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Monday.1.January.2007
Well, it is that time of year at which
we music-types reflect back upon what we heard during the previous
year. Here are the first batch of "Lists". Please
note that this year we have a very special guest writer, Mr
Colin Newman (of Wire and Githead) has shared his impressions of 2006 with us.
Best
Of Lists: Colin
Newman gives musical thoughts, MySpace advice, and downloads.
Best Of Lists: Indoor
Miner lists albums, re-issues, singles, one gig and one
DVD.
Best Of Lists: Malimus
recites the names of 20 records that he liked in 2006.
Best Of Lists: Postlibyan
lists albums, EPs, compilations, and shows.
Best Of Lists: Tracers
lists 11 musical pleasures.
Sunday.3.December.2006
Album: In
Distance by
Bitcrush
Album: Turn by
Buckfast
Album: Race
to the Blackout by
Clouds Forming Crowns
Album: Conversations
With Id by
Jash
Concert: ASOBI
SEKSU w/ Club Awesome and The Blue Hour
on Thu.19.Oct.06
Concert: +/- w/
Irving and The Tyde
on Tue.7.Nov.06
EP: Cities_EP by
Millimetrik
Sunday.12.November.2006
Album: The
Dead 60s by The Dead 60s
Album: Esoteric
Escape by Keser
Album: The
Metal West by Kid Icarus
Concert: GRINGO
STARR w/ Envie and The Sweetloves on
Sat.7.Oct.06
Sunday.22.October.2006
Album: The
Line Between Myth and Reality Has Always Been in Finland by
Antennas to Heaven
Album: Save
Yourself and Run Away by Ferocious
Bubbles
Album: Brocade by
Landing
Compilation: ¡Eléctrico!
- The Best of Aviador Dro 1978-2006 by El Aviador Dro
EP: De
La Mancha by De La Mancha
Thursday.5.October.2006
Album: Envie by
Envie
Compilation: The
Beautiful Season Has Past by
Yellow6
Concert: CLUB
AWESOME w/ League of Evil on Sat.16.Sept.06
Concert: ART
BRUT w/ We Are Scientists and The Spinto Band on Tue.19.Sept.06
Rerelease: Opalescent by
Jon Hopkins
Sunday.1.October.2006
This year EvilSponge was specifically invited (Press Pass and
everything!) to The Other Sound Festival. This festival was
held at three venues thorughout Atlanta in early September.
The Minions saw 16 bands over three nights. Please allow
each page a little while to load, as of course they took
pictures as well...
Thu.7.Sept (Day
1): Parade, Venice Is Sinking,
Hot Young Priest, No River City, Spectralux
Fri.8.Sept (Day
2): Five
Foot Flame, Engineering, The Preakness, Faith Kleppinger, Gentleman Caller, Ultrababyfat
Sat.9.Sept (Day
3): Elevado, Dave Doobinin, Ferocious Bubbles, The Blue Hour, and Slushco
Added bonus material:
Photo
gallery: nice guitars at 2006 Other Sound
Photo
gallery: Pedal fetishism at 2006 Other Sound
Photo
gallery: The new Lenny's Bar
There are also a few regular reviews, for your reading pleasure.
Album: Crash by
Ether Aura
Album: If
that is what is being thought, liberated sound talks the depth of [musical]
world by
Té
EP: One
Brain by The Zom Zoms
Tribute Compilation: A
Houseguest's Wish
Monday.4.September.2006
Album: To
the Races by Eric Bachmann
Album: Sea by
Last Days
Album: Love
& Sex & Rock & Roll by
Rockdownbaby
Album: The
Bells of 1 2 by
Sol Seppy
Concert: THE
SELMANAIRES w/ Thee Crucials and The Liverhearts on Fri.21.Jul.06
Concert: SOUND
OF 73 w/ My Education and Ours to Alibi on Thu.3.Aug.06
Concert: DEAD
60s w/ Camera on
Tue.15.Aug.06
Monday.30.July.2006
Album: Lonesome
Sky by
The Lost Patrol
Album: The
Monster Within by Recent Photo
Album: On
High by
Soundpool
Concert: SLEEP
THERAPY w/ Tora Tora Tora, The Graboids, Locks, and
The Subliminator on
Sat.15.Jul.06
Sunday.23.July.2006
7": split
7" by
Stafrænn Hákon and Emery Reel
7": Sister
Sneaker Sister Soul by
My Latest Novel
7": The
Chase b/w The Wreck by Shock Cinema
Album: Transistor by
Analog Missionary
Album: Is
It Safe? by Dina D'Alessandro
Album: Touch
the Spirit by Rob Levit
Album: Flares by
Port-Royal
Album: Serena-Maneesh by
Serena-Maneesh
EP: Obsessed
America by The Dirty Royals
Wednesday.12.July.2006
Festival reviews are such hard work! Here is our rather lengthy
reivew of Corndog-o-rama 2006. Please note that there are
photos embedded ineach page, so they might take longer than
usual to load.
