It's Hard To Be A White Boy In 1992 By Hot Cha Cha

There have been a lot of excellent bands coming out of the Ohio state region of late. There's Times New Viking, Necropolis, El Jesus De Magico, Psychedelic Horseshit, and of course The Black Keys. Time to add anoter name to list... Hot Cha Cha.

These mp3s are off Rifle, I knew you when you were just a pistol:
"It's Hard To Be A White Boy In 1992" (box.net mp3) (also at The Smudge)
"J'Acusse" (box.net mp3) (previously posted)

Exit Stencil page is here.
Emusic page soon??

For more more Ohio-based rock (and rock in general), check out I Rock Cleveland or CDR (e.g. Electric Bunnies!!) or Exit Stencil.

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- Speaking of Ohio, I Rock Cleveland has a track from indie rockers, Chum... here.

- Who hacked my Muxtape?

- FRICTION NYC posts about Philly electronic weirdos Pink Skull... here.
Listen: "White Whale (Remix)" (mp3)

- Straight Outta Finland!!! It's Paavoharju. Raven Sings The Blues has more about that... here.

- Grand Archives give a, uhhh, "grand" performance to Daytrotter... here. I like the one about the four leaf clover collection.

TONIGHT: No Age/High Places/Fiasco

TONIGHT at Bowery Ballroom.

No Age
Listen: "Cappo" (box.net mp3)
Photoblog is here.

High Places
Listen: "Shared Islands" (box.net mp3)
Photoblog is here.

and Fiasco
Listen: "Wild Goose Chase Rag" (box.net mp3)
Sorry, no photoblog.



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- She may have been embraced by the indie community, but THIS is not "indie", OR insert some new term that actual means "independent" (as indie's indie credibility is waning). Why not shorten the word to simply, "ind"? Or take all the vowels out of the word independent, "ndpndnt". I like that one, but how to pronounce it?

- Detailed Twang brings out an ART THUMP muxtape... here.

- Do I even need to link here? Prolly not.

- Nothing But Green Lights checks out the dreamy indie or "ndpndnt" pop of It Hugs Back... here.

- Broken Social Scene Presents... more solo work from Broken Social members. This time it's Brendan Canning. Listen: "Hit The Wall" (mp3). More about the track @ p'fork... here. Oh, and drinkin' tea and watchin' football is not as funny as eatin' cereal and and watchin' porn.

Nude (Low Scores Remix) By Radiohead

Here is the draft of the Low Scores remix of "Nude" that was gonna be crafted into a Day Of The Woman remix, but well, that's not gonna happen as deadlines were missed. The track is classic Low Scores.

Downloadable: "Nude (Low Scores Remix)" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Last.fm page is here.

Radiohead is here.
NUDE REM/X is here.

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- Don't forget to check out the April 2007 Mix before it goes away... here. The May 2007 is coming. Listen to the muxtape preview Get it... here.

- Now you can finally download Motico's new demos from someplace besides Ye Olde Myspace... here. Listen "Hundebox" (motico mp3).

- Holy Crap! I remember the first time I heard "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" (youtube still) and it was the Ice T/Jane's Addiction cover version. Thanks for You Ain't No Picasso has reminded me of that fact by posting the vid of it. Watch Perry's over the top performance... here.

- The Mae Shi have their US/Canada tour dates up... here or here. They will be playing Cake Shop on 7/18 with Imaad Wasif and Market Hotel (or is it Harket Hotel?) on 7/21 with Japanther.

- IYW posts a killer mix of "punk and noise stuff"... here.

- Psst... you can stream Nouns in it's entirety at The NO AGE Myspace... here.

- Kristin Hersh's latest cash recording is "Krait" (mp3). Dig the mellow wall of noise at the end of the song.

- Some Velvet Blog's Weekend Mixtape is all over the place... here.

- Spinner's 3x3 features Sons & Daughters, Tapes 'n Tapes, and The Long Blondes... here.

- I Rock Cleveland reviews the newest free NIN track "Echoplex" (ilike link)... here.

Rat Is Dead (Rage) By CSS

First, not a lolcat:

This cat lives at Webster Hall. His name is Coco. He was photographed by someone in CSS. I think... I mean it's from their website, so I think it's a good assumption, no?



And now "The Post":

Do you know these hands?



