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Sunday.21.June.2009
Album: Holofon by Dorena
Album: El Siete Es La Luz by French Teen Idol
Album: Azar by Venice Is Sinking
EP: The Natural Order of Things by Trespassers William
Sunday.31.May.2009
Album: 3 Rounds and a Sound by Blind Pilot
Album: Some of These Numbers Mean Something by Darkroom
Album: Dyrdin by Dyrdin
Album: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Concert: THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART w/ Zaza and Sealions on
Sunday.03.May.2009
Concert: TODAY THE MOON, TOMMORROW THE SUN w/ Pistolero and Tendaberry on
Friday.08.May.2009
EP: Options by Portal
Sunday.17.May.2009
Album: Fits and Cycles by Cinemasophia
Album: O + S by O + S
Album: Tomorrow Today by Seeland
Album: Thy Mighty Contract by Thy Mighty Contract
Concert: WINDY & CARL w/ Benoît Pioulard, Lamb's Laughter, and Lyonnais on
Saturday.02.May.2009
EP: Kingdom by Naam
Sunday.26.April.2009
Album: Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future by The Bird and the Bee
Album: Sunset Over Saxapahaw by The Good Graces
Album: The Mountain by Heartless Bastards
Album: Afterhours in the Afterlife by Voyager One
Album: Arrivals by Worriedaboutsatan
Concert: THE POGUES on Monday.09.March.2009
Concert: MY EDUCATION w/ Night Moves on Saturday.04.April.2009
Friday.11.April.2008
It's here! It's here! Our review of the four days
of mayhem in Texas known as South By SouthWest. This year we provide you with 17,040 words (that is about 20 pages, single-spaced, in MS Word) and 136 photos (edited down from 1200). This is a lot of content, so please be patient with the pages as they will take a while to load. Enjoy:
Day 1 featuring Dancer vs. Politician, Twin Tigers, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Vivian Girls, Harlem Shakes, Themselves, Fol Chen, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, A Armada, The Besties, Rotary Downs, Venice is Sinking, My Education, Maserati
Day 2 featuring O + S, The Carrots, Death is not a Joyride, Foot Patrol, Azeda Booth, Ohbijou, My Latest Novel, Tungsten Coil, That Petrol Emotion
Day 3 featuring Winter Sounds, Ulrich Schnauss, Longview, The Union Trade, Western Keys, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, School of 7 Bells, Ladyfinger, O + S, Lonely Deart, Headlights, Asobi Seksu
Day 4 featuring Natccu, Great Northern, Low Line Caller, Peel, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, The Love Me Nots, Efterklang, An Horse, Lou Barlow, Say Hi, The Rosebuds
Extra: Photo gallery.
I thank all of our loyal readers for their patience as we prepared this massive, in-depth, review of a long event. I have been working my pseudopods to their calcium cores over this for the past three weeks! I am glad that, finally, SxSW09 is complete.
Sunday.29.March.2009
Album: Somewhere in Blue by Deena
Album: Mother by Susumu Yokota
Compilation: A Psychedelic Guide to Monsterism Island
Foreshadowing: We are hard at work on the SxSW09 review, gentle readers, so be patient.
We saw 45 bands, taking 9 pages of notes and 1200 pictures! It's a lot
to sort through, but we expect to have our usual lengthy and photo-heavy
commentary ready by next weekend. We thank you for your patience.
Sunday.8.March.2009
7": Marble Gods b/w Big Waves by Sad Day For Puppets
Album: Hush by Asobi Seksu
Album: Home Free by The Besties
Album: Cranes by Cranes
Album: White Flag by Madeline
Album: Insult to Injury by The Nightingales
Album: Oohs and Aahs by Say Hi
Concert: MAGAZINE on Saturday.14.February.2009
Concert: JUPITER WATTS on Sunday.1.March.2009
Download EP: Without You I'm Napping my Japanese Gum
Sunday.15.February.2009
Album: Lower by Calder
Album: We Have Cause to be Uneasy by Wild Sweet Orange
Concert: IAN MCNABB w/ Black Swan Lane on Monday.01.December.2008
Cross-Posting: Back in the last posting of 2008, we noted that writer Brett Spaceman had
left us to found his own online webzine. We cross-posted a few of his reviews,
and to return the favor he posted our review of the 3:19 soundtrack. The
Spaceman's new gig is called [sic] Magazine, and is worth checking out.
Split Album: Magnitogorsk by Port-Royal and Absent Without Leave
Sunday.1.February.2009
12": Spiegel im Spiegel by My Education vs. Dälek
Album: A Long Way From Home by Black Swan Lane
Concert: THE ROSEBUDS w/ Love Language and The Preakness on Monday.01.December.2008
Concert: THE ONLY ONES on Saturday.24.January.2009
Sunday.18.January.2009
7": Me and Mary b/w Breathe Into Glass by Asobi Seksu
Album: Baby Teeth by Feeding Fingers
Monday.12.January.2009
7": Library b/w Call the Incredible by Seeland
Album: Miracle Kicker by Dark Captain Light Captain
Best Of Lists: Malimus lists some albums he enjoyed.
