slatch.com MUSIC++ http://www.slatch.com/ the biscuit city road fan club en-us Copyright 2005 Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:43:11 -0500 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:51:43 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss New Releases for February 29th
Update to keep the slatch fans at bay: New releases Beck, Mountain Goats - Zipolote Machine and Nothing for Juice reissues, Okay - Low Road/High Road and a new Reggie and the Full Effect. Catbirdseat has more on the Okay album, which seems pretty awesome from what I've heard.

When you get a chance, peep the Catbirdseat April mix. Should be up in a few.

Mitch is gone ("You fourth graders are so quick to judge us fifth graders"). As a tribute, Tom's got a review on 75 or Less. Super sad.

The Butcherings CD release tonight at AS220. Mason Dixon plays Mercury lounge on April 5th.

Many, many, many more updates on Tiny Showcase.]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_03_27.php#003383 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_03_27.php#003383 New Releases Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:43:11 -0500 New Releases for March 22nd New Releases for March 22nd ]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_03_20.php#003380 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_03_20.php#003380 New Releases Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:02:47 -0500 Mason Dixon Tiny Showcase which is updated on a daily basis. And there's 75 or Less for all of your musical needs.

In big, big music news, Mason Dixon is opening for Superdrag's John Davis at The Mercury Lounge on April 5th. That's gonna be awesome. Keep checking their tour page for upcoming Boston and, hopefully, Providence dates (Providence peoples, drop them a line if you can them out).

Get your daily dose - four Mason Dixon tracks on MySpace.


Oh yeah, and Tim O's Malkmus/Clarence Skiboots post got me fired up too. Forgot to mention that.

One more - one more. Thanksgiving played BSR's Phoning it In last night. I missed it, but luckily it's archived - right next to the likes of The Microphones and The Mountain Goats.]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_03_13.php#003378 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_03_13.php#003378 Music Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:09:49 -0500 New Releases for March 8th Tiny Showcase up today.

If I hadn't been spending all of my free time on the new site, I would have told you about these new releases: 50 Cent's Massacre, 50 Ft. Wave's Golden Ocean, Ash's Meltdown, Boom Bip's Blue Eyed In The Room, Decibully's Sing Out America, Kasabian's debut (read Leslie's review), The Kills No Wow, Paint It Black's Paradise and Sam Prekop Who's Your New Professor. The last one was my personal pick of the week - Paul's got a review on 75 or Less.

I forgot to me mention it last week, but The Rutles 2 came out on DVD. We're about to wrap up the contest - get yourself signed up.

Here's a true store about Ash's old record label, Kinetic. They once begged me for months on end to run a contest. I'm serious - they sent me a weekly email like "We love your site and we would do anything to set up a promo with you." They eventually came up with a contest that was really cool. The prize was great - limited edition, signed - everything that makes a nice prize. They told me they would send me the prize after the contest was over. They, of course, never did. Wouldn't respond to my emails, wouldn't acknowlege that I was alive. Very classy move. So I became bitter and vowed never to trust anyone in the music industry (well, except for the good guys - you know who you are) ever again and started an art website. The end. ]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_03_06.php#003373 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_03_06.php#003373 New Releases Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:19:12 -0500 No more CBC Radio 3 anything with The Weakerthans' "The Last Last One" is heartbreaking. Ending something you love with that song is just... crushing. Daegan gave us the heads up a while ago, but we just didn't want to believe it.

What sort of twisted jerk cuts funding for the CBC Radio 3 online magazine? I try not to wish ill will upon people (any more), but someone in Canada deserves to be tortured with that tool that carpenters use to shave wood off the bottom of doors (what is that called - a planer?) for this maneuver. ]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_27.php#003372 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_27.php#003372 Music Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:34:38 -0500 I missed new releases because of the Tiny Showcae launch Doves, Little Wings, Mars Volta, etc.), here is a link to Superman is a Dick. I think the link came from Catchdubs (Superman's Catholic?). Related: Spiderman's Greatest Bible Stories. Thank Kempa for that one.]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_27.php#003371 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_27.php#003371 Misc. Thu, 03 Mar 2005 08:40:35 -0500 Ida, Six Star General, John Doe John Doe's new album, Forever Hasn't Happened Yet hits stores on March 22. Here's a track via the crew at Yep Roc. Thanks guys.

Ida, Cynthia Hopkins and San Serac tonight @ AS220.

Six Star General and Mustache Ride @ Houlihan's on Saturday night.]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_20.php#003370 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_20.php#003370 Music Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:00:14 -0500 Fidel - A short film by Isaac Rentz Isaac Rentz's "Fidel"

"A boy learns to face his fears when he finds out that Fidel Castro is murdering his friends at an exclusive private school."]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_20.php#003369 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_20.php#003369 Movies Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:40:45 -0500 238 Miles of Dancing Queen 238 Miles of "Dancing Queen"
The horror.

