Jessica Emmerich | 
11 20th, 2008| 
Yesterday I posted the “Falling Faster” video and song stream. Today is the video for “Gotta Make You Mine.”
Nov
20
“For round two, the comp seems to have evolved from a collection of covers of guilty pleasures to an unabashed celebration of pop, probably since nobody should ever feel ashamed for liking something..” Pitchfork (11.19.08)
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The second installment of 07’s sing-a-long darling, Guilt By Association, with yet another volume of pop music gems sung by your favorite indie artists. Guilt By Association Vol 2 is brings together your most beloved underground bands with your Top 40 Radio hits of the 80’s, 90’s and today. The series is more “elegy than irony and offers a primer on how to cover songs successfully”. (Harp, 07)
Guilt By Association Vol 2 looks and plays like a cassette tape that you might have made for a friend or, lets face it, your cutie crush in high school with love notes and all. Vol 2 features Robbers On High Street doing New Edition, Matt Pond PA covering My Chemical Romance, Takka Takka tackling Phil Collins, Cassettes Won’t Listen covering INXS.
Nov
20
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 AT THE BEAT KITCHEN
IN CELEBRATION OF THE RELEASE OF”BECOME THE NOT FOUND”THEIR NEW LIMITED-EDITION VINYL LPALSO AVAILABLE DIGITALLY THIS WINTER
For a third straight year, Chicago’s STATE AND MADISON will bring their annual “Fall Formal” to the Beat Kitchen for what has come be to be known as a rock’n'roll prom: The city’s best indie bands and their fans all dressed in their finest for a full-blown rock show.
STATE AND MADISON will headline the event on Saturday, November 29 at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, joined by Urbanites, The Noise FM and special guest The Frantic. The event will be hosted by DJ Risky Bizness who will also spin DJ sets before the performances and in-between sets.
Best known for delivering pop-infused indie-rock with a signature punch, an always infectious live show and consistently giving back to their loyal fans, STATE AND MADISON started their “Fall Formal” tradition in 2006. The event turns live performances into a formal-themed event, delivering a concert atmosphere that captures the essence of a proper affair. Fans are asked to attend in gowns and tuxes to be a part of the experience.
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Nov
20
LIVE at Bowery Ballroom with Nada Surf and Jealous Girlfriends on 12.6
The Guardian (UK)
The buzz: “Oh, Gramercy - we’re in love!”
The truth: Imagine the Byrds paying tribute to the Velvet Underground
Featuring current and former members of Guided By Voices, Luna, Joan Wasser of Joan as Police Woman, Dead Air and The Damnbuilders lead Dave Darby.
Their debut album features guest performances by none other than comedienne Sarah Silverman, Lloyd Cole, Chris Brokaw and Joan Wasser as well as present and former members of Nada Surf, The Pernice Brothers, Dead Air, Shudder To Think and more.
