If anyone was over at our place last weekend you know that Jungle makes for really excellent party tunes. This new track "Tonight" keeps us foaming at the mouth for this full length. The British duo 'J and T' will play a sold out Bowery Ballroom June 18 with their S/T album dropping July 15 on XL.
Admittedly, we missed Saint Etienne in their prime (not our fault) - but have reaped the benefits of their amazing catalog due to the recent re-issues and crate digging through various "used" piles. Luckily, we have a taste of new music from them for the fist time in 7 years. Via P4K:
St. Etienne's Bob Stanley (who has contributed to Pitchfork) says the track is "about the anticipation of going to see your favourite artist. For some reason, I imagine this show is at the Forum in Kentish Town. The whole album is about the power of pop, how it affects and shapes your life. People talk about the problem of landfill indie, but there's so much landfill pop around at the moment - we're trying to do something about it."
Take a taste of what happened last time Stark hosted a Roadside Graves show at Pianos above (recognize anoyone in there??) What's it taste like? Rock? Well then...Yes. It is that time again. It seems like only yesterday that the Roadside Graves were packing out Piano's for a near sold out gig, filled with folk ready to have a ramped up good time. When have you left a Roadside concert unfulfilled? When have you said to yourself, "They were kind off tonight." Rarely if at all. The Roadside Graves are one of the most consistently entertaining, rambunctious, musical sound and fantastically creative bands on the road right now. Gigging behind their newest EP, You Won't Be Happy With Me Roadside return to NYC for what will undoubtedly be a rollicking good time. We caught up with the band almost a year ago -- here. We look forward to seeing how things have progressed since then. The band works extremely hard both on and off the stage leaving the listener with a high level of satisfaction and a longing for more high caliber musicianship. We can't say enough about Roadside Graves other than Stark is a champion, and as champions we will rock tonight. See you at Pianos. Get there early, for the drinks go down smoother before things get white hot.
