Breaking Records! - Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off

2005's indie rock sensation Tapes 'n Tapes has a new album coming out April 8th, the follow-up to the acclaimed hit The Loon. This time around they are being produced by producer extraordinaire David Fridmann (Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips). This first track is called "Hang Them All".

New CD Releases- 2008.02.19

New CD Releases
2008.02.19

Pick Of The Week


Roky Erickson - Halloween (Live 1979-1981)


While I haven't heard this specific CD, (although I may have heard a bootleg version of this same concert), I have heard almost all of the releases below, and I feel confident that this CD is better than all of them. Roky is my favorite living songwriter, and he basically can do no wrong.

American Music Club - The Golden Age



Apes - Ghost Games



Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Tho Can See But Cannot Feel



Bell X1 - Flock



Ray Davies - Working Man's Cafe



Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious



Grand Archives - ST



Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago



Gary Louris - Vagabonds



KRS-ONE - Adventures in Emceein



Kula Shaker - Strange Folk



Allison Moorer - Mockingbird


Probably a 2nd place here. This is a full record of covers. I definitely liked the first 3 tracks, including a cover of Dancing Barefoot.

Morcheeba - Dive Deep



Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride



Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust



Marc Ribot - Excercises in Frustration


I'm a big Marc Ribot fan, and I'm really looking forward to hearing this.

Steve Smith - This Town



Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams

New DVD Releases - 2008.02.19

New DVD Releases
2008.02.19

Pick Of The Week:

In The Valley Of Elah




Plenty of decent movies coming out this week, and a couple good looking films I haven't seen yet. I thought this was a pretty good mystery/drama that obviously had some great acting. Definitely worth a watch.


American Gangster


It is an OK film. Nothing too spectacular, but this continues the trend of Ridley Scott being the most over-rated director of the modern age.

Crime Fiction


I Netflixed this one right away. Chicago area production that premiered at Slamdance.

Kurt Cobain - About a Son


I really just couldn't get into this one at all, and I'm a huge Nirvana fan.

Lust, Caution



Margot At The Wedding


I'd like to see this, although I still have yet to see the Squid and the Whale.

Michael Clayton


Pretty underwhelming. Not Best Picture material.

Redacted


I need to see this also.

Rendition


Actually somewhat more interesting that it looked.

Music DVD

Burn To Shine 5: Seattle


Volume 5 features Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), Minus The Bear and Eddie Vedder. Watch bands set up in a house, play a song, leave, and then watch the house burn down. Great concept.