They belong to CSS. This image associated with their new song from their new album, Donkey (which comes out this summer).

Listen:
"Rat Is Dead (Rage)" (sub pop mp3)
or
"Rat Is Dead (Rage)" (csshurts mp3)

Provided you haven't downloaded the song from here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here yet.

Myspace page is here.
Sub Pop page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.

Consider Clicking
- Watch "Courtship Dating" by Crystal Castles @ Stereogum... here.

- The Rawking Refuses To Stop does not like High Places... here. Does this mean they have truly made now? They are experiencing blog backlash. Stop The Hate! with "New Grace" (box.net mp3)

- New New New Boris (w/ Merzbow), and I didn't even read about it on ptw first! "Flower, Sun, Rain" (mp3).

- There's a Bradford Cox themed post over @ music is art... here.

- The latest Contrast Podcast is all about "Sloth" (mp3)... here.

- Quasi is a band I had totally forgot about (sorry, Quasi). Luckily, they have a new Daytrotter session to help me (and possibly you) get reacquainted... here.

- EAR FARM made a mix for Brooklyn Based. You can listen to the "mux"... here, or download the whole thing in a zip... here.

The mix:


- Weiland + Albini = [shoulder shrug]

- WTF... Cigarette shapped tea?

- Did you get it this past weekend? If not, don't worry you can get... Free Free Kitten! "Seasick" (mp3)

- "Broken Calculator" (mp3) is a song by Royal Bangs. I think you should download it.

- Got an old pc? Put Xfce on it... here.

- Math + Rock = Polvo. More @ captain's dead... here.

- "Three Women" (p'fork mp3) is a new song by Stereolab. Dig the french electronic pop weirdness @ the Forkcast... here.

- NEVVER commits "harakiri" with The Ponys... here.

It's Epidemic By The Cops

Holy Fuck! (no not that Holy Fuck) Seattle based rockers, The Cops have a catchy ass slab of riffs you really need stuck in your head.

Like Now!

Downloadables:
"It's Epidemic" (mp3)
"Terribly Empty Pockets" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Mt. Fuji Records is here.
There's a few more The Cops mp3s here.
Emusic page is here.

BONUS: Listen to "The Cops Live On KEXP" (mp3)
KEXP Podcasting info... here.

Consider Clicking
- Q: Is 2:42 the ideal song length? A: Find out @ EAR FARM's Muxtape... here.

- Parts & Labor want YOUR SOUNDS for their new album... here.

- Nerd Alert!

- pomo-classicrockers White Demin do a Daytrotter session... here.

- FRICTION NYC declare My Bloody Valentine Friday (that's yesterday)... here.

- Wait, you're telling me that the new Free Kitten song "Seasick" is not a The Jesus Lizard cover. DAMN... here.

Spy/Glass House By Feral Children

Time fer some indie rock with the Feral Children.

Rock!

Downloadables:
"Spy/Glass House" (mp3)
"Saint" (mp3)

Sarathan page is here.
Luckyhorse Industries page is here.
Old KEXP post is here.

Consider Clicking [DISCLAIMER: If any of this is an April Fool's joke, sorry.]
- Kristin Hersh on Daytrotter!!! go here. NOW. Also Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin... here.

- This is NOT TWEE! AC/DC's kickass track "Live Wire" (youtube) Live! @ Tullycraft's blog... here.

- Björk Björk Björk! (1) Post Tribute @ s'gum (here), (2) p'fork posts the Liars cover on said tribute "Army Of Me" (p'fork mp3) (here), (3) I post the Helmet cover >>>> "Army Of Me" (ysi), (4) she is part of Record Store Day (April 19), (5) there's a new video for "Wanderlust" (here), and (6) new album info @ 17dots (psst... she's working with Britt Daniel) (here).

- poetry + lolcatz = this.

- KEXP blogs about 8-bit thrash wonders Crystal Castles ... here.

- thepunkguy has a muxtape... here. Everybody's got a muxtape but me!

- More Teenage Prayers mp3s! Just for you! (1) "Dreams Of The South" (mp3) and (2) "I'm In Love Again" (mp3)

- Low Scores project Day Of The Woman is here.

- wtf?

- Get three free + legal downloads at Fingertips... here.

- Wow, this captain's dead post is all over the place, but it ends with a massive 1989 Smashing Pumpkins boot... here.