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Nov
20
Introducing A New Website For The Masses Of Good Taste
WWW.SPOOONFUL.COM (Yes, That’s three O’s) Launches This November 2008
Click Here To View Recent Feature On Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
“…..or maybe you’re simply too busy to spend time looking for new music and you’d rather that new music could just come looking for you for once. A nice little service called SpOOOnful has a solution to that problem.” EvolvingMusic.Com
“Looky, Looky, Looky. I mean Listen, Listen, Listen. Ok, this makes me so happy…..a new site that puts you (yes you!) in touch with cool new music. It is not a music site that will overwhelm you with tons of recommendations… It’s sort of like having your very own younger, cooler, in the know sister who has lots of time to check out live shows and report back…” DomesticReflections.Com
| Spooonful.com (www.spooonful.com) is a new, free weekly email newsletter and website that introduces subscribers to one great new artist or band at a time. The newsletter is based on the premise that most people who love finding out about new bands simply don’t have the time to discover them between all of the other responsibilities of life. Spooonful allows people to stay connected to new music by sending a simple, easy to follow email once per week.Each Tuesday, Spooonful subscribers are introduced to a different musician or band in a newsletter that contains the following information:
· Photo, genre of music and short bio “I found that friends were asking my advice about where to find new music on a regular basis,” says co-founder Stacy Horne. “It seemed that despite the wealth of music magazines, blogs and music sharing websites, there wasn’t a simple way for people who felt ‘out of the loop’ to stay connected to new music in the same ways they did when they were younger and had more time. Spooonful grew out of this desire to provide an easy, straightforward service for people to stay plugged into new music without having to do any legwork on their own.” The free, weekly newsletter is delivered to a member’s inbox (upon sign up at www.spooonful.com) on Tuesday mornings. The newsletter does not accept money for its editorial opinions and is not affiliated with any record label. Spooonful is co-founded by Stacy Horne who has 13 years experience in the live music industry and Amos Schwartzfarb, who has 12 years experience growing start-up web properties. |
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For more information contact: stacy@spooonful.com or amos@spooonful.com
Visit the website at www.spooonful.com
For Press Contact Kip Kouri - kip@tellallyourfriendspr.com
Nov
19
Goldies 2008 Winner SF Bay Guardian, “Best SF Band” (20th Annual Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery Awards)
European Tour Starts This Week / Announce Australian & New Zealand 2009 Tour
NYC December 16th Show With The Walkmen At The Masonic Temple
Visiter Out Now On Frenchkiss Records
Click Here To View SF Bay Guardian
Click Here To View Recent “Take Away Shows”
Click Here To Download Recent NYC Spiegeltent Performance
Nov
19
A great American holiday tradition will be born this year, joining the classics that have preceded it…Stephen Colbert will make Christmas his own. He’s taking ownership for the Colbert Nation. Stephen decided to ignore tradition start the Christmas holiday before Thanksgiving, putting him a step ahead of the competition.
In order to fully dominate the Christmas season…Colbert style, the Colbert Report anchor is unleashing his lethal 1-2 punch of both a TV special and holiday album at the same time.
The Christmas special. A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! is a one-hour original musical holiday special. It premieres on Sunday, November 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL. The musical companion EP of the same name will be available on iTunes.
Nov
19
Independent Pleasure Club Out This Week On Kanine Records
Click Here To Listen To MTV Podcast
Click Here To View Venus Zine Feature
RCRD LBL Releases Samo Son (Ghost Note Ltd. REMIX) http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Holy_Hail/track/Samo_Son_Ghost_Note_Ltd_Remix
Nov
19
Atmosphere
The Vic - Chicago, IL
11/16/2008
Atmosphere, hailing from Minneapolis, MN, was kind enough to stop in Chicago on the second to last night of their more than 50-date Paint the Nation Tour. “I’ve always had a crush on this city,” said Slug (Sean Daley) in between flows. Ant (Anthony Davis) rocked the 1’s and 2’s while slug spitting rhymes like:
A friend in Chicago said that I should stay persistent
If I stay around I’m bound to break resistance
Fuck you Lucy for defining my existence
The entire group is comfortable on stage, making it clear that they’ve done this before. With over 50 tour dates, they’ve quite literally painted the nation, “don’t ever fucking question that.” To round out the set, they played older songs right alongside the recent When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold tracks. Slug prefaced “God Loves Ugly” with “I don’t know why a city full of beautiful people would love some ugly fuckers from Minneapolis,” just before the beat dropped. During the track he shouted “now all the beautiful people be quiet” and the crowd erupted.
Nov
19
UPDATE: Realised that for some the link may not work. It should launch Windows Media Player to watch the video. If you can’t see the video but you can listen to the track below.
Ahhh…The Love Willows. The are one of my favorite new pop duos. They are currently out on tour with Push Play. See Dates HERE! Unfortunately it’s all East Coast dates, so for those of us here on the West Coast and everywhere else we can sit back and enjoy their latest music video for “Falling Faster.”
