prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Car Alarm is Sam Prekop and company's eighth full-length in fifteen years. The impetus behind this record is to rethink the group's usual modus operandi (record album, tour, disband, repeat). ...
Music Snobbery (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
"It's wonderful to be here,It's certainly a thrill,You're such a lovely audience,We'd like to take you home with us,We'd love to take you home..."Chris is winging his way home, but in the meantime, I'll leave you with these bits o'...
Listening Post (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
"May the days be aimless. Let the seasons drift. Do not advance the action according to a plan." So go the early words of Don DeLillo's masterful postmodernist novel White Noise. But the desire could easily apply to both The...
Toronto Star Podcasts (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
This week we feature fresh music by Steve Singh, a remarkable Toronto-based one-man band. We...
Let's Sexy Fighting (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
I'm currently enjoying the work of Norfolk, Virginia band 1888. I think their sound sits comfortably between Pinback, The Sea and Cake, and Kings of Leon. Probably good for a late night chillout! 1888 - Unconscious On The Telephone 1888 official site 1888 on MySpace
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Two songs from a couple of unique solo artists. First, from Los Angeles, Amy Kuney - All Downhill From Here, followed by a member of a Chicago band called The Sea and Cake, Sam Prekop - Something.
Shots Ring Out (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Hey remember The Sea and Cake? Yeah we do too and are happy that they are still making music. They had an album out last year called Everybody and are looking to make more of a comeback with Car Alarm due later this month. ‘Weekend’ is the new single off that album and Tim Sutton [...]
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
If you didn’t know any better, you’d think that the Sea and the Cake are blog-house cohorts with the Teenagers and Justice, as the group’s new single, “Weekend,” blends skittering ...
Muzzle of Bees (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Gotta love the sound of Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt together with The Sea and Cake. I’ve been digesting their upcoming Car Alarm, when along came the above video for “Weekend” passed before my eyes. Great stuff. Discuss: Best Sea & Cake record? Favorite Sam Prekop solo effort? Let’s not forget how great Archer’s [...]
The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Look, we'll be the last ones to say The Sea and Cake are washed up, but we definitely weren't the first ones to watch this new video for "Weekend," the first single from their forthcoming album Car Alarm . This shit sounds like techno! Well, like, really mellow acoustic techno that makes us want to do stuff like they do in the video—eat candy, bike with the bros in the woods, sparklers—but techno...
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Every day brings the release of another album — have you heard the new Jaguar Love? Is the new Bloc Party any good? Does Santogold live up to her hype? And who the hell are We Are Wolves? Beyond spending endless hours on choosing what to listen to and then finally hearing the product, [...]
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The Sea and Cake were in on the birth of post-rock, but have outlasted it by a good distance (hell, with bands like Battles you could even make a case ...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Lucinda Williams is playing the Wamu Theater @ MSG on October 3rd. Tickets are on sale. Secret Machines are playing Webster Hall on October 18th. Tickets are on sale. Tickets are on sale for the Decemberists show at Terminal...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Album Spinner.com : On the heels of indie-rock stardom in Field Music, Peter Brewis is taking after his bandmate and brother David Brewis by releasing a side-project album under a pseudo-band moniker. Dubbed 'The Week That Was,' Peter tells Spinner that the music is... Read more
Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The Sea and Cake are going out in tour in the fall and they're playing all the major metros, including a few shows in their stomping grounds of Chicago. I saw them at the Thrill Jockey Anniversary Party back in...
