Matablog (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
We knew it would be just a matter of time before the co-creator of this generation's most important comedy album began receiving salacious advances. We just didn't know it would be his other gig that would serve as the aphrodisiac. On a seperate tip, here’s Aquarius Records’ assessment of ‘Just Farr A Laugh, Vol.’s I & [...]
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Filming for the Gus Van Zant movie Harvey Milk has officially finished.
Joe Reifer - Words (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
Can you see the chair? — by Joe Reifer Quite possibly the most overlooked, least talked about component of the digital darkroom is where you sit. The official chair of Joe Reifer photography is the Steelcase Think Chair. Yes, it's expensive and worth every penny. I’ve made it easier to subscribe to this blog — on [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
by Black Bubblegum Kickin off "Skin Turns To Glass" somethin' propa-like (due April 1 on The End), Nadja (who we were just talking about) will take it to the streets (and highways) for a US tour followed by a short...
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | 02/02/2008
Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk in a Gus Van Zant film that is changing the look of the Castro.
Sound On The Sound (Free subscription) | 01/28/2008
So Saturday night I was sitting in my apartment, my girlfriend was streaming KEXP and mid song I caught notice that I was rocking out hardcore to the song they were playing, which, no offense to KEXP, rarely happens with the station (they could be doing a TON more to support or at least acknowledge [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 01/26/2008
Since last year's The Cloud of Unknowing (Pitchfork's 34th favorite album of 2007) introduced James Blackshaw and his formidable 12-string skills to a wider audience, fans exploring Blackshaw's back catalogue have been in for quite a dig. Some of the...
/Film (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk bio-pic Milk is currently shooting in my hometown of San Francisco. But for some reason I’m stranded miles away in Park City. (...) Comment on this now or read more at slashfilm.com . Tags: Gus Van Sant , Milk
undomondo (Free subscription) | 12/15/2007
The White Magic faerie Mira Billotte and co. released an EP on Drag City in October which I found out about while checking out the old Aquarius Records newsletters I had in my inbox and seriously I can only justify the 2 months lag by saying that “I must have been totally messed up by [...]
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 11/13/2007
We're hard-pressed for words to describe 1970s group Ya Ho Wa 13 beyond their traditionally vague "psychedelic" tag, so here's some math: the Polyphonic Spree's numbers, cultishness, penchant for robes X the Hare Krishnas' meditative spirituality, penchant for robes ÷ general hippiedom + more robes ≈ Ya Ho Wa 13 and the Source Family cult/commune around it Theirs is a confusing history, to say the...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007
DOWNLOAD: Six Organs of Admittance - Jade Like Wine (new MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Valerie Project - Introduction (new MP3) DOWNLOAD: Major Stars - Portable Freak Factory (new MP3) Is $7 an album enough to keep an indie label in the...
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007
For exactly 50 of you, here's some very good news: walk into Los Angeles' bookstore around 7 p.m. this Halloween and you'll be presented with a soundtrack CD free of charge. The disc won't be available anywhere else, and there's only a few of 'em out there: more than 50, though, as the purchase of any book on that evening will get you one, too. Still, that's a generous offer... a little too generous...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 10/27/2007
BC pop-punks Gob have announced a set of November tour dates in Ontario and Quebec in support of the band's new full length Muertos Vivos via Aquarius Records. Click below for the dates. The band's fifth studio LP hits stores on October 30th. It follows up 2003's Foot In Mouth Disease . In a recent interview with Chart guitarist Tom Thacker commented "I can't wait for everyone to hear this new record,...
PR Leap - Recent News Releases (Free subscription) | 09/12/2007
The Australian digital music label, Hidden Shoal Recordings, today launched a partnership which will see a range of digital releases from its catalogue available on CD in the US for the first time.
Matablog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agjg6GPBo0g Through the auspices of Blabbermouth.net, the drum cam footage of Sepultura's Jean Dolabella (above) , while fascinating on a number of levels, pales in comparison to the Aquarius Records-touted clip below : http://www.ifilm.com/video/2666667
