Portland

Portland, OR, 1/18/08 - Some bands just make you feel happy even if the message is depressing. Akin to the Shins, The Dimes evoke feelings of a jovial nature by way of lush harmonies and jangley guitar riffs. Whether by accident or design, the band possesses a Brit-pop timbre which is Fab Four-comparable.
Formed in […]

(Portland, 12/27/07) I originally reviewed this album when it first came out last year, and enjoyed it thoroughly. After the review was published, I listened to the album more, and came to realize how much I love Daytime Volume. This Portland-based band deserves a lot more credit than it’s receiving and if you haven’t […]

(Portland, 12/19/07) A rainy December weeknight and the candlelit dining room at Imbibe provided a perfect setting for an atmospheric performance by Portland indie/alt-country stalwarts Celilo.
Led by singer-guitarist Sloan Martin along with Damon Dunning (bass, guitar, harmony vocal), Adam East (guitar, bass, harmonica, harmony vocal), Kipp Crawford (drums), Dave Pulliam (keys) and Tucker Jackson […]

Los Angeles

New York 1/2/08 - Petra Haden filled up the small, personal space at The Stone last night with a show involving mainly her and a loop machine. The violinist and sometime Decemberists member is indeed known for her a Capella explorations, most notably her home-recorded version of The Who Sell Out in its […]

Minnesota

(Minneapolis, 12/30/07) Minnesota’s Radio Orphans Jaw Knee and Finneaus are releasing their latest album, Unclaimed Freight, in its entirety on their podcast.
The podcast features nine music tracks including album artwork and is listed in the iTunes podcast directory or available for direct download at radioorphans.blogspot.com.
The Radio Orphans produce their own independent music and videos.
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Nashville TN

Nashville, TN, 1/20/08 - Blues is alive and well in the 21st century, and while there might not be any bluesmen left from the cotton fields of the Mississippi, thanks to a batch of young musicians who are dedicated to keeping the genre alive, the sound of the delta can still be heard […]

New York

 
New York - Brooklyn’s Bombs played the Lolita Party at Glasslands to a crowd eager to dance, due in some part most likely to the free cans of Sparks that were being served.
Syrupy malt-liquor energy drinks aside, those in attendance were left with little decision but to shake it as the keyboard, bass, and […]

New York - Far from your typically loud, sweaty concert event, Joanna Newsom played gorgeously at the Howard Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). The formality of seeing her play in a classy theatre with symphonic stature makes just as much sense as if she were booked at a dingy […]

New York - It felt a bit insane to walk into the Bowery Ballroom recently and remind myself that this sold-out show would feature a band who’ve just barely put out an album.
Vampire Weekend have earned seemingly endless waves of attention for their hot sound, and now at this their official record release event, […]

Olympia

(Olympia, 12/27/07) The genius of 70’s punk acts was not their musical talent, but rather it was their ability to construct short and simple songs with authority and force. The short life of punk was emulated by countless bands who wanted to combine musical muscle with the rebellious spirit of the genre. One […]

Pennsylvania

(Pennsylvania, 12/20/07) If you can’t take another sub-genre of rock music, sorry, but here you go. Chamber pop incorporates orchestral movements with catchy hooks and low-fi rock. Initially introduced as a part of the British Invasion with Merseybeat bands such as Herman’s Hermits and Gerry and the Pacemakers, the genre saw […]

(Pennsylvania, 12/19/07) With a dual guitar assault, rambunctious rhythms, and fever pitched vocals, The Shackeltons take the punk attitude of the Clash and combine it with shades of garage, grunge, and hard-core for a sound which is familiar and fresh at the same time.
The Chambersburg, PA quintet of Mark Redding (vocals), Eric Fisak (guitar), […]

Seattle

Above: Tina Dico
Seattle, You Was There, 3/30/08 - I don’t usually go out on a Sunday, but when Bob Schneider is on the playbill, you make sacrifices.
A word to the ignorant masses, and an aside to those that already know: Do not go to a Bob Schneider show and expect it to be anything […]

(Seattle, 01/02/08) After the critical acclaim hurled upon their debut EP Hey Celestial!, Siberian certainly had their work cut out for them in trying to assemble a full-length that lived up to high expectations.
The product is of course With Me (Sonic Boom), a diverse collection of shoegaze/post-rock, indie-pop, and alternative styles all delivered by […]

(Seattle, 12/17/07) Not many bands I’ve heard are better at setting this one certain mood with their music than Post Harbor is: The kind of dark mood that stirs you not to cry, but to reflect…on everything. Hailing from Seattle, Post Harbor still transcends all stereotypes that have been applied to Seattle […]

