Nepal Photos

Creeping Thorns

A few videos I took while in Nepal. The band is called Creeping Thorns and they play all over Nepal. Some cover songs, some original material. Here are some video links if you want to check em out.

Back in the USA

Back in the US after a great trip to Nepal. Spent 24 days around the central and southern areas and had a blast! Will post some photos as soon as I go through the 8gigs worth of them.
Also will be posting a short video of a local band playing on the street in the town of Pokhara Nepal. One original song and one cover (Black Sabbath!) They are called "Creeping Thorns."
So that's my excuse for not posting for a while.
Hopefully back on track now.

Cambodian Cassette

I heard a track off this release years ago on KUSF. Cambodian 60's music that was discovered in some library in California and compiled by Mark Gergis. 150 tapes were found in all. Most of the music is from the 60's before Pol Pot and a few tracks after 1975. Very poprock and very cool. The guitar tones are so great.
Here is a sample track.

Track5

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The Beginning of the End for Cd's?

Interesting story on Foxnews.com today about ... albums being sold on memory cards instead of cd's with no copyright protections!!!

"SanDisk Corp., four major record labels and retailers Best Buy Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are hoping that albums sold on microSD memory cards will at least provide an additional stream of sales. The companies unveiled plans Monday to sell memory cards loaded with music in the MP3 format, free of copy protections."
They are calling it SlotMusic.
Link to story in headline.
Could be interesting!!

Killdozer

"So it was confirmed by Michael Gerald this week that Killdozer is playing more than just their Madison, Wisconsin show on September 20th. They have added five confirmed and two tentative shows in the US. All the details that are known at this time is on the show listings of this myspace page.

I have no details regarding show time, door price, whether they are all ages or bar shows or anything else besides dates and venues at this point. I am also entirely clueless if these are going to be the final Killdozer shows of what the status of the band is. I just post the information once Michael Gerald emails it to me.

In other news Michael Gerald has confirmed that former Killdozer guitarist, Paul Zagoras (1993-1996) will join the Hobson/Gerald/Hobson line-up for a few of their songs at their show in Madison on September 20th as part of the Forward Music Festival." Taken from myspace blog.

Mp3's

Killdozer - Disco Inferno

Killdozer - King of Sex remix

No Age back in the South

No Age is back again to support their "Nouns" album which released earlier this year. This time round I only see dates for Athens at the 40 Watt on Nov 14 2008. No Atlanta show listed. They were here back in July with Abe Vigoda at Eyedrum which is a great place to see a band.

No Age - Eraser mp3

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I Love Providence RI Bands!

Let me begin by saying I was and still am a HUGE Arab on Radar fan. I was so upset when they went their separate ways a few years back. I thank the powers that be that they have continued to excite me with their musical endeavors. I first met AOR while on tour in the mid 90's. Made fast friends and became a fan for life. Great music from great guys! Just to give a bit of props, Drop Dead is also from the same area and has been pounding out the hardcore/grindcore for years. (since 90 I think) anyway Ben from Drop Dead is faithful to the Providence scene. He runs a record store, Armageddon up there and is big in the DIY scene. And on another note, my props go out to Load records because everything they put out is AMAZING! ala Lightning Bolt for example. Another older Load band Astoveboat holds a special place in my heart. They sing songs about whaling. Great concept! The drummer Dale is from Glazed Baby.


First I will start with Made in Mexico. This would be Jeff's new band following Arab on Radar split. VERY post-punk sort of stuff. Female singer, 4 piece band. For me I get a feeling of US Maple or Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. They even got a song on Guitar Hero.





Next on the Agenda would be Athletic Automation which is Steve's band.

photo by Pierre Richardson




Nice and noisey, just like I like it!





Chinese Stars round out the after Arab groups.


photo by AshleyG


The best off kilter, good beats, dancing music I can think of.


MP3's
Arab on Radar - Number 3

Athletic Automation - Hands without Feet

The Chinese Stars - Arson

The Chinese Stars - Cold Cold Cold

Made in Mexico - Farewell Myth

Lightning Bolt - Dracula Mtn

Astoveboat - Appariation

Evangelista - Drunken Unicorn Atlanta 08.23.08

Evangelista put on a great set last night here in the atl. Drunken Unicorn was the venue, they were the middle band on the bill with Xiu Xiu headlining. Honestly I really haven't listened much to Evangelista. My good friend has been raving bout them for a while now. Last time we were in NYC they were playing and we missed their set by an hour. I always forget how early things seem to start in up there. Anyway, we arrived about 10 minutes before their set at Drunken Unicorn. Just the right amount to get drink in hand and head over the side stage. For some reason I hate standing directly in front of the stage. Not sure why but i tend to gravitate over to the sides.
So as usual most of the photos are from this angle. On to the show, Carla Bozulich has one of the strongest most confident voices I have ever heard. She is not shy and puts it out there. She definitely has the talent to pull it off. I thought the whole band was great. The whole set had a cohesiveness, accomplished by the gradual highs and lows of the emotions of the songs. The set was intense yet beautiful. I was VERY impressed. So below I have a few photos I took at the show.

Helios Creed is coming to Atlanta

Helios Creed/Chrome is coming to Atlanta!! Oct 6 2008 at the Drunken Unicorn Tiks only $8, what a deal.