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Sunday.24.August.2008
7" and Download: Lucky Jack b/w Build Around Me by i Concur
Album: Umbra by The Sound Gallery
Album: Songs In A & E by Spiritualized
Concert: TENTH TO THE MOON w/ Missile Command on Thursday.7.August.2008
Concert: THE FAINT w/ Jaguar Love and Shy Child on Thursday.14.August.2008
EP: Tap by Fava Beats
Sunday.10.August.2008
Album: Saturdays = Youth by M83
Album: A Child But In Life Yet a Doctor In Love by Magic Bullets
Album: Of Soft Construction by Near the Parenthesis
Album: A Dialogue by Geoff Soule
Album: Apparatus by Subtractive Lad
Concert: MY BLOODY VALENTINE on Saturday.28.June.2008
EP: Faint Violet Whiff by Dead Leaf Echo
EP: EP by Graceland Gospel
EP: EP1 by Heat From a Dead Star
EP: Chroma by Yvat
Sunday.27.July.2008
Album: In Light by Arp
Album: Dynamos by Club Awesome
Album: The Slip by Nine Inch Nails
Album: When the Leaves Fall Like Snow by Yellow6
EP: The Cause of the Colour by Oppressed by the Line
Sunday.13.July.2008
Well, another editing marathon is over, and I am one tired sponge! Festivals are such a grueling experience, both in attending them and in editing all of the notes and photos into one review. So here is your review of Corndogorama 2008.
Day 1 featuring Special Olympiad, Trial by Fire, Loose Screws, The Holland Dutch,
Attractive Eighties Women, Tenth to the Moon, Thee Crucials, Heinous Bienfang
Day 2 featuring Volcanizm, Twin Tigers, Graboids, Spy for Hire, Antic Clay and the Last
Holy Train, Magnapop, Chump, Hollyfaith, and James Hall
Day 3 featuring Thy Mighty Contract, Handsome Jack, Rock City Dropouts, A.Armada,
The N.E.C., 5-8, It's Elephant, Grinder Nova, All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, The
Orphins, Gringo Star, Snowden
Day 4 featuring The Reverend God and the Jesus Squad, Club Awesome, Light Pupil Dilate,
Battle Cat, Rizzudo, Summerbirds in the Cellar, Cassavetes, Cinemechanica, Maserati
Please note that there are lots of photos among the reviews,
so be patient as the pages load.
Wednesday.9.July.2008
Album: Box by The Neon Judgement
Concert: CATPOWER w/ Appaloosa on Wednesday.11.June.2008
EP: Circles by Dark Captian Light Captain
Re-release: The Fidelity Wars by Hefner
Sunday.22.June.2008
Album: Velocifero by Ladytron
Album: Ornament by The Liverhearts
Album: Pleamar by Replandor
Album: Saturnine Songs by The Search
Concert: LAURA VIERS w/ Liam Finn on Sunday.18.May.2008
Concert: SHE WANTS REVENGE w/ Be Your Own Pet and The Virgins on Friday.23.May.2008
Correction: Even a sponge makes mistakes! I was early by one month in my original listing
of the two Wire shows that Mr. Minor reviewed last posting. The correct dates
now appear.
Introduction: The above Ladytron album review constitutes the first full review from
long-time Minion adfiliate Inspector Jason. The Inspector has previously
written reviews for REM HQ, and we are more than pleased to steal him away
from those Athenians. Make him feel at home, please.
Photos: Photos have been added to the live reviews of Wire in Leuven and Manchester.
