Pond, from Perth, Australia, is a sick new band that will be touring the states this spring. Stereogum describes their sound:
“Australia’s POND mixes big licks and psychedelic vibes in a way that recalls some of the Beatles’ more far-out stuff.” I’m way down with that.
Their new album, Beard, Wives, Denim is out on March 6!
March:
06 Black Cat Backstage – Washington, DC
07 Telfair Square, Savannah Stopover Music Festival – Savannah, GA
08 The Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA
11 Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
18 Low Key Arts, Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival – Hot Springs, AR
20 Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
21 Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
22 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
23 Casa Del Popolo – Montreal, QC
24 Cafe Dekcuf – Ottowa, ON
25 The Drake Hotel – Toronto, ON
27 Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
28 Taylor University – Upland, IN
30 Cactus Club – Milwaukee, WI
31 The Maintenance Shop – Ames, IA
April:
02 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
04 A Club – Spokane, WA
05 Sunset Tavern – Seattle, WA
06 The Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
07 Jinx Art Space – Bellingham, WA
08 Squeak & Squawk Music – Tacoma, WA
09 Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
11 Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
13 The Echo – Los Angeles, CA
Yuksek has been making the rounds in Europe with their album “Living on the Edge of Time” for more than 6 months. Finally, their album is going to be released in the States on Feb, 14, or Valentine’s day (oh joy). If you like electronica with poppy melodic influences, then definitely check out this band.
Check out their song and music video “On a Train” and a couple of tracks and remixes from their SoundCloud below.
I believe every American should be allowed the same rights and civil liberties. Without legalized same-sex marriage, most of the time you cannot share the same health benefits, you are not considered next of kin and you are not granted the same securities as a heterosexual couple. How is this different than having someone sit in the back of the bus because of their skin color?
One day I read online about the head of Urban Outfitters donating to a presidential candidate who does not support equality for everyone. I was shocked and disappointed that a company with such diversity would exclude such a large group of people. I can no longer bring myself to shop there.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO M (m) I (i) A (a) M.I.A. is BACK, folks.
Her new vid for “Bad Girls” is like middle eastern fierce meets Fast and the Furious in Morocco. Her backup dancers also make animal print hijabs look supa cool.
You’ve probably, and hopefully, forgotten about the Ark Music Factory kids. You know, the production company the tripped, fell on a mixer and produced “Friday” by Rebecca Black.
Mean Girls FTW. Photo via theincredibleedible.com
I’m not gonna lie, I’ve spent a fair amount of time browsing songs and “stars” on the AMF website. And boy, are they special. You can see it in their mediocre eyes, how much they want to be stars. But unfortunately, no matter how hard their parents push them to be stars, or how much the kids themselves demand it, or how much their parents fork over for a shitty song and music video, the vast majority of these kids won’t even have the luck to be a real joke on the internet.
“It turns out Rebecca Black is merely one of many products from the brilliant entrepreneurs Patrice Wilson and Clarence Jey, who run Ark Music Factory, an LA based production company designed to take advantage of super-rich kids with pop-star dreams, and their parents’ cash.”
I can’t even imagine what kind of music video and song I would have released had I been 12 with expendable cash and a penchant for stardom beyond my bedroom. cringe!
Really, I wonder how this is going to impact these kids growing up and learning that they aren’t talented. And I don’t mean it in a vicious way, but not everyone who has money to throw away is talented at singing, dancing and entertaining. Fact. Their parents are some pieces of work.
Anyways, CJ Fam is my favorite Ark Music Factory kid. She could (and should) headline the Curly Sue musical.
Ryan Kwanten, from Jason Stackhouse True Blood fame, is going to be Jess’ one night stand on an upcoming episode of New Girl. It will be weird to see Ryan without a southern accent. Hopefully his character has one, or else I’m going to have to watch seasons 1-2 of True Blood, before it got weird with faeries and werewolves and shit. I know those people are mondo attractivo, but how is that show still on?! Anyways, I hope Sookie and Vampire Bill are together. I’m always a champion for the soul mate-like connection.
Public outcry, from the announcement that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation would stop funding Planned Parenthood due to bullshit excuses and alleged pressure from the far right, caused Komen to reverse their policy. They will continue funding Planned Parenthood in efforts to provide breast exams and women’s health services to women in need.
Kudos to the Komen Foundation for considering the facts and impact their donations have on the lives of hundreds of thousands of women in the United States. Considering the facts and changing their mind does not make them weak, it makes them human and reasonable. What we need now more than ever is reasonable people and leaders. Good for them.
Photo via blog.mountunion.edu
You know what, this is some HUGE good coming from the internet and social networking. We CAN make a statement and make our voices heard when something so obviously isn’t right. Women’s health is NOT political.
As Facebook and Twitter are the biggest public platforms to spread information, we can use these tools to our benefit and to make ourselves collectively heard. Much like Facebook uses us for their benefit in selling our information and us as ‘products’ benefit to businesses marketing and advertising.
Good work, social networkers and people of the United States!