News Feed for Wednesday, May 24
In the news today: Juliana Hatfield, Electric Light Orchestra, Teenage Fanclub
Tag: Teenage Fanclub
Mixtape 161 :: Sand Angel
As individuals, Jay Som and Palehound each have their musical quirks and unique style. Together as Bachelor they plot a strange new course through the realm of dream pop.
The New Mendicants
Into the Lime (Ashmont Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The New Mendicants
Into the Lime (Ashmont Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The World’s End
What begins as a reunion pub crawl for five friends turns into a night of booze, bodies, and the bizarre, delving deeper into chaos as it leads to redemption, love, loss, and hope at a pub called The Worlds End.
The World’s End
What begins as a reunion pub crawl for five friends turns into a night of booze, bodies, and the bizarre, delving deeper into chaos as it leads to redemption, love, loss, and hope at a pub called The Worlds End.
Superchunk
With a riotous sonic assault that nearly brought down the balcony at the Bowery Ballroom, Superchunk showed they still have the fire and intensity of their youth, kicking out the jams, shredding the wallpaper, and bringing the noise to a very enthusiastic crowd that included Jeff Schweers.
Pastels/ Tenniscoats
Two Sunsets (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Pastels/ Tenniscoats
Two Sunsets (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Bricolage
Bricolage (Slumberland). Review by Carl F Gauze.
The Broken West
Now or Heaven (Merge). Review by Andrew Coulon.
The Parties
Can’t Come Down (Rainbow Quartz). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.
Bubblegum Lemonade
Susan’s in the Sky EP (Matinee). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Posies
Every Kind of Light (Ryko). Review by Sean Slone.
Velvet Crush
Stereo Blues (Action Musik). Review by Sean Slone.
Sloan
Action Pact (Koch). Review by Stein Haukland.
Teenage Fanclub
Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: A Shortcut to Teenage Fanclub (Jetset). Review by Troy Jewell.
The Tyde
Twice (Rough Trade). Review by Sean Slone.
Velvet Crush
Free Expression (Action Musik). Review by Sean Slone.
Yesterday’s Kids
Can’t Hear Nothin’ (Panic Button / Lookout!). Review by Stein Haukland.
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