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Live on INDIE 103.1
Back in March of 2008 we played a live performance on the ChuckP / Dead Air show on INDIE 103.1 out of Los Angeles, Ca.
We are featuring a song we played live called "Jeremiah" on our myspace:
www.myspace.com/thegrizzlyowls
Hear The Grizzly Owls stripped down to vocals, Dobro, and acoustic guitar. We were joined by special guest, Raymond Richards (Idaho Falls, Mojave 3) on acoustic guitar.
Hope you all like it,
The Grizzly Owls
Live on INDIE 103.1
Back in March of 2008 we played a live performance on the ChuckP / Dead Air show on INDIE 103.1 out of Los Angeles, Ca.
We are featuring a song we played live called "Jeremiah" on our myspace:
www.myspace.com/thegrizzlyowls
Hear The Grizzly Owls stripped down to vocals, Dobro, and acoustic guitar. We were joined by special guest, Raymond Richards (Idaho Falls, Mojave 3) on acoustic guitar.
Hope you all like it,
The Grizzly Owls
DOWNLOAD: Magic Bullets - Yesterday's Seen Better Days
The Spaceland RCRD LBL blog has a great MP3 from San Francisco band Magic Bullets, who bring the post-Arcade Fire indie rock to the live track “Yesterday’s Seen Better Days”. The quality of the live recording is pretty astonishing, all things considered, and the song flits along, as catchy and light as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on happy pills. Go over to the Spaceland blog for more about the band, videos, and a first-person account of the song by the band itself.
Sounds like: Arcade Fire, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids
Download: Magic Bullets - Yesterday's Seen Better Days (Live at the Echo)
DOWNLOAD: My Best Fiend - Lazy Bones + Maniac
We remember seeing Brooklyn-based My Best Fiend play a show a couple of years back and being transported by their droning experimental alt rock and mesmerizing DIY light show. They fell off our radar for a while but we’re proud to say that they’re back in full force. Their debut album is about to drop, and we got our mitts on some of their new songs to share with you guys. We liked them so much that we decided to sign My Best Fiend to RCRD LBL for an EP, obviously something we don’t take too lightly. The first two tracks we’re releasing are the laid-back, Stone Roses-esque “Lazy Bones” and the rocking “Maniac” both available on their upcoming self-titled album. It’s like it’s the ‘90s all over again, and though we never thought we’d say this at the time, that’s definitely not a bad thing.
Sounds like: Primal Scream, The Stone Roses
Download: My Best Fiend - Lazy Bones
Download: My Best Fiend - Maniac
STREAM: The Explorer's Club - Forever + Hold Me Tight + Last Kiss
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"There is something magical about the summertime for me: cruising around with my girl in my car, going to the beach and walking in the sand. It's my childhood all over again every summer." These words came straight from the mouth of Explorer's Club frontdude Jason Brewer just yesterday via iChat. Even if I don't own a car anymore nor do I have a girl with which I could cruise (contact info available upon request, ladies), I grew up in the desert. We had shitloads of sand to walk around in! What I need more of however, is the Beach Boys-inspired surf jams of The Explorers Club. Oh, weird. We have three cuts from their new record (out on 5/20) right here. CRAZY. The gods of summer are smiling down on us more and more every day.
Sounds like: The Beach Boys
Stream: The Explorer's Club - Forever
Stream: The Explorer's Club - Hold Me Tight
DOWNLOAD Magic Bullets: "Yesterday's Seen Better Days" LIVE [at the Echo]
Here's a track from one of my favorite bands. They're pretty new, just really starting to play out. Haven't really gone far out of California much. They're from the SF bay area... remind me of all of the good things about the band Television. Great musicians. Seriously, good stuff. I got Corey in the band to talk a bit about the show and what they think of playing our fine establishment. We even made a video with our good friend Michael on this one. Enjoy.
We've probably played The Echo in Los Angeles more times than any other venue in the world. And everytime it has been as a part of the Part Time Punks night. It's a night where they play the kind of records that we like to listen to back home in San Francisco. Mccarthy, Another Sunny Day, Pylon, Felt, Orange Juice, and The Feelies. Also notable about that night was an interview where a guy asked us our names and what position we play. Just like a real sports team! [Check out the video below]
I don't remember a whole lot about playing the show itself. But I definitely remember hearing it played back for the first time. It was great to hear how our new material stacked up next to our older songs.
On a whole I think it's a great album. And it's nice to hear the parts where we mess up. In fact, I think my guitar is missing from an entire verse of "Millions of People.." when Phil kicked my tuning pedal across the stage and unplugged it from the amp. But it gives the record a certain charm that a studio record could never duplicate.
-Corey Cunningham of the Magic Bullets
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Magic Bullets
DOWNLOAD "Yesterday's Seen Better Days" (mp3)
from "LIVE [Part Time Punks (at the Echo) - July 22nd, 2007]"
(Spaceland Recordings)
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DOWNLOAD: Noughts & Exes - The Ghost
In case you haven’t been watching the news or following the stock market, China is about to, literally, take over the world, and it seems like they’re right on the money when it comes to moody indie pop as much as they are with finance, technology… and everything else.
Noughts & Exes are from the North Point neighborhood of Hong Kong, and make a sort of mélange of Death Cab for Cutie and My Bloody Valentine out of plucked guitars and stuttering drum beats. It’s quite effective if you want to unleash a little but of your inner mope, The SEEN RCRD LBL blog are all over it, and just posted the new Noughts & Exes video and some of their sync appearances.
Sounds like: Death Cab for Cutie, Blonde Redhead
CONTEST: Win a signed White Denim T-shirt over at Welikeit.indie
Rock blog Welikeit.indie are keeping it real and doing a contest to win a T-shirt autographed by our favorite bunch of Austin weirdos, White Denim. Obviously this is a must have for any quirk-pop Minutemen fan, so head on over to the blog and enter! You have to answer a bunch of questions, but it’ll be so worth it. Who knows, some of the answers might even be on White Denim’s RCRD LBL artist page…
White Denim contest at Welikeit.indie
Download: White Denim - World As A Waiting Room
Download: White Denim - Paint Silver Gold
DOWNLOAD: Young Rival - 4:15
Young Rival are four dudes from Ontario, Canada with a propensity for marrying the slinkiest rock and roll vibes of the 90s with those of the 60s. I have no idea how this is done, but being a child of the 90s and two parents who seem to never stop missing the 60s (I got dressed up like a Beatle A LOT), it's sounds awfully wonderful to me. Somewhere below the border of the photograph above should be four pairs of weathered Doc Martens. Actually, I'll take this shit even further: they sound like Ian Brown swapping spit with members of the Zombies and Marcy Playground? REMEMBER THOSE GUYS?
Sounds like: Stone Roses, Zombies, Marcy Playground
Download: Noughts & Exes
Hong Kong indie rockers, Noughts & Exes, bring the pain on their first full length due out later this year on Omerta Group Records. It's exciting to hear an epic, textured lushness that bands like My Bloody Valentine and Blonde Redhead have excited us with over the years, but from a completely different part of the world.
Noughts & Exes are a 5 piece outfit from the North Point neighborhood of Hong Kong, and is the brainchild of famed video director/graphic artist Joshua Wong. He describes their music as forever drawing inspiration from the beautiful streets and endless urban landscape that is found in Hong Kong, and we hear it in the music. Their songs have already caught the attention of music supervisors here in the States and have been licensed recently in MTV shows, but we feel they're ripe for a sweeping film or film trailer. Check out their video to "A Minor To Major" above, and check this free download of the song "The Ghost" off their forthcoming album called "Act One, Scene One".
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