Grinding Halt (Cure Cover) By The Muslims a/k/a The Soft Pack

A good Cure cover?? Not an easy thing to find. Well, let me tell you, there is at least one worth listening to on Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure (which came out last year). It is by The Muslims d/b/a The Soft Pack. It is pretty faithful, methinks.

Downloadable: "Grinding Halt (Cure Cover)" (box.net mp3)

Streamable: "Grinding Halt (Live Melkweg 1979)" (youtube)

Kemado page is here.
1928 Recordings is here.
Sweet Tooth Records is here.
S'Gum Band To Watch post is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- Coin Under Tongue (a band with no internet presence) have put forth two new new new rock and roll mp3s at the Death By Audio blogspot... here. Listen to their "tribute to night gardening": "Night Weed" (killer rock and roll mp3)

Also, they have some dates coming up:
Feb. 26th 8PM
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St., New York City, NY 10002
w/ Pursesnatchers, Von Haze, Colomboid

Feb. 28th 9PM
Death By Audio
S. 2nd St., Brooklyn
w/Fatal Film, Gold Tooth, Total Bolsheviks, Sisters

- In addition to taping Wavves, nyctaper also recorded NODZZZ (and maybe coming soon Blank Dogs?) at their recent Market Hotel gig... here.

Is She There By Nodzzz

Today, I have a catchy little ditty for you. It comes all the way from San Francisco. It is by the band known as NODZZZ, who have been playing around the NYC area for the past few days. They have one more show to go. Here are the deets: 2PM at Underground Lounge 955 West End Ave @ 107th St $3 with Columbia ID $5 everybody else (presented by WBAR Barnard College Radio and Todd P). Also playing are Woods, Blank Dogs, and the mucho-hyped Wavves.

Listen: "Is She There" (box.net mp3)

The band's blogspot is here.
Make A Mess is here.
What's Your Rupture is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- Speaking of Wavves, nyctaper recorded their recent set @ Market Hotel... here.

- The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart new self titled LP gets the big thumbs up from Your Favorite New Song... here.

New Guitar By Mi Ami

SF dubpunks Mi Ami are coming to town next week. On Wednesday (2/11), they will play the Cakeshop with the athletic rhythm/action unit from Baltimore, Thank You (check out the BONUS below).... THEN a Todd P show the next night:

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Thursday February 12th @ MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT

:: Thank You
:::: Mi Ami

| MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT |
128 River St @ Metropolitan Ave | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L-Bedford, G-Metropolitan, JM-Marcy | 9:30pm | all ages | $7

They are also making a stop at WFMU while they are in the area. Furthermore, available as of (uhhh) Tuesday on RCRD LBL is the latest in Mi Ami free mp3 technology. The Quaterstick's free mp3 for the same song went up yesterday (I think). Here it is.

Downloadable: "New Guitar" (box.net mp3)

Mi Ami's full length, Watersports is now available as an ADVANCE at eMusic. The LP is due to drop on Feb 17.

Quarterstick Records page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.
Old GT post is here.

Thank You BONUS: "Empty Legs" (thrill jockey mp3)

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- Mining The Audio Motherlode (vol. 2) is up @ WFMU's Beware Of The Blog... here.

- Holy SHIT, Paul's Boutique is 20 years old. This almost as bad as when I heard "The One I Love" (youtube) on WCBS. In order to make me feel old, The Beastie Boys have put together a remastered version of the album with tons more goodies. Streams, vids, store, and more stuff are... here.

Here is a "Johnny Ryall" flash card (click "flip" to stream the song):


- Stereogum has a new new new Wavves mp3... here. Wavves is in town tomorrow (and the next day and the next day) (with PTST Band of the Week, NODZZZ)!

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Friday February 6th @ MARKET HOTEL

:: Woods
:::: Blank Dogs
:::::: Wavves
:::::::: Nodzzz
:::::::::: Gary War

| MARKET HOTEL |
1142 Myrtle Ave @ Bdwy | Bushwick, Bklyn
JMZ-Myrtle, L-Jefferson, G-Mrytle/Willoughby | 8pm | all ages | $10
| MYSPACE |– http://myspace.com/markethotelnyc

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Saturday February 7th @ LESS ARTISTS MORE CONDOS

:: Blank Dogs
:::: Woods
:::::: Wavves
:::::::: Nodzzz
:::::::::: Gary War

| LESS ARTISTS MORE CONDOS |
132 West 3rd St @ 6th Ave | Greenwich Village, Manhattan
BDFVACE-West 4th St, 1-Christopher St | 8pm | all ages | $10
| MYSPACE |– http://myspace.com/lessartistsmorecondos

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Sunday February 8th –| 2PM |– @ UNDERGROUND LOUNGE

|| WBAR BARNARD COLLEGE RADIO PRESENTS

|| Blank Dogs
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| UNDERGROUND LOUNGE |
955 West End Ave @ 107th St | Morningside Heights, Manhattan
1-110th St, B/C-110th St | –| 2PM |– | $donation | all ages

| organized by WBAR Barnard Radio |

This is what Watersports looks like