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Blog Fresh Daily Blast - July 24, 2008

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BLOG: YER MAM! - (Manchester, UK)

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Death Cab's Glory Days

From Both Sides of the Mouth, Posted July, 24th 2008

I remember when Death Cab for Cutie used to be good. A good-for-nothing DJ on my local rock station, 101.5, was like "I wasn't really into Death Cab for Cutie, but this song made me change my mind it's awesome blah blah blah" and then went ahead and played "No Sunlight" off their new album Narrow Stairs. Are you kidding me. He needs to be educated. Death Cab for Cutie's been around forever. Eleven years to be exact. Like...

New Album from Her Space Holiday

From Speed of Dark, Posted July, 24th 2008

photo by maga - from HSH myspaceHer Space Holiday, last featured here a couple of years ago, will release a new album on September 9. According to Marc Bianchi on the HSH myspace, XOXO, Panda and the New Kid Revival moves away from the sampling and electronic sound prevalent on previous albums. After performing the new album in its entirety at a few shows earlier this spring, HSH will embark on a larger tour over the summer and...

Ruby Isle announce release date, tour schedule

From Cable and Tweed, Posted July, 24th 2008

Ruby Isle turned a lot of heads with their free EP last year, and now we know the release date of their debut album. Night Shot will come out September 18 on Athens-based Kindercore Records, and will surely feature more of the dance and electro-pop vibe at which Ruby Isle excels. For the unfamiliar, this is a new project from Dan Geller from I Am The World Trade Center along with Mark Mallman and Aaron Lemay. Ruby...

Jenny Lewis dates released, Variety Playhouse 9/30

From Cable and Tweed, Posted July, 24th 2008

Pop and folk (but no longer indie) darling Jenny Lewis, also of Rilo Kiley, has a new solo album titled Acid Tongue due on September 9. To support that release she'll be touring both on her own and with Conor Oberst, including a September 30 show at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta.From her prior record, Rabbit Fur Coat:Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur CoatJenny Lewis on tour:9/16 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO9/17 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO9/19...

The Small Stakes / Insound Present: Insound 20

From Its Hard to Find a Friend, Posted July, 24th 2008

This is super cool, Jason Munn of The Small Stakes, arguably Indie Rock's foremost thing-maker, has teamed up with O.G. web-order site Insound to bring you Insound 20. Insound 20 is basically a bunch of super limited, super awesome looking shirts and hoodies being sold by Insound to benefit charity.So, are these from like...crappy artists I don't care about? Why, hardly good reader! To be preicse the artists whose stuff you'll be able to purchase are:The Constantines, Clap Your Hands...

Brightblack is Back

From Covert Curiosity, Posted July, 24th 2008

The good people at Matador recently debuted a new track from the forthcoming Brightblack Morning Light album Motion To Rejoin. "Hologram Buffalo" treads on Brightblack's familiar psychedelic blues-folk territory, with the layers of drawn-out organ blended with atmospheric vocals that fans have come to expect.When it comes to the new full-length album, Matador says Brightblack "might well have conjured the perfect Saturday night and Sunday morning album all on the same disc." Based on the expansive vibe of their 2006...

I want you to dig!!!

From Yer Mam!, Posted July, 24th 2008

In Manchester this weekend? Stuck for something to do on Sunday night? Don't stay in, come out and witness the birth of something special. A new night is hitting Manchester like a TGV, in the form of Dig For Victory!Spawned from the music-addled brains of myself and jonthebeef, Dig For Victory! (taking place in the homely city centre surroundings of The Bay Horse on Thomas St.) is an all-encompassing musical behemoth, spanning genres like they've never been spann(er)ed before, eschewing...

she says i wanna do right, but not right now

From I am Fuel, You are Friends, Posted July, 24th 2008

The New Frontiers from Dallas dropped their spacious and glowing cover of the Gillian Welch song "Look At Miss Ohio" into my inbox today, like a little gift. That aching original has been one of my favorite songs to attempt harmony with on the chorus for a few years now, but where Gillian's voice often takes on that haunted and weary edge, this version burns a little with spreading warmth -- like a good glass of whiskey. It sounds like...

yesterday tomorrow