San Diego

New York - Pinback’s newest release, Autumn of the Seraphs, brings something new to the genre of indie rock. The record flows as perfectly as any record created with artistic integrity should. The songs fit together like puzzle pieces and the progression of the mood carries itself through the record respectably; not […]

Georgia, 1/4/08 - Not for the faint of heart, San Diego-based, Ilya E. Monosov’s debut album is full of love songs. Listening to it is like putting your heart in a frying pan. Monosov is best known for his work with the mystical, folkadelic Mountain Home. Both share the same mysterious label Language of […]

(San Diego, CA 12/12/07) Grand Ole Party must drink gasoline before going on stage. The band, consistently hell bent frenzied, resurrects all the ghosts of the voodoo that brewed rock and roll. Within the trio’s sound, the rough and tumble rawness of the blues thunders a strutting pathos converging with the manic intensities […]

CDs Just Released

Georgia - Legendary singer songwriter, Michael Hurley has been burned through the bone by unexpected hospital sojourns, obscurity, liquor and just plain old mean life. Who else can claim to be bluegrass, country and psychedelic all at once while proclaiming to be on “hipster control” in rock and roll wastelands!
Hurley’s songs have been […]

New York - Pinback’s newest release, Autumn of the Seraphs, brings something new to the genre of indie rock. The record flows as perfectly as any record created with artistic integrity should. The songs fit together like puzzle pieces and the progression of the mood carries itself through the record respectably; not […]

Portland, OR, 1/18/08 - Some bands just make you feel happy even if the message is depressing. Akin to the Shins, The Dimes evoke feelings of a jovial nature by way of lush harmonies and jangley guitar riffs. Whether by accident or design, the band possesses a Brit-pop timbre which is Fab Four-comparable.
Formed in […]

Rock

(Seattle, 01/02/08) After the critical acclaim hurled upon their debut EP Hey Celestial!, Siberian certainly had their work cut out for them in trying to assemble a full-length that lived up to high expectations.
The product is of course With Me (Sonic Boom), a diverse collection of shoegaze/post-rock, indie-pop, and alternative styles all delivered by […]

(Portland, 12/19/07) A rainy December weeknight and the candlelit dining room at Imbibe provided a perfect setting for an atmospheric performance by Portland indie/alt-country stalwarts Celilo.
Led by singer-guitarist Sloan Martin along with Damon Dunning (bass, guitar, harmony vocal), Adam East (guitar, bass, harmonica, harmony vocal), Kipp Crawford (drums), Dave Pulliam (keys) and Tucker Jackson […]

(Portland, OR 12/12/07) Tonight Jon Garcia played his last show, sort of. Rest in peace Jon Garcia, good morning Castle!
Garcia and his band have decided not to continue operations under the “Jon Garcia” moniker, choosing instead to embrace the working name “Castle” for the group.
As a final hurrah, Garcia and team dropped a solid […]

Knee Deep in the Scoop Law

Minnesota, 1/9/08 - Indiedrive, Inc., of Minnesota, announced the creation of the world’s first dedicated usb flash drive album marketplace today. The company is a place where indie artists can sell their music on flash drives.
Indiedrive will distribute the digital music and other media files on advanced, premium grade usb flash drives through South […]

New York 1/2/08 - Petra Haden filled up the small, personal space at The Stone last night with a show involving mainly her and a loop machine. The violinist and sometime Decemberists member is indeed known for her a Capella explorations, most notably her home-recorded version of The Who Sell Out in its […]

Billboard publicity wire reported today that musicians and artists rely on MySpace to market music and that even baby boomer bands should get on board, and used a new book titled “MySpace for Musicians” as its source.
Here’s the release:
Detroit, MI  January 3, 2008 — Search for your favorite Top 40 bands and their MySpace […]

Women Who Rock

Ever get the feeling that your life is spinning out of control? Here at The Stonewailer, this is sort of how we’ve learned to live … we just don’t feel right unless we are in a constant state of crisis management!
Anywho … Here are three more complete sets from recent Women Who Rock shows […]

(June 14, Women Who Rock, Ash St. Saloon) You get the feeling that the dynamic duo that converges to create Hairspray Blues have an on-and-off-stage relationship that is two shots XOXO, one shot BFF, and one shot IH8U. Their music is brutal and simple without being simplistic.
The rock/roots/experimental husband/wife team began as a twitterpated […]

(June 14, Women Who Rock series, The Ash Street Saloon) Autopilot consists of Adrienne, from Montclair, New Jersey; Paul from Salem, Oregon; Adrienne, the great-niece of Henny Youngman, the “King of the One-Liners”, author of such classic phrases as “Take my wife - please”
When Paul was seventeen his choir sang at Carnegie Hall, […]