From his upcoming Leaving Atlanta (Douchemaster – March 13)
Read: “Jay Reatard Through Atlanta’s Eyes”
Rolling Stone has published an interesting article that talks about Reatard documentary Better Than Something and Reatard’s relationships with the city of Atlanta and its people — Jared Swilley, Bradford Cox, the Carbonas, etc.
Check it out: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/all-or-nothing-guy-jay-reatard-through-atlantas-eyes-20120306
Also, check out this hilarious video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvTEPVldEtY
Show Alert: Best Coast/Those Darlins @ Royale + New BC LP!
KLYAM faves join forces for a show Wednesday July 18th at the Royale! Best Coast headlines, Those Darlins open.
ALSO Best Coast is releasing a new album on Mexican Summer entitled The Only Place. Here is the track list followed by a set of Spring and Summer tour dates:
01 The Only Place
02 Why I Cry
03 Last Year
04 My Life
05 No One Like You
06 How They Want Me to Be
07 Better Girl
08 Do You Love Me Like You Used To
09 Dreaming My Life Away
10 Let’s Go Home
11 Up All Night
03-10 Denton, TX – 35 Denton Music Fest
03-12 San Antonio, TX – The Big Spill at the Korova
03-15 Austin, TX – Parking Lot at 9th and Trinity – Google Music SXSW Showcase
03-15 Austin, TX – Urban Outfitters Back Lot Performances
03-16 Austin, TX – Stubbs – Spin SXSW Showcase
03-17 The Hype Hotel – Hype Machine SXSW Showcase
05-18 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern *
05-19 Oakland, CA – Fox *
05-21 Portland, OR – Aladdin *
05-22 Seattle, WA – Neptune *
05-23 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore *
05-25 Aspen, CO – Belly Up *
05-26 Boulder, CO – Fox Theater *
05-27 Lawrence, KS – Granada *
05-29 Omaha, NE – Slowdown *
05-30 St. Louis, MO – Firebird *
06-01 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *
06-02 Houston, TX @ Free Press Fest *
06-03 Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas *
06-16 Glasgow, Scotland – Garage
06-17 Manchester, England – HMV Ritz
06-18 Birmingham, England – Academy
06-20 London, England – SBE
06-21 Brighton, England – Coalition
06-22 Isle of Wight, England – Isle of Wight Festival
06-24 Atlantic City, NJ – Metallica’s Orion Festival ^
07-09 Orlando, FL – The Social ^
07-10 Miami, FL – Grand Central ^
07-12 Atlanta, GA – Variety ^
07-13 Chapel Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle ^
07-14 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club ^
07-16 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ^
07-17 New York, NY – Terminal 5 ^
07-18 Boston, MA – Royale ^
07-20 Montreal, Quebec – Le National ^
07-21 Toronto, Ontario – Pheonix ^
07-23 Columbus, OH – Newport Theater ^
07-24 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom ^
07-25 Madison, WI – Majestic ^
07-27 Chicago, IL – Vic ^
* with JEFF the Brotherhood
^ with Those Darlins
Read More at http://www.pitchfork.com/news/45653-best-coast-announce-new-album/
Watch Ty Segall Perform Two New Songs !
Imagine being in that very audience !
Band Recs: Dirty Virgins and Love Handles
Dirty Virgins– Sick band from “Allston Rock City” as they put it on their facebook page; they got the psych-garage punk slime deal down pat, definitely nice music to get busy to. I saw them at the Dirty Douglas a couple of weeks ago and it was a stellar set for sure. Oh and of course, one of the best band names of all time!
Here’s a link to their Band Camp page: http://dirtyvirgins.bandcamp.com/
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Love Handles– West Palm Beach, Florida’s Love Handles follow in a similar vein with their own raw brand of psych punk, but they delve into the more demented side of the style. There’s certainly a stronger psychedelic feel and I hear elements of Syd Barrett era Floyd, The Mabuses, and even a little bit of Deerhunter. Here’s a link to their Sound Cloud Page: http://soundcloud.com/westpalmbeotch/love-handles-phony-folk-singer and http://soundcloud.com/westpalmbeotch/love-handles-gold-chain both can be found on the “HANDLED” 7″ released by West Palm Beotch.
March Boston Cultural Compass Out!
SOTD: No Age- “Everybody’s Down” (2007)
My favorite song from No Age and five days from now I will be seeing these guys for the fifth time! To quote the WWF wrestler Booker T, FIVE TIMES FIVE TIMES! Haha, No Age is in my top three in terms of greatest live music experiences. Can’t wait!
Thee Oh Sees +1 (Interview + “I Was Denied”)
Look at that show! There’s another truly fantastic video of Thee Oh Sees playing a full set at SF State University aka College. Check that out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_jXA7YpfqU. Come to Boston, Oh Sees! You guys are a favorite.
Nathan Williams Kicks Out Some Jams W/ L’il Bro Kynan
Here’s the link to the Vice article “Wavves Wants You to Meet Some Wack but Nice People” by Nick Gazin
http://www.vice.com/read/wavves-wants-you-to-meet-some-wack-but-nice-people
The project is the Williams Brothers as a duo making hip hop beats and their eight song demo is called Sweet Valley. Sweet bro.
BOTW: New Highway Hymnal!
Yessir, our Band of the Week is none other than, New Highway Hymnal, a kickass band from both Haverhill and Lowell, MA. NHH has just recently released a 7-inch, entitled “Blackened Hands” on Vanya Records (a local, Allston based label) and will be playing Austin, TX’s annual South By South West (SXSW)Festival in the next couple of weeks. Congrats guys!
A review of their Lowell “7 release show will up soon. Stay tuned, turn on, and take over.
Below is the music video for “Blackened Hands” for your viewing pleasure.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 