Dirty Little Secret are a great new band out of L.A. The LA Weekly said "Dirty Little Secret's thundering bass, prickly guitars, helicopter high-hats and colon-cleansing kick drum...set off a post-punk powder keg. [They] reminded me of U2 when they still wanted to be the Clash." DLS also happens to be another band featuring ex-members (James & Louis) of ska-punk greats, The Hippos. They have a 5 song EP out now on Speak 'n Spell. You should pick it up.
First Light's Freeze is the latest record from avant-country group Castanets, which is the soudns of their main man Raymond Raposa. It is a dark and somber album that just feels weary and beat down. There is a lot going on in this "free-folk" music with a vast array of instrumentation clanking around at times. Recommended for fans of Akron/Family. Their aforementioned latest is out on Asthmatic Kitty and they are currently on tour with (a fave of mine) Phosphorescent.
In a (sort of but not really) rematch of last season's NCAA title game, Illinois came out on top versus North Carolina in what turned out to be (but should not have been) a pretty decent game. I have to give some credit to the young kids on the UNC squad. They can play, and once they get some experience under their collective belts they are gonna do some damage in the ACC.
MP3 | Dirty Little Secret - Long Gone ST EP
MP3 | Castanets - No Voice Was Raised First Light's Freeze
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
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