Fri.23.Jun (Day
1): Elevado, Casavettes, The Blue
Hour, The Orphins, Psychic Hearts, Luigi,
The Close, I Am The World Trade Center,
Snowden, Shock Cinema, The Artist Formerly
Known as The League of
Evil
Sat.24.Jun
(Day 2): Jetty, Moresight, Brainbox,
Ghost Tour, The Silent Kids, The Preakness,
Hot Young Priest, Hubcap City (From
Belgium), Casionova
Sun.25.Jun
(Day 3): The Jupiter Watts,
Lust, The Protectors Of, Hell Mach 4, Untied States,
The Liverhearts
Added bonus material:
Photo
gallery: nice guitars of The Atlanta Music Scene
Photo
gallery: Pedal fetishism
Monday.10.July.2006
Album: Dialectic by
Cinemasophia
Album: Pronto by
Jason Dove
Album: Insomnia by
Miggs
Album: Grab
That Gun by The Organ
Album: Pull
the Rabbit Ears by PINE*AM
Album: Jalopy
Pop by
Sparkwood
Concert: SONIC
YOUTH w/ Be Your Own Pet on Mon.19.Jun.06
Concert: THE
FUTUREHEADS w/ French Kicks
on Mon.26.Jun.06
Patience: Three weeks ago I sent my Minions to
Corndog-o-rama in East Atlanta. Over the
course
of three days they saw a couple dozen bands, about which they wrote
10
pages of text. They also took 300 photographs. I am in the process of editing
this
for the web. Expect to see our review here in a few days. Patience, eager readers!
Wednesday.5.July.2006
HACKED! At 7:33 PM Eastern
time on Saturday.1.July.2006 the integrity of this
well-respected Website was compromised.
I can only apologize for this,
and say that we
here at EvilSponge.org are working with our good friends
at our hosting company to
find those responsible.
Actually, "responsible" isn't
the right word. How about "guilty"... This was not the
action of a responsible
citizen: taking a humble cultural critique site and replacing it with
a
pointless
act of internet graffiti! What they did was re-direct to this simple page,
somewhere
in Brazil...
Honestly, I have no idea what this person was trying
to accomplish. What good came
of your actions, Mr. Dominic Ferror? You have
simply annoyed several
people who otherwise
just want to be left alone to spew their opinions on
music. I hope you are satisfied.
I, personally, feel violated. My home
here on the web, my own personal internet castle,
has been raided by someone
who obviously thinks they are smart, witty, and doing
something original.
This was childish, simply childish, and overdone. This sort of immature
behavior has been going on for decades now, and it accomplishes
nothing except to
reinforce the cultural stereotype that hardcore computer users
(in the vernacular, "nerds")
are ill-mannered and rude. Thanks for making all of us look
like jerks, you jerk!
I would like to
extend my deepest thanks to Minion Brett Spaceman, who noticed this bit
of vandalism some 4 days after it first occurred. I owe you
one Mr. Spaceman. I promise that
we will get you a decent promo record, and soon!
Wednesday.21.June.2006
Album: Take
It With a Grain of Salt by
An Angle
Album: Scratch
the Surface by The Cringe
Album: Dancing
On the Dragon
by Leah-Carla Gordone
Album: Moxie
Bravo by The High Strung
Album: The
Greater Wrong of the Right by SKinny Puppy
Album: Who
You Fighting For? by UB40
EP: What
I Came Here For by Mary-Jane
EP: Noisy
Songs For Noisy Kids by
Thunderlords
Reissue: Goo
(deluxe edition) by
Sonic Youth
Monday.5.June.2006
Album: Outlaw
For Your Love by
Annie And Her Guns
Album: Uncovered
By Heartbeat by
The Cherubs
Album: All
Is Violent All Is Bright by
God Is An Astronaut
Album: Tijuana
Hercules by
Tijuana Hercules
EP: In
the Remote Woods by Foreign Born
EP: A
Moment Of Stillness by
God Is an Astronaut
EP: 3
Song EP by
The Year Zero
Wednesday.3.May.2006
Album: Decked
Out by Bang! Bang!
