Here is Broken Social Scene’s epically amazing new song World Sick, the first song from their new album Forgiveness Rock Record. The album is due out on May 4th.
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[mp3] Broken Social Scene – World Sick from Forgiveness Rock Record (2010)
Ladies and gentlemen, the opening track of Morning Benders’ new album BIG ECHO. The Morning Benders will be at the Independent on March 30, 2010. But tickets now!
Also, check out our Kuestionnaire with them a while back here.
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[mp3] The Morning Benders – Excuses from Big Echo (2010)
BOOM! A brand new limited-edition single from our own Berkeley indie-poppers, Morning Benders!Promises is from the upcoming Rough Trade record Big Echo, with an exclusive b-side called Oh, Annie which is available here. Rough Trade is also offering an exclusive 7” of non-album track Go Grab A Stranger, along with B-side Cold War (Wallpaper. Remix), for all pre-orders of Big Echo purchased via Insound. You can also catch the band playing at The Independent on the 30th of March.
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[mp3] The Morning Benders – Promises from Big Echo(2010)
With their third magnetically danceable album, ..But You’ve Always Been The Caretaker, coming out January 26th 2010, The Silent League are already prepping for a pretty good year. The new track, Yours Truly, 2095, is a dramatic and Faint-ish pop sing-a-long that has already gained a fun little remix from Memory Tapes. Check it out…
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[mp3] The Silent League – Yours Truly, 2095 from But You’ve Always Been the Caretaker (2010)
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Learn more about Summit on the Summit and follow Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, Jessica Biel and more as they prepare and actually climb the mountain. http://www.summitonthesummit.com/To support SUMMIT ON THE SUMMIT: Kilimanjaro, make a donation to sponsor the climb at http://www.summitonthesummit.com.
Below is Kenna’s new song in hopes that you return the favor by donating to this just cause.
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Berkeley’s The Morning Benders’ debut album, Talking Through Tin Cans, was released on the 6th of May, 2008 on +1 Records to some to some pretty positive responses. The light and creative tunes won the hearts of those who enjoyed fun indie pop without the gimmicks. The Morning Benders also received praise from all corners of the media, including being named the top album in iTunes’ Alt/Rock Indie Spotlight Best of 2008 feature. As of now, they have been hibernating and tirelessly writing and recording their follow-up record, Big Echo, with Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear co-producing and mixing. It is due out in early 2010.
This week, vocalist and guitarist Christoper Chu takes a break from recording and answers the Kuestionnaire.
1. Could you state your name and what you do in the band?
christoper chu, vocals and guitar
2. How would you describe your sound?
really cool
3. What is your favorite local band?
right now, girls
4. Any concerts that blew your mind recently?
dirty projectors @ fox theatre, fools gold @ independent
5. Any non-musical influences you would like to mention?
george r.r. martin’s “fire and ice” saga, truffau, wong kar wai, harry potter, ghandi, my cat zooey
6. If your music was to be the theme of a film/TV show, what would it be?
Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
7. What musician/artist would you like to collaborate with for a day?
Eno or maybe R. Kelly
8. What is the album you listen to on a cold rainy day?
sea change and pink moon
9. List four songs you would listen to on a roadtrip?
the village – new order
heartbeat – annie
feel it all around – washed out
im a flirt (remix) – r kelly
10. Where do you see yourselves in 7 years?
2016
11. What is the last book you read? harry potter and the deathly hallows
12. Is image a factor in music or is it a waste of time?
big factor, and big waste of time
13. Any embarrassing moments on stage you would like to share?
one time a crackhead snuck in the backdoor of a venue we played in north carolina and tried to make out with julian (our drummer). i was having a good time watching, but i think it was an embarrassing moment for julian.
14. Any favorite tour locations?
north carolina (read above)
15. Lastly, what is your present state of mind?
free
The Morning Benders – Waiting For A Warfrom Talking Through Tin Cans (2008)
Girls – Life In San Franciscofrom Lust For Life 7″ (2009)
BIG week in the Bay. With several Outside Lands After-parties and the festival itself, there is no shortage of things to do here. Also a visit from Ted Leo, a record release party, and a country music legend stops by an unlikely venue.