Concert: JULIAN COPE (busking tour) on Wednesday.29.October.2008
Concert: SNOWDEN w/ Abby GoGo and Carnivores on Saturday.29.November.2008
Concert: POLVO w/ Highland Space and The Liverhearts on Friday.5.December.2008
Thursday.1.January.2009
Another year over and done with. We have gathered together our thoughts on the year 2008 for your reading pleasure.
Best
Of Lists: Gumdrop discusses 10 songs that moved her.
Best Of Lists: Indoor
Miner raves about seeing his musical hero play on a street corner,
and also lists albums, singles, and concert..
Best Of Lists: Inspector
Jason goes over every concert he saw in 2008, and also ranks
movies and albums.
Best Of Lists: Mr. Pharmacist
discusses music old, new, and timeless.
Best Of Lists: PostLibyan
discusses the music, movies, and blogs.
Best Of Lists: Sunny discusses her favorite movies.
Best Of Lists: Tracers
waxes poetic on music live and recorded.
Sunday.28.December.2008
Album: Awake by The Antiques
Album: Temporary People by Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts
Album: Pardon Me, Are Those Your Claws On My Back? by Faceless Werewolves
Album: Death In Fiction by Ray
Album: Polar Life by Sleeping Dog
Album: Promised Land by Dar Williams
Compilation: Ambient Not Not Ambient
Cross-Posting: The current album reviews by Ray and The Antiques represent EvilSponge's
first attempt at collaboration. These reviews are composed by Brett
Spaceman, who is also involved with [sic], a rival webzine. EvilSpone is
cooperating with them, for now! These reviews are featured on both sites.
EP: Hearts and Coffins by Old Ghost
Foreshadowing: EvilSponge's "End of the Year" Listravaganza will be ready for your
hungover reading enjoyment on New Year's Day. (Well, later in the
day -- we Sponge's have to get over our hangover's as well!) Tune
in then to see what will the coveted "Alabaster Sponge" Award for
Album of the Year!
Minion Debut: Tonight's posting also introduces new minion Gumdrop to our team. Make
her feel at home please. (And that actually means "be polite", if you
were wondering.)
Soundtrack: 3:19 by Robin Guthrie
Sunday.7.December.2008
Album: Youth Novels by Lykke Li
Album: Confluence by Manual
Album: Mantra by Slipstream
Compilation: Kung Fu Super Sounds
EP: The Goldest by The Goldest
Sunday.23.November.2008
Album: After Summer by Pia Fraus
Concert: THE WEDDING PRESENT w/ The Jealous Girlfriends on Tuesday.14.October.2008
Concert: THE OCTOPUS PROJECT w/ Carnivores and So So Death on Sunday.19.October.2008
Concert: THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS on Saturday.1.November.2008
Concert: THE SUN AND THE MOON w/ Averkiou and Misfortune500 on Friday.7.November.2008
Concert: FOR AGAINST w/ Springhouse and Twin Tigers on Saturday.8.November.2008
Concert: M83 w/ School of Seven Bells on Tuesday.11.November.2008
Concert: PARTS & LABOR w/ Tenth to the Moon on Friday.14.November.2008
EP: Always on the Run by Florence Hall
EP: Curious Faces / Violet Future by Twin Tigers
Sunday.8.November.2008
Album: Beware Fashionable Women by Beware Fashionable Women
Album: 4:13 Dream by The Cure
Album: High Places by High Places
Album: Fireproof by Dawn Landes
Concert: STEREOLAB w/ Atlas Sound and The Harris Twins on Friday.26.September.2008
Concert: WIRE w/ The Selmanaires on Sunday.12.October.2008
Concert: GRABOIDS w/ This Piano Plays Itself on Friday.17.November.2008
Sunday.26.October.2008
Album: Witches by Beatglider
Album: Shade Side Sunny Side by For Against
Album: Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow by Hammock
Album: Life Like by The Rosebuds
Concert: SAY HI w/ Jukebox the Ghost and Sleep Therapy on Wednesday.8.October.2008
EP: Sing Me a Song by Taro Kawasaki
EP: Stars by Ulrich Schnauss
Sunday.5.October.2008
7": Jealous Enemies b/w Summer by Dark Captain Light Captain
Album: Against the Dying of the Light by Avrocar
Album: Black Sheep by Julian Cope
Album: With Our Arms Wide Open We March Towards the Burning Sea by Glissando
Concert: MOGWAI w/ Fuck Buttons on Monday.15.September.2008
Concert: DEAD CONFEDERATE w/ Wax Fang and Twin Tigers on Saturday.20.September.2008
Re-release: Snow Tires by Unbunny
Sunday.21.September.2008
Album: The End of the New Country by Get Help
Album: Ce Gil by Schengen
Concert: XIU XIU w/ Evangelista and Common Eider, King Eider on Saturday.23.August.2008
Concert: OH NO! OH MY! w/ Royal Bangs and Antenna Shoes on Monday.25.August.2008
Concert: WILD SWEET ORANGE w/ What Made Milwaukee Famous and The Goldest
on Thursday.11.September.2008
Remix Album: Flared Up featuring various artists reinterpreting Port-Royal
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