I just read something rad.  Basically, back in the early 80s, they would encode video games onto vinyl.  You’d make a recording of the sounds on the vinyl, and then load the sounds, via a cassette, onto old computers that could work that way.  That sorta blows my mind with its technological sweetness.  I’d say […]

The Party Downers, self-proclaimed skate rockers, aren’t actually skate rock at all. They’re beer rock! At least, so says the Empty Bottle. I’ve never heard that before, but if any band is gonna be “Beer Rock” then I’m glad it’s the Party Downers. The description of the 6/28 show: Regarded heavies SWEET COBRA return. They […]

For those of you who weren’t able to attend the Cowtown performance last week, or were just unsatisfied with my gushing review and blurry photo, a review of the Cowtown performance can be found at Supersarcastic.  Being a long-time Jumpsuit and at least little-while Hard Art Groop fan, a lot of the weirdness of the […]

Most people know that I am loosely associated with Tomahawk Amps and Shoes through my relationship with Make or Break Records and Jumpsuit.  I’ve been trying to get on better terms with the folks  at Tomahawk in the hope that they’ll extend their sponsorship to more of the bands on my label.  So far it […]

Jumpsuit performed the Cowtown extravaganza with Hard Art Groop. For those not awesome enough to have experienced, you’ll have to wait for the DVD. The music was, of course, awesome, but the unexpected radness came via the costumes, the collaborations, the videos, and the fact that the Chopin Theater was pretty much packed. As is […]

Via Indietastic, I came across a neat Last.fm tool called the Mainstream-o-Meter.  The idea of the thing is that you put in your Last.fm user name, and then it compares all the music you listen to and compares it to what other people listen to, taking into consideration how much you listen to a band, […]

Death to the Weird’s video is up and online. Check out their MySpace page, and watch the video. See if you can spot a couple of Make or Break alumni.

So this is old news, but I somehow managed to miss it. I must have been on vacation or something. Apparently Calvin Johnson showed up to a Built to Spill show and they played Freedom Riders. I just heard that song at my friend’s house the other day, and then I saw the video. I […]

Apparently I’m not the only one surprised by all things ICP…  Seriously weird.  Lots of hipster snobs talk about how bad the mainstream is, but I guess it’d only a fraction of how bad some of the lesser streams are.