Tonight we have The Matches playing the final date off their tour with Judgement Day and Dizzy Balloon at the Fillmore, Six Organs of Admittance and Master Musicians of Bukkake rock The Independent, Fleet Foxes drummer and creator of one of the best albums of 2009, J. Tillman stops by Café du Nord, Jay Reatard does a set at Berkeley’s Amoeba Records at 6pm.
Monday, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists hit up the Bottom of the Hill instead of Treasure Island which they originally intended.
Tuesday features Fruit Bats riding on their new record with Death Vessel at The Independent. The Ruminant Band is a beautiful record full of sweet harmonies and lovely song-writing. Pick it up when you get a chance. Also the amazing Ramona Falls play Café du Nord.
Wednesday will find me at The Fillmore watching dredg, Rx Bandits and As Tall as Lions. All of which have released some pretty impressive albums this year. Also going on is The Dodos and Spencey Dude & the Doodles playing the Rickshaw Stop to kick off Outside Lands fever. Oh yeah and it’s sold out. Bummer.
More Outside Landish shows on Thursday; Akron/Family and Howlin’ Rain crash the Rickshaw Stop and Holy Fuck plays The Independent. In addition, we have The Famous‘ Record Release Party at Café du Nord with 20 Minute Loop and Billy & Dolly.
If you’re not going to Outside Lands this weekend, we have the Outside Lands Afterparty with San Francisco local acts Goodbye Nautilus, The Working Title and Wave Array at Café du Nord.
On Saturday we have hip-hoppers Blue Sky Black Death, Boy in Static and Boy Eats Drum Machine at the Bottom of the Hill, Calexico at The Independent, The Pretenders and Cat Power at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, and country legend David Allan Coe at Petaluma’s Phoenix Theater.
Being joked as this year’s ‘Bro-chella’,Outside LandsFestivalhas many unimpressive acts but a lot of overlooked impressive acts. This year’s line-up includes; Incubus, Modest Mouse, Pearl Jam, Black Eyed Peas, Thievery Corporation, Tenacious D, Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews Band, TV on the Radio, The Mars Volta, M.I.A., Band of Horses, The National, Built to Spill, Bat for Lashes, Calexico, Tom Jones, Mastodon, Silversun Pickups, Los Campesinos!, Ween, Atmosphere, Brett Dennen, Deerhunter, Lucinda Williams, Os Mutantes, Q-Tip, John Vanderslice, Conor Oberst, Akron/Family, Portugal. The Man, Cage the Elephant, Alpha Blondy, Raphael Saadiq, Groundation, Kinky, Lenka, The Duke Spirit, Matt & Kim, Lila Downs, Autolux, The Avett Brothers, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Dengue Fever, The Dirtbombs, The Dead Weather, Heartless Bastards, Midnite, Blind Pilot, Bettye LaVette, Tea Leaf Green, The Morning Benders, West Indian Girl, Darondo, Ryan Bingham, Zee Avi, Street Sweeper Social Club, Rosin Coven, Extra Golden, JJ Grey & Mofro, Nino Moschella, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Sambada, Reggie Watts, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Big Light, Eric McFadden Trio, Loop!Station, Yard Dogs Road Show, Infantree, Vau De Vire and madd vibe orchestra. A lot to digest. Well I’ll be doing my best to report on everything I see every night when I return from the festival. Photos, mp3s, and everything else I did last year (if you caught that, if not, whatever).
This week is Outside Lands Week here at Kata Rokkar. So we’ll have Kuestionnaires with OLF bands and reports on local acts making their festival debuts. Hope to see you out there!
The Working Title– The Crashfrom About-Face (2006)
Boy in Static– Young San Franciscofrom Young San Francisco (2009)
Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Bandfrom The Ruminant Band (2009)
As Tall As Lions – Sleepyhead (Acoustic Version)from You Can’t Take It With You (Bonus Track) (2009)
J. Tillman– Steel on Steelfrom Vacilando Territory Blues (2009)
There you have it folks; one of the (many) reasons I love living near San Francisco. This is a quite an amazing line-up if you ask me. I’m actually very glad I decided not to go to Coachella this year.
I have never seen any of the headliners live, so I am most definitely excited about Pearl Jam and The Beastie Boys. Dave Matthews Band seems to be the “Jack Johnson” of the line-up to cater to the backwards ballcap bro-crowd.
