4 posts tagged “stereo total”

 05/13/2008 19:35:06  ♥ written by vu ()

Stereo Total - Tas de Tôle

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I have a ton of news I need to get to, but obviously still playing catchup because of my illness from last week. As I have previously mentioned, many of these news items can be found on our press.weheartmusic.com website, so if you have music-related announcements, please let me know, maybe even twitter me?

First off, is Stereo Total return to the USA for one BBQ show!. This is for May 31^st, in Brooklyn, NY. And if I lived in New York, I would be out all the time... especially because everyone seems to tour and/or are in New York. Plus, I love Stereo Total!

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I don't normally announce other people's contests, but I felt this one is too good to pass up: Win a Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus Terabyte Hard Drive. It is for a Terabyte drive from Maxtor. As you know, my HD is fast depleting, so I entered into this contest. Don't worry, I never win at these things anyway, so I thought perhaps you guys might have a better luck at it.

What makes his contest music-related is that it includes MP3s and videos (?) and music content from The Sickest Kids, Be Your Own Pet^[W♥M], Between The Trees, Story of the Year^[W♥M], Black Gold, etc.

Winners will be contacted the week of June 9^th from www.thesyn.com/blog.

Samantha Crain - "The Confiscation," a music novella, out July 22 on Ramseur Records

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"Sounds like Judy Garland singing Neutral Milk Hotel songs…" - Shipwreck “Only 21 years of age,...

Jason is reviewing Samantha Crain's album, The Confiscation, so I thought you might want to check out Samantha Crain - "The Confiscation," a music novella, out July 22 on Ramseur Records.

Reading her mini biography, it seems that she's a Native American folk singer, so the obvious "earthy and spiritual" was used to describe her music.

It should be interesting to read the review and hear some of her music here.

She's also doing a ton of tour dates, so head over to her myspace for the latest information.

Grupo Fantasma - El Sabio Soy Yo

Bad Religion - Heroes & Martyrs 5 comments

Also, a few brief mentions: Grupo Fantasma Serves Up Sonidos Gold For June 17th Release and Bad Religion to Release New Maps of Hell (Deluxe Edition) on July 8th.

These titles are pretty self-explanatory. It seems like we just reviewed Grupo Fantasma's Comes Alive, but this new CD, Sonidos Gold, is a studio album with new material.

From my brief listen to this new album, it's really good, with a fusion of latin and dance/pop music.

Also, briefly, my favorite, Bad Religion is re-releasing New Maps of Hell, in a "deluxe edition". This is pretty cool, considering that this legendary punk band have never released any deluxe or repackaged their albums before.

I will assign someone to review their album, but in the meantime, read my previous article on Bad Religion.

Links: weheartmusic.com

The Octopus Project - I Saw The Bright Shinies

The Octopus Project are an experimental/electro band from Austin, Texas. It looks like their first record, The House of Apples and Eyeballs, was in collaboration with Black Moth Super Rainbow [W♥M].

They recently announced their second new record will be called Hello, Avalanche to be released sometime in October 2007.

I wanted to mention these guys earlier because I noticed that part of their tour included being with my favorite Stereo Total [W♥M]. After looking at their exhausting long tour dates, I think they are going to continue to headline their own tour after this!

The Octopus Project 08/17 Huntsville, AL Bottle Tree * 08/18 Athens, GA 40 Watt * 08/19 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 * 08/20 Greensboro, NC WUAG 08/21 Washington DC Rock and Roll Hotel + 08/22 Baltimore, MD Ottobar + 08/23 Philadelphia, PA TLA + 08/24 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom + 08/25 Boston, MA Middle East + 08/26 Ottawa, ONT Babylon + 08/27 Montreal, QC La Tulipe + 08/28 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace + 08/29 Pittsburgh, PA Andy Warhol Museum + 08/30 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom + 08/31 Chicago, IL The Abbey Theater + 09/01 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry + 09/03 Seattle, WA Chop Suey + 09/04 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom + 09/06 San Francisco, CA Bimbo's + 09/07 Los Angeles, CA El Rey + 09/08 San Diego, CA Beauty Bar 09/13 Chicago, IL Metro # 09/14 Madison, WI Barrymore Theater # 09/15 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre # 09/16 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue # 09/18 Detroit, MI Magic Stick # 09/19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop # 09/21 Baltimore, MD Ottobar # 09/22 Providence, RI Living Room # 09/23 Boston, MA Middle East # 09/25 Northampton, MA Iron Horse # 09/26 Burlington, VT Higher Ground # * = w/ Cinemechanica     + = w/ Stereo Total     # = w/ Aesop Rock The Octopus Project

 August 13, 2007 8:32 PM  vu my♥posts vu@weheartmusic.com octopusproject.com myspace.com

Stereo Total - Holiday Inn

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I've already mentioned Stereo Total, but that was mostly about their "Do the Bambi" album.

Well, the good news is that Kill Rock Stars are re-issuing Juke Box Alarm and My Melody as well as releasing their new album, Discotheque, in July 2007.

But just before you Stereo Total overdose, the band also got a "Best of" album called Party Anticonformiste that just came out in February '07. If you are keeping score, they previously released Total Pop which is another best of collection. Give them another decade and they can rival the Fall in CD releases.

The version I'm using here for "Holiday Inn" is from Total Pop, but I reckon you can just swap it for the new best of. I've use the new artwork so you can see what it looks like. I remember when they performed this song live, it was insane! Everyone (who was a fan) was singing along to the catchy song. "Let's go to a Holiday Inn! And I will show you something!"

Anyway, message from Stereo Total:

THE NEW STEREO TOTAL ALBUM IS GOING TO BE RELEASED IN JULY 2007 AT KILL ROCK STARS (US) AND DISKO B (EUROPE)!!!!! STEREO TOTAL WILL TOUR NORTH AMERICA IN AUGUST, AUSTRALIA IN SEPTEMBER AND EUROPE IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER!!!SEEEEEE YOU SOOON!!!!

Bonus: Download 13 rare tracks from their official website (most of these were b-sides from 7" and out of print songs). They have even put together a custom cover for you!

vu