Album: Makin'
History by Jennifer Getz
Album: Choose
a Bright Morning by Jeniferever
Album: Limbic
System by
The Onlys
Collection: RGB by
SIANspheric
Concert: MORRISSEY w/
Sons and Daughters on
Thu.20.Apr.06
EP: Luke
Temple by Luke Temple
EP: Coin
Toss by
Through the Sparks
Sunday.16.April.2006
Album: Amusement
Parks on Fire by Amusement Parks on Fire
Album: In
the Event of Tomorrow
by The Post
Album: She
Wants Revenge by She Wants Revenge
Album: Japanese
Bathhouse by Rebecca Zapen
Concert: THE
BOSS MARTIANS w/ The Roy Owens Jr. and Bruce Joyner & the Reconstruction
on Mon.20.Mar.06
Concert: THE
JUPITER WATTS w/ Club Awesome and The Blue Hour on Fri.31.Mar.06
Concert: DINOSAUR
JR. w/ Dead Meadow and Priestess on
Sat.8.Apr.06
EP: To by
The Death Set
Wednesday.5.April.2006
Whew -- that was exhausting on a poor Sponge like myself. But
here it is: the epic review of South by SouthWest 2006:
15.Mar (Day
1) Dayshow
15.Mar
(Day
1) Night showcases
16.Mar
(Day 2)
17.Mar
(Day
3) Dayshow
17.Mar
(Day 3) Night showcases
18.Mar
(Day 4) Dayshow
19.Mar
(Day 4) Night showcases
Added bonus material:
Photo gallery: Signs around
Austin
Photo gallery:
hollow-bodied guitars at SXSW06
Photo gallery:
Pedal fetishism
Wednesday.29.March.2006
Album: Louise by
Bouldercrest Singing Group
Album: The
Fortune Theatre by Fake Ray
Album: Film
School by Film School
New Minion: The Film
School review above is the
debut of my newest Minion, Brett Spaceman.
He's located in Belgium. Yes, I now
have Minions in 3 countries! Feel the
international love here at the 'Sponge.
Patience: I sent Minions to SXSW this year,
so why haven't we posted a review yet? I'll
tell
you why -- those completists sent me 13 single-spaced pages worth of review,
plus 289 digital photographs to sort through! That's a heck of a lot of stuff,
so it
is taking me a bit longer to process than I would have liked. If all goes
according to
plan, there should be a massive SXSW posting this weekend. Tune
in then kids...
Sunday.5.March.2006
Album: Here
Come The Selmanaires by The Selmanaires
Album: Run
To Be Born by Walking Concert
Concert: JULIAN
COPE on
Fri.25.Feb.06
Concert: THE WEDDING PRESENT w/ Sally Crewe and
the Sudden Moves and Tentonic
on Fri.3.Mar.06
EP: Everyone
Out ... Shark In the Water by FM Bats
EP: Flowby by
Hush Collector
Sunday.11.February.2006
Album: Open
Season by British Sea Power
Album: Lose
Your Favorite Things by North Elementary
EP: Singer by
The Besties
Wednesday.1.February.2006
Album: Plastic
Bag Ambitions by The Hatepinks
Album: Complete
Buffoonery
by Miller
Download: Pizza
For Eggs by Underworld
EP: A
Writer's Reference by Halifax
Concert: THE
SUICIDE MACHINES w/ Stretch Armstrong and Whole Wheat Bread on Tues.15.Nov.05
Concert: THE
ORPHINS w/ Parade and Annie and Her Guns on Fri.20.Jan.06
Single: Waves by
Marjorie Fair
Monday.23.January.2006
Album: Maui by
Kava Kava
Album: Metronome by
Nutria
EP: Eau
Claire by
Eau Claire
Compilation: SubVariaTrax by
various electronic artists on the SubVariant label
Concert: FRENCH
TOAST w/
Murder Beach on Mon.9.Jan.06
Sunday.15.January.2006
Best Of Lists: Long
lost Minion Malimus appears out of nowhere to mention some albums
he
liked in 2005 that none of the Mnions reviewed (hint, hint).
Saturday.7.January.2006
Best Of Lists: Fyno
discusses the good points in TV viewing during 2005.
Sunday.1.January.2006
Album: Mercury by
DAC Crowell and Kurt Doles
Album: I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business by
I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business
Best Of Lists: It's
that time of year again: time for my Minions to sum up the year that has
just
passed. Read about our Best Ofs for 2005.
Best
Of Lists: Indoor Miner lists albums,
singles, and gigs.
Best
Of Lists: Postlibyan
lists recorded music in several formats, as well as live music.
Best Of Lists: Tracers
lists recorded music and live music.
Popularity: See
what reviews people were reading in November and December of 2005. I must
ask:
what the heck???
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