I was always a fan of Incubus (a shock, I know) until they abandoned their trademark sound with A Crow Left of the Murder. Since then it’s been downhill for the band. So am I excited to see them?…kind of. But I doubt I’ll hear anything from S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
As for Black Eyed Peas and Jason Mraz, that will most likely land on “Dave Matthews Day” which will be my cue to wander around Golden Gate Park and Twitter the weird shit I see.
This will be my 2nd time seeing M.I.A. and TV on the Radio, both of which put on amazing live shows.
Indie-rock heroes Modest Mouse and Ween should be entertaining I guess. I got into both of them kind of late so I’ll be happy with whatever they decide to play.
I’ll finally get to see The National and Mastodon perform live. Both bands always seem to come to town on days I already have plans or have to work. Hopefully we won’t have any scheduling conflicts.
The hip-hop side of the festival is kind of weak. I’m no fan of Atmosphere but I am really looking forward to Q-Tip’s set. He’s only made my favorite hip-hop record of last year.
There’s some odd choices…like…uhh…Tom Jones? Jack White’s Dead Weather seems to be a band that will be forgotten about this time next year. The random toss of Thievery Corporation in the line-up seems kind of bizarre. I don’t see any other trip-hop acts in the line-up so I don’t know why they agreed to perform this year (why not Treasure Island Festival?).
The bottom of the list looks very promising with Portugal The Man, Akron/Family, The Dodos, John Vanderslice, and Heartless Bastards. Plus I’m sure I’ll discover some new acts that I’ve never heard of along the way.
All in all, it seems promising for a festival that is a 20 minute drive from my place. It gets kind of “Bro-chella” around the top, but I like what I see so far.
It would be impossible for me to describe the plethra of bands attending this year’s SXSW. I’ll leave that for someone who has more time on their hands than me. I will however tell you about a handful of shows that I believe you should check out (if you’re going) or just check out the band’s music if you’re not going (like me).
Fans of sweet folk and people who became a slave to anything Bon Iver puts out should check out The Low Anthem. The Providence, RI trio released the critically acclaimed Oh My God, Charlie Darwin just last September and has been riding the wave of it’s success since. They’ll be all over the place at SXSW, so there’s no excuse to miss them…
Wed March 18th:
3PM – Mad Dragon Party @ The Thirsty Nickel Thu March 19th:
12:30 – Music By The Slice @ Homeslice Pizza
3:00PM – End of the Road Party at Lambert’s
1AM – Bella Union Showcase at The Ranch Fri March 20th:
10PM – Central Presbyterian Church Sat March 21st:
4PM – PureVolume House @ 2nd and Trinity
The Low Anthem – Charlie Darwin
You seriously can’t go wrong with this line-up. If you haven’t heard of at least Bart Davenport, you’re betraying yourself in ways you could never imagine. From the sonic melodies of The Botticellis to the danceworthy electro-beats of Sugar & Gold, missing this show is not an option.
Those looking for just plain fun early-Beatles idealism won’t need to look any further than The Morning Benders. While you’re at it, go ahead and check out their brand new EP titled Grain of Salt on +1 Records.
Wed March 18th:
9:00pm || Stimulus Package hosted by HearYa.com @ Paradise Cafe Thu March 19th:
3:30pm || The Bay Area Takeover @ The Beauty Bar Fri March 20th:
12 – 6pm || The +1 House Party @ The Legendary Hank Sinatra’s Sat March 21st:
1:00am || Wave Rooftop: Official SXSW Showcase
The Morning Benders – i was wrong
The Morning Benders – Doctor Doctor (Daytrotter Session)
Besides being lucky enough to tour with a few of my favorite bands (Wintersleep, Appleseed Cast), An Horsewill be spreading their balls-out rock all over Austin this weekend. I like what I’m hearing and will most likely head out to purchase their upcoming debut release, Rearrange Beds, as should you.
Mar 18 2009
12:00A – Maggie Mae’s Mar 19 2009
1:30P – Friends on 6th Mar 19 2009
4:30P – 710 Red River Mar 21 2009
10:00P – Emo’s
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It would be impossible for me to describe the plethra of bands attending this year’s SXSW. I’ll leave that for someone who has more time on their hands than me. I will however tell you about a handful of shows that I believe you should check out (if you’re going) or just check out the band’s music if you’re not going (like me).
Those looking for just plain fun early-Beatles idealism won’t need to look any further than 
Besides being lucky enough to tour with a few of my favorite bands (Wintersleep, Appleseed Cast), 
