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.

Draped Up, Oxed Out By Smart Growth

Smart Growth is Dennis Bowen of Double Dagger. I was perusing the ol' myspace and saw that he has some links posted to a host of goodies.

Listen: "Draped Up, Oxed Out" (box.net mp3)

Downloadable Album: Surrey (mediafire)

More Downloads (reg. req.): the sixty one

Maryland/DCers... Smarth Growth is playing TONIGHT at the Talking Head @ Sonar w/ Health, Videohippos, and Ed Schrader

Hey Smart Growth... Come To NYC!!

Old GT post is here.

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- Wire perform two song from A Bell Is A Cup…Until It Is Struck for their Daytrotter Session. Get 'em... here.

- Grab a Team B mp3 at BVegan, then find out if the trolls would "hit that"... here.

- BRKLYN/NYCers... No Age and Titus Andronicus are playing tonight @ Market Hotel. Here are the deets from Todd P:

====> MONDAY 11/10 @ SCHMARKET SCHMOTEL <====
:: NO AGE [listen: "Teen Creeps" (sub pop mp3)]
:::: Titus Andronicus [listen: "Joset Of Nazareth's Blues" (box.net mp3)]
:::::: Soft Circle
:::::::: Sisters

1142 Myrtle Ave @ Bdwy | Bushwick, Brooklyn
JMZ-Mrytle, L-Jefferson, G-Myrtle/Willoughby | 8pm | $9 | all ages | no phone
NOTE: for the above show, tickets'll be sold at GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY
1087 Broadway, Bklyn, on sale starting 7pm, nite of show -only-
WE WILL NOT TAKE MONEY AT THE DOOR FOR THIS SHOW
you must walk to GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY & buy a ticket!!!! thanks!