Once we take a video down from our "Featured Video" section, it's hard to restrain ourselves from putting it right back up again in the main body of the blog. So without further ado, keep enjoying the trippy video for "My Girls" by Baltimore art-noise outfit, Animal Collective.
Also, if you haven't run out to your local record store, make sure to drop by Amazon and buy Merriweather Post Pavilion. It's an amazing album and well worth the money—and besides, wouldn't it be nice to buy a record once in a while? Enjoy the video, we (still) are.
Release: Drink Up Buttercup release "Farewell Captain/Sosey and Dosey" Single
Posted by Creep On March - 31 - 2009Trash-can bangin' Philadelphia pop-quartet, Drink Up Buttercup are set to release their first single with Brooklyn label, Kanine Records. Barely a year old, Drink Up Buttercup has grown from humble roots, originally rehearsing in a Buck's County, PA barn. Kicked out for unsettling the horses, these four pop-monsters have developed a jangling, ramshackle sound that has people dancing in the aisles on both sides of the pond—they were recently featured in New York's version of KidRockers.
Video: Screaming Tea Party - I'd Rather Be Stuck On The Stair Rail
Posted by Creep On March - 30 - 2009heck out the Tokyo-via-London trio, Screaming Tea Party, in their video for "I'd Rather Be Stuck On The Stair Rail". There debut Death Egg is out now on the Stolen Recordings imprint. Comprised of Nell on vox and drums, Koichi on bass and vox, and the enigmatic Niiyan on guitar, Screaming Tea party paste together, albeit angrily, terrible and inspiring melodies.
Pre-order Manners by Passion Pit, out May 19th.
Posted by Creep On May - 3 - 2009After Releasing Chunk of Change to rave reviews last year, Boston natives Passion Pit are back with one of the most anticipated new albums of this young year. Sadly, much of the new album—out on Frenchkiss Records May 19th—has already been leaked and is available all over the internerd, (read: blogosphere). But for those of you willing to pay—and I know that's all of you, because we all need to make a living—if you pre-order Manners from Newbury Comics in these last few days before it drops, they'll include a limited autographed booklet. Now, it may not be gold and diamonds, or even a t-shirt, but it's still something fun.
News: Beach Fossils prepare signed to Captured Tracks and Woodist—release date coming soon!
Posted by Creep On July - 2 - 2009A very good friend of ours recently holed himself away in his Bushwick apartment for most of the later winter after his former project, The Siberians, parted ways in search of greener pastures. Little did we know that Dustin Payseur was piling hook upon gorgeous hook in preparation for a massive release of new material—outside of the other two projects he had already set to simmer at the end of last fall. Pitchfork recently gave the first single, "Daydream", a 6—perhaps, only a cautious starting point from which to climb?
Release: Dinosaur Jr. set to release Farm on June 23rd.
Posted by Creep On May - 3 - 2009Living through the '90s was an emotional roller-coaster for us, watching Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, and Shannon Hoon break down the walls of pop music only to see their personal demons unravel them again. Albeit less dramatic, it was sad to Dinosaur Jr. come apart at the seams in late 1997. You can imagine our excitement when Dinosaur Jr. resurfaced again in 2005, despite only containing one of the original members, lead guitarist J. Mascis. They're hitting the road this summer to support their brand new full-lenght, Farm, out June 23rd on Jagjaguwar. Check the first single, "I Want You To Know".
