Cockles By These Are Powers

The facts:
1. These Are Powers are made up of ex-members of Knife Skills and Liars.
2. They refer to their music as "ghost punk".
3. These Are Powers just signed to Dead Oceans.
4. Dead Oceans will re-release Taro Tarot and Terrific Seasons this Fall.
5. These Are Powers will tour in support of these re-releases.
6. There should be a new These Are Powers album early(ish) next year!

Listen to the promotional mp3: "Cockles" (scjag mp3)

Watch the promotional mov: "Cockles" (scjag mov)

Myspace page is here.
Dead Oceans page is here.
HOSS records is here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- New New New Grizzly Bear @ You Ain't No Picasso... here.

- Brooklyn Vegan has a post with 3 Strokes side projects, 2 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 4 bands, 7 MP3s... here. The bands featured are Nickel Eye, Native Korean Rock, Converse Ad (N.E.R.D. + Santogold + Julian Casablancas), and Albert Hammond Jr..

- More Brooklyn Vegan, read Thurston's comments about the Sonic Youth Starbucks compilation... here. I like the "fuck you" of it all, too.

Cracks In The Lifeline By These Are Powers

Mining 2008.sxsw.com Part 2

Next up is them "ghostpunkers" (read postpunk), These Are Powers featuring ex-members of Knife Skills and Liars. Dig it.

Downloadable: "Cracks In The Lifeline" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
HOSS records is here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider Clicking
- Anyone gonna pick up that About A Son DVD? Ecard is here. How's about the soundtrack? It has some great tracks on it (it's sooooo much better than the Juno soundtrack). For example: "Put Some Sugar On It" (mp3) by Half Japanese. Warning: that Benjamin Gibbard cover of "Indian Summer" is fucking horrible. Just awful. Beat Happening make it sound easy. It is not.

- Pattern Is Movement have a new one entitled, All Together. It comes out May 6th. Take a listen: "Right Away" (mp3)

- The Clash. Soundboard Recording. Akron, OH. Captain's Dead... here.

- Hey Hey... two sixeyes mixes in two days... here and here.

- So I was totally wrong about Spoon not touring. Here are the latest dates:

Wed April 2nd Kansas City, MO *#
Fri April 4th Chicago, IL *#
Fri April 5th Cincinnati, OH *#
Sun April 6th Detroit, MI @ *#
Mon April 7th Pittsburgh, PA @ *#
Wed April 9th New York, NY
Thu April 10th Philadelphia, PA *
Sat April 12th Norfolk, VA *#
Mon April 14th Atlanta, GA *#
Wed April 16th Fort Lauderdale, FL *#
Fri April 18th Nashville, TN
Sat April 19th Indianapolis, IN *#
* = w/ The Walkmen
# = w/ White Rabbits