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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
News Bytes Twitter Next Week’s New ReleasesBesides what listed below, there are some other great shows going on this week, like; The Yardbirds at Knitting Factory and local sensations The Little Ones and Sea Wolf at The Troubadour, on Wednesday. Rockinsider continues to present some great shows, this week it is Man Man and Simon Dawes at The Roxy on Thursday. Also this week sees the monthly event, First Fridays, return to the Natural History Museum with Plaid and The Submarines performing.
Sunday, April 1st: 120 Days @ The Glasshouse
I haven’t really been able to get into 120 Days when listening to their recorded material, but live it is pretty cool. Also on Monday at The El Rey Theatre. w/Ratatat.
MP3: 120 Days – Come Out (Come Down Fade Out Be Gone)
Monday, April 2nd: Sabertooth Tiger @ Silverlake Lounge
Pedal-to-the-metal blast of pissed-off hardcore punk reminiscent of San Diego’s Head Hunter/Cargo Records days. w/Wires on Fire.
MP3: Sabertooth Tiger – Death Valley
Tuesday, April 3rd: Son Volt @ The El Rey
Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo fame’s second release under the Son Volt name, has been getting all around positive reviews. I’ve never seen Son Volt or Jay Farrar live, but I’d image it would be good.
MP3: Son Volt – Underground Dream
Wednesday, April 4th: The Human Value @ Silverlake Lounge
This is The Human Value’s last US performance for quite sometime as they will be heading back across the pond to their new home away from home.
MP3: The Human Value – Give Me
Thursday, April 5th: Great Northern @ Detroit Bar
The more I listen to Great Northern’s upcoming debut, Trading Twilight For Daylight (out May 15th), the more I find myself liking it. Also at The Alley in Fullerton on Friday.
MP3: Great Northern – Home
Friday, April 6th: The Thermals @ The Echo
This isn’t a dig (obviously ’cause I’m recommending the show), but everytime I listen The Thermals, I think I am listening to Piebald. Enter to win a pair of tickets from Los Anjealous.
MP3: The Thermals – No Culture Icon
Saturday, April 7th: The Gossip @ Troubadour
I really like Beth Ditto of The Gossip, she has no problem voicing opinions and standing by her convictions. The Gossip recently signed to Columbia Records new Gay/Lesbian label, Music With a Twist. They were on Kill Rock Stars.
MP3: The Gossip – Listen Up
OK, so I found out about this show (The Jesus and Mary Chain @ The Glasshouse on Thursday, April 26th) a week or so ago (met the guy who will be doing sound for the band when they are in the states) and up until today thought the show was going to be a secret show, similar to the one The Pixies played a couple years ago at The Glasshouse, the night prior to their first reunion show at Coachella. Apparently I was wrong because The Glasshouse has opened the show up to the public, with tickets going on sale this Saturday at 10am. Really I don’t know why I’m telling everyone. Ya’ll better save me a pair.
Having The Jesus and Mary Chain play at The Glasshouse is really making my day since they are the only act at Coachella that I would really like to see, and the thought of braving a 100,000 people in the desert heat, with only a one lane road in and out of the polo grounds, really just doesn’t appeal to me. Sorry, I guess I just ain’ that hip.
Performing with William and Jim Reid will be former Ride drummer, Laurence Colbert, and I can’t remember who else will be joining them, but I’m pretty sure it is someone important. See, I can’t remember because there was booze involved in my conversation with their sound guy. and Mark Crozer will be joining them on guitar.
Anyways, here is a fitting download for this post, it is The Pixies covering The Jesus and Mary Chain’s song, Head On, at the Leysin Festival in Switzerland on November 7, 1991.
If you are unfamiliar with The Jesus and Mary Chain’s music, you better head over to Buddyhead’s Medication mp3 blog to pick up a couple of tracks.
Back in January of this year the good people at Trojan (of the record persuasion, not prophylactics) reissued Johnny Osbourne (and the Sensations) 1969 gem, “Come Back Darling”. The original album was produced and released by Winston Riley on his then newly formed Jamaican label, Technique Records. This new release includes 2 discs with a total of 61 tracks, and while I’m often skeptical about Trojan’s all-too-common practice of shoving dozens of relatively unknown songs on their reissues (many of which rightly deserve to remain in obscurity), these 49 ‘Bonus’ tracks well deserve to see the light of day again. The extra material, taken from Winston Riley’s sessions with a number of artists in the years surrounding the original release of “Come Back Darling”, creates a reminder of just how amazing music coming out of Jamaica at the time was. Read more »
There is a small controversy brewing in our neighbor to the south over the San Diego CityBeat’s music issue that spotlights local music in San Diego. Grumblings started a few days ago when it was announced that the two “local” bands who got the cover were, Grand Ole Party (huge fan!) and Delta Spirit (ehh, not so much…), with the controversy stemming over whether Delta Spirit are really a “local” band. And while this all may sound trivial, it is the nature of this arguement that really gives us outsiders a glimpse into how protective people in San Diego are of their scene, which has historically been and still is, dismissed or overlooked by the “industry”.
Head over to San Diego Dialed In and Cat Dirt Sez for their perspectives on the subject, as well as comments from the paper’s music editor, Troy Johnson.
I really just started reading these San Diego blogs as well as the others linked in the sidebar because I started to become interested in some San Diego bands that have yet to really break out of San Diego, see Grand Ole Party, The Prayers, The Muslims, and Fifty on Their Heels. And it has been through reading these blogs that my idea of whats going on in SD has changed. Before I thought Swami Records, John Reis, and Gar Wood were the island in a sea of shitty hardcore, pop punk, and Christian rock that dominated San Diego and it’s reputation. But now I have come to understand there is an extremely fierce diy scene going on down there that is spawning some really great new bands, many of which include former members of bands who struggled to break out in the late ’90’s early 2000’s and never seemed to get a fair shake at a national level.
Check out the articles, the blogs, and the bands mentioned above, odds are, you’ll find something you like.
Yes, I realize that today is only Wednesday, but damn if it doesn’t feel like Friday.
Cycle Sluts From Hell were a short lived crazy New York City late 80’s metal band that made one badass album, toured Europe with Motorhead, and then got dropped from Sony by Tommy Mottola.
Read the cliff notes to their career here.
Now pretend it is Friday, listen to the song below, go back and listen to old Motorcycle Boy, read The Dirt, and then make plans to go see RTX at Relax Bar when it really is Friday.
MP3: Cycle Sluts From Hell – I Wish You Were A Beer
Cycle Sluts From Hell’s self-titled out-of-print album was released in 1991. More songs are available on Cycle Sluts From Hell MySpace page.