instant messaging and the like.