I remember reading a band interview/story once where their driver would only listen to a single song throughout the band's entire tour. He had the distance between cities calculated as the number of times he had to listen to the song.]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_20.php#003368 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_20.php#003368 Misc. Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:03:45 -0500 New Releases for February 22nd

Ten for February 22nd

Once again, I tried to narrow dozens of good releases down to just ten. Wasn't easy, but I think it's a pretty good snapshot. I would have had them up last night, but I felt sick from writing code for Tiny Showcase. The site launches in one week.
  1. Crooked Fingers - Dignity & Shame  I think Crooked Fingers is the only band with multiple releases where I own every single one of their albums. Well, except for this one - I haven't had a chance to pick it up yet. Mark preordered and got an autographed copy. They play KEXP today. Stream the disc on the Merge site.

  2. Enon - Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence  Touch and Go's got a classy new website. They've got an MP3.

  3. Jeff Hanson  Out on Kill Rock Stars. They've got an MP3.

  4. Ida - Heart Like A River  Is Ida a Providence band? That's been confusing me lately. Their new disc is out on Polyvinyl. They've got an MP3.

  5. Iron And Wine - Woman King  Check out Joe's review on 75 or Less. There's an MP3.

  6. I ♥ Huckabees  

  7. Karate - In The Fishtank  I had no idea this was being released. A nice suprise.

  8. Mogwai - Government Commisions  Their live BBC material from the past few years.

  9. Robbers On High Street - Tree City  

  10. M. Ward - Transistor Radio  I've only heard a few tracks from the radio, but they were CRAZY good. Once again, you can stream the disc on Merge's site.
]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_20.php#003367 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_20.php#003367 New Releases Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:37:58 -0500 My new website I've got a confession to make The lack of updates on this site is not entirely due to the fact that I've been working like crazy.

Somewhere towards mid-February, I was sitting in a long, semi-drawn-out meeting when this crazy vision popped into my head.

Now, ideas like this pop into my brain all the time. More often than not they involve insurance scams. I usually dismiss them within ten minutes. This one wouldn't go away though - partially due to the fact that I was stuck in a meeting with nothing else to think about, but mostly because I got the feeling that this was a genuinely great idea. It stuck with me and wouldn't go away. So, I started coding. Code code and more code. And, as I kept writing code, the project seemed to make more and more sense.

I've gotten to the point where I'm almost there - I can see the end product and I'm feeling pretty good about it. So, I've decided to set a project launch date. I am telling you this partially to evoke interest in my new website, but also to keep myself on track. I've integrated a journal so you can see how I'm doing.

Tiny Showcase launches March 1st, 2005. I hope you'll like it.

]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_13.php#003363 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_13.php#003363 Misc. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:47:22 -0500 New Brendan Benson video
[mov] [win]]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_13.php#003364 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_13.php#003364 Music Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:56:59 -0500 New Releases for February 15th

Five for February 15th

As catbirdseat has already stated, it's tough concentrating on this week's releases when next week looks so massively promising. Here are a few notables though. If none of them catch your eye, check out the Rutles 2 DVD giveaway we just kicked off (for those of you who are reading this via RSS, you're gonna need to open the website in an actual browser - sorry).
  • Camper Van Beethoven - Discotheque: Live Chicago  I'm not really sure why I chose this disc to link. Most of their stuff is available for download via archive.org.

  • Dread Leppelin - Chickens And Ribs  I know the joke should be old by now, but it still cracks me up. It features a guest appearance by Billy Zoom.

  • Mahi Mahi - Remove Your Body  This came out a few weeks ago and I forgot to mention it. I always bitch about the music scene in Providence, but when someone releases an album, I forget to write about it on the site. Sorry about that.

  • They Might Be Giants - Here Come The ABCs  Speaking of children's music, have you seen the Pancake Mountain site? I've probably already linked it, but the Fiery Furnaces "Mouse House, Moose Hoose" clip is too crazy to not mention several times.

  • Wedding Present - Take Fountain  I wanted this album to be absolutely amazing, but I'm having trouble getting into it. I'm gonna give it a few more tries - I can sense that there's some great material hidden in there.
]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_13.php#003362 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_13.php#003362 New Releases Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:48:07 -0500 Beck, Nelly McKay, Doves Diamond Nights - So Fantastic 12" To quote the Kemado site, "Diamond Nights sound like Thin Lizzy & The Cars just chillin." There's an MP3 on their site.

The Beck "E-Pro" Paza Remix e-card. The bat is my favorite part.

Nelly McKay performs at Dog Show Party 2005 next Tuesday.

The new Doves single, "Black and White Town" from the March 1st release Some Cities [asx] [ram]

Silver Jews news via Tim O.]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_06.php#003361 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_06.php#003361 Music Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:02:57 -0500 Shows I thought I should mention
On Sunday, Bling Kong plays the Green Room.

And finally - far, far away from Providence Don Hertzfeldt is holding his first art show.]]> http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_06.php#003360 http://www.slatch.com/archive/week_2005_02_06.php#003360 Misc. Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:45:24 -0500