Ask Me About My Invisible Friends Blog - Bands on tour
Bloggers! Get our widget and automatically tell readers about these shows.-
The Muslims
Artists mentioned:June 16th, The Mercury Lounge (w/ Miss Derringer) San Diego’s The Muslims might pass as any four random guys wandering the Lower East Side and Brooklyn, and very well may have during their recent trip out East. From afar, they could be… Vampire Weekend, let’s say. But on stage, The...(read full post)
-
Miss Derringer
Artists mentioned:June 16th, The Mercury Lounge (w/ The Muslims) L.A.’s Miss Derringer is, as they say, a little bit country and a little punk rock and roll. The band has influences and aesthetics to spare: they’re John Cash and June Carter in a 60’s girl group with a penchant for murder...(read full post)
-
Mates of State
Artists mentioned:The Mates of State are all things cute and couple-y, playing domesticated and child-rearing indie-pop music based on keys and drums, inoffensive harmonies and affable pop sensibilities. They return with their new album, Re-Arrange Us, replete with multi-layered album cover and internet-based games. (Fun for the whole family!) Re-Arrange Us...(read full post)
-
Invisible Songs vol. 17
Artists mentioned:Cansei de Ser Sexy The invisible friends are back! 1. CCS - “Rat is Dead (Rage)“ 2. French Kicks - “Abandon“ 3. Annuals - “Sore“ 4. Gentleman Auction House - “The Book of Matches“ 5. Ladytron “Black Cat“ 6. Vancougar - “Obvious“ 7. Young and Sexy - “The Fog“ 8....(read full post)
-
Say Hi
Artists mentioned:The artist formerly known as Say Hi To Your Mom (secret identity: Eric Elbogen), currently shortened to Say Hi (as in to no one in particular, and particularly not your mother), returns in 2008 with The Wishes and the Glitch, released again on Elbogen’s Euphobia imprint. One might speculate that...(read full post)
-
Invisible Songs vol. 16
Artists mentioned:Tokyo Police Club 1. Maritime - “Boy From School“ 2. What Made Milwaukee Famous - “Resistance Street“ 3. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - “Cold Son“ 4. Devastations - “Mistakes“ 5. Tokyo Police Club - “In A Cave“ 6. American Music Club - “All the Lost Souls Welcome You to...(read full post)
-
Grand Archives
Artists mentioned:Leaving behind the emerging success of Band of Horses and their excellent, Everything All the Time, may not have seemed like a great career move for guitarist Mat Brooke. It’s also hard to believe that Brooke wasn’t kicking himself when the Horses’ follow up, Cease to Begin, was released last...(read full post)
-
Man Man
Artists mentioned:Philadelphia’s extraordinary Man Man bring the big-top carnivalesque sideshow back to town, with deference to (now label-mate) Tom Waits as ringleader in tow. The quintet’s last outing from 2006, Six Demon Bag, was a bizarro funhouse ride of a record. The first track to emerge from their new album, Rabbit...(read full post)
-
Bob Mould
Artists mentioned:Bob Mould is cool than your dad; he’s cooler than you too. The 47-year-old veteran punk (see Husker Du), indie-rocker (see Sugar) and anti-hero to many will return on February 5, 2008, with his new album, District Line. The first single, “The Silence Between Us,” is available to preview below....(read full post)
-
Invisible Songs vol. 15
Artists mentioned:Bob Mould 1. Frightened Rabbit - “The Modern Leper“ 2. The Helio Sequence - “Keep Your Eyes Ahead“ 3. Ida - “The Killers“ 4. Halou - “All Make Sense“ 5. White Denim - “Paint Silver Gold” (link to RCRD LBL) 6. Evangelicals - “Skeleton Man“ 7. New Times Viking -...(read full post)
-
Monade
Artists mentioned:Lætitia Sadier If you’ve been in withdrawal of all things Stereolab since 1996’s Emperor Tomato Ketchup, things may be looking up. While Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier’s one-of-a-kind euro-francophone mood-moog outfit’s powers may have peaked around that time before fading into the background of quiet blips and beeps, Lætitia Sadier...(read full post)
-
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
Artists mentioned:Get psyched for Thao Nguyen’s new album, We Brave Bee Stings And All, out on January 29, on Kill Rock Stars. She’s the best thing to come out of northern Virginia since (coincidentally) Pho 75 and the Newseum. Nguyen’s infectious smile-inspiring country-folk tunes at times sound a bit like Chan...(read full post)
-
Vampire Weekend
Artists mentioned:The new Vampire Weekend video for “A-Punk” from their forthcoming debut album on Beggars Group, out at the end of January. Ask Me About My Invisible Friends’ previous Vampire Weekend post is here: Read on....(read full post)
-
Pela
Artists mentioned:Here’s a nice new Pela video for “Lost to the Lonesome.” Directed by Zina Brown. Or for a prettier QuickTime version, follow this link: http://vitaminm.com/dir.php?id=33 Click on the director’s reel, and then choose Pela. (Or download it here.) Pela was in the studio. http://www.pelamusic.com/...(read full post)
-
Invisible Songs Vol. 14
Artists mentioned:Dead Meadow Part two of playing December catch up… 1. Black Mountain - “Tyrants“ 2. Pale Faced Gentlemen - “Fraulein“ 3. Dead Meadow - “What Needs Must Be” (mp3 on the page) 4. Xiu Xiu - “I Do What I Want When I Want“ 5. Bodies of Water - “I Guess I’ll...(read full post)
-
Invisible Songs Vol. 13
Artists mentioned:White Williams December has sadly passed the Friends by… 1. Thao With the Get Down Stay Down - “Bag of Hammers“ 2. Destroyer - “Foam Hands“ 3. hey willpower - “In the Basement“ 4. Telepathe - “Chrome’s On It“ 5. The Ravonettes - “Aly Walk With Me“ 6. Steven Malkmus...(read full post)
-
Polvo
Artists mentioned:It’s been a full decade since the last Polvo record, Shapes, came out, and that just makes me feel awful and old. Luckily for you and me, Polvo have decided to defy time and space, and are heading to the mid-nineties to re-unify for the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival on...(read full post)