Sunday.8.June.2008
Album: A Sky With No Stars by Canadians
Album: No One Wants to Move the Piano by The Val Papadins
Concert: WIRE on Tuesday.29.April.2008
Concert: WIRE on Saturday.3.May.2008
Concert: SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN w/ Via Audio on Sunday.27.April.2008
Concert: 2 FOOT YARD w/ Vortex Park on Thursday.22.May.2008
Concert: THEE SILVER MOUNT ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA AND TRA-LA-LA BAND
on Sunday.25.May.2008
Monday.19.May.2008
Album: City Island by The Artificial Sea
Album: Arundel by Matt Bartram
Album: Devotion by Beach House
Album: Do You Like Rock Music? by British Sea Power
Album: Whole Ghosts by Cinemasophia
Concert: THE YOUNG KNIVES w/ Ungdomskulen on Wednesday.26.March.2008
EP: Marie by Romance of Young Tigers
EP: Split EP by Textile Ranch and Charles Atlas
Sunday.27.March.2008
Album: Begin Civil Twilight by Auburn Lull
Album: Peel by Peel
Concert: EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY w/ Lichens on Sunday.13.April.2008
Concert: THE LIVERHEARTS w/ Lay Down Mains, Rizzudo, and Club Awesome
on Saturday.19.April.2008
Concert: BRITISH SEA POWER w/ Film School on Monday.21.April.2008
EP: The City E.P. by Carrie & The Oslo Deadtrash Project
EP: Prelude to the Sea by Sur La Mer
EP: Sometimes Splendid Confusion by Televise
Re-release: In the Marshes by For Against
Monday.14.March.2008
Album: The Weather Clock by July Skies
Album: Dinosaurs Turn Into Birds by Silent Kids
Album: Reset Start Again by Talk
Concert: SILENT KIDS w/ Luigi and The Preakness on Friday.28.March.2008
Concert: JUPITER WATTS on Sunday.6.April.2008
Sunday.30.March.2008
Album: Epliogue
In Waves by Bitcrush
Album: The
Mary Onettes
by The Mary Onettes
Album: Le
Combat Occulté by La Société des Timides à la
Parade des Oiseaux
Compilation: Alextronic
Records Volume 1
Compilation: One
Five Zero
Sunday.23.March.2008
It's here! It's here! Our review of the four days
of mayhem in Texas known as South By SouthWest.
Read the entire SxSW08 review:
Day 1 featuring Clay
Leverett, Madeline, God Is An Astronaut, We vs. the Shark, Elfpower,
Sean
Hayes, The Wedding Present, Yellow Fever, Phil and the Osophers, Call Me
Lightning,
Delorean, Peel, Dub Trio, Naked Raygun
Day 2 featuring Ravens and Chimes, Scouting
for Girls, Cadence Weapon, Billy Bragg,
The Hunnies, Jukebox the Ghost, Someone
Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Peel, My
Education,
Our Lunar Activities, Melissa St. Pierre, High Places, The English Beat
Day 3 featuring Magic
Bullets, Yacht, Meneguar, Parts and Labor, Joan of Arc, Spring
Tigers, Antietam
, Say Hi, Cloud Cult, Kurt Vice, My Dad is Dead
Day 4 featuring David
Monks, FM3, Magic Bullets, The High Strung, Record Hop, Oh No!
Oh My!, Tally
Hall, Colour Music, The Autumns
Please note that there are lots of photos (98 in total) among the reviews,
so please be patient as the pages load.
Sunday.9.March.2008
Album: As
As by Paper
Album: The
Dangerous Summer by Blake Rainey and his Demons
Album: Technicolor
Dreams by A Toys Orchestra
Concert: BEACH
HOUSE w/ The Papercuts and The Meeks Family on
Sat.01.Mar.08
Concert: THE
FEATURES w/ Say Hi and Explorers Club
on Fri.07.Feb.08
Sunday.24.February.2008
Album: The
Battle of Sealand by Airiel
Album: N.A.L.T.1 by
Les Fauves
Album: Numbered
Days by
The Meeting Places
Album: The
Chemistry That Keeps Us Together
by
The Purrs
Album: The
Wishes and the Glitch by Say Hi
Concert: THE YUM YUM TREE w/ Herman, Put Down the
Gun and The Arts and Sciences
on Fri.08.Feb.08
Concert:
SERJ TANKIAN w/ Fair to Midland on
Mon.11.Feb.08
Sunday.10.February.2008
Album: Hologram+ by
Hologram
Album: Three by
Junkboy
Album: No
Love - No Hate by The Puddle
Album: Paint
by Numbers by The Yum Yum Tree
Album: Yellow
Rainbow by The Zom Zoms
Concert: ONE
HAND LOVES THE OTHER
w/ Envie, The Subliminator, Killick, and
Nerdkween on
Fri.20.Jan.08
Concert: RIZZUDO
w/ The Liverhearts on Sat.2.Feb.08
EP: Curse
In Reverse by
Map of the Universe
Sunday.27.January.2008
7": Stay
Awake b/w Then He Kissed Me by
Asobi Seksu
7" : Eurocentric by
Mike In Mono
Album: From
The Bureau of Robotic Affairs by Eyes To Space
Album: Wound
In Wall by
Feeding Fingers
Album: Embryonic
Heraldry by John Heron
Album: Gummi by
Stafrænn Hákon
Album: Emerald
City by John Vanderslice
Concert: EDITORS w/ Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV on
Fri.11.Jan.08
Sunday.13.January.2008
Album: There
Will Be Rain by
An Epic At Best
Album: Hair by
The Lonely H
Album: The
Mad Dukes Sing and Play for You by
The Mad Dukes
Concert: SLEEP THERAPY w/ Chris Strawn, Graboids, and Shadowboxer on
Fri.4.Jan.08
EP: Elika by
Elika
Tuesday.1.January.2008
Well, here it is: a brand new year. Some
of My Minions have thoughtfully summed up the
year 2007 for
you, for your reading pleasure.
Best
Of Lists: Brett
Spaceman lists 5 Disappointments: a cautionary tale of having
high expectations.
Best Of Lists: Indoor
Miner lists albums, re-issues, singles, and gigs.
Best Of Lists: Inspector
Jason recites the names of 10 records that he liked in 2007.
Best Of Lists: PostLibyan
discusses the music of year in chronological terms.
Best Of Lists: Tracers
lists albums both past and present, and live events.
Sunday.30.December.2007
Album: You,
You're a History In Rust by Do Make Say Think
Album: Darren
Hayman & the Secondary Modern by
Darren Hayman & the Secondary Modern
Album: These
Places Are Now Ruins by Last Days
Year End Lists: What is that strange feeling
in the air? Aside from rain here in Atlanta
(something
that never happens anymore), you are sensing the hushed
expectation
of thousands of indie rockers who await the annual "End of the
Year" lists.
My Minions have been typing away furiously getting these ready
for
you. Point your browser back here on the 1st to see what they have to
say
about 2007.
Sunday.2.December.2007
Album: Hermeneutics by
Antennas to Heaven
Album: Greed,
Lust, and Cloning by Don Bodin
Album: Spill
Your Heart by The Dark Beaks
Album: Trading
Twilight for Daylight by Great Northern
Album: The
Ghost You Left Behind by Hearts of Black Science
Album: They'll Come, They Come by
Immanu El
Album: From
Above by Lunar Dunes
Album: Luck
& Accident by Kim Novak
Album: Night
of the Furies
by
The Rosebuds
Sunday.4.November.2007
Album: Butterfly
Radio by Avenpitch
Concert: FILM
SCHOOL w/ Eulogies and
Parade on Fri.19.Oct.07
Concert:
SERJ TANKIAN w/ Tom Morello on
Sat.20.Oct.07
Concert: ROBBERS
ON HIGH STREET w/ Great Northern and Today the Moon, Tomorrow
the Sun on
Fri.27.Oct.07
Concert: SAY
HI w/ The Velvet Teen and The A-Sides
on Sat.28.Nov.07
Sunday.21.October.2007
Album: Dream
On by Celestial
Album: Transparent
Things by Fujiya + Miyagi
Album: Get
the Guests by The High Strung
Album: Tanks
and Recognizer by Lights Out Asia
Album: Everything
You Should Know by Silence Is Sexy
Monday.15.October.2007
Addition: Some
photos of the Marc Bolan Tribute gig have been added to that review.
Sunday.7.October.2007
Album: Velocity by
Damage
Album: Dividing
Opinons by Giardini di Miro
Album: Marble! by
Marble!
Album: Silhouettes by
My Orchard
Album: Let's Dance To Our Own Beats by
The Soft Eyes
EP: Beat
the Devil by Beat the Devil
Concert: Marc
Bolan: A Celebration on Sat.15.Sep.07
Concert:
MACHINE HEAD w/ Arch Enemy, Sanctity,
and Throwdown on
Tue.18.Sep.07
DVD: Hated,
featuring G.G. Allin
Saturday.30.September.2007
Festival: Other Sound Day 1 featuring: Envie,
Mary O. Harrison, Pistolero, Moresight
Festival: Other
Sound Day 2 featuring: Fernandina, Citified, The Yum Yum Tree, The Press,
Lay
Down Mains, All Night Drug Prowling Wolves
Festival: Other Sound
Day 3 featuring: No Disassemble, Silent Kids, Novelift, Jupiter Watts,
The Orphins,
One Hand Loves the Other, Club Awesome, Luigi
Festival: Other
Sound Day 4 featuring: Chickens and Pigs, Batata Doce, Tenth to the Moon,
Untied States
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