1. Franz Nicolay recorded a DayTrotter this past week that’s pretty great. It includes one unreleased track and a killer rendition of “Jeff Penalty,” the opening track from his debut solo disc Major General.
2. NYC Taper posted a live bootleg of the recent Waaves set at The Mercury Lounge in NYC. The recording isn’t amazing, [...]
[The Score is here again, and will still be here tomorrow, but there might not be a new installment. So enjoy it.]
1. Dark Dark Dark Daytrotter Session. Beautiful set from the MPLS based group. Set includes two previously unrecorded tracks.
2. Antony & The Johnsons Live D.C. from All Songs Considered (you can download this [...]
The hype machine has started for Art Brut’s forthcoming Art Brut vs. Satan. Yesterday a video and stream went up at Pitchfork for their first single from the album, “Alcoholics Unanimous.” The track is the usual Art Brut fare, et cetera. Yet, I remain amazed that this group can keep writing good music. Most bands [...]
Art Brut is always working. Tongue firmly planted in cheek the British rock outfit has prepared their third full length offering, and it looks promising. With Frank Black (of The Pixies – not that this aside is even really necessary) helming production on the album, Art Brut vs. Satan looks as promising as their first [...]
As long as we are talking about the Free Glam Chops Christmas single, I thought I’d mention that Mr. Argos post some interesting news at his blog over the Thanksgiving Day weekend (the blog is called The Eddie Argos Resource).
It seems that Art Brut is working on putting out a new album, and they have [...]
The side project of Art Brut’s frontman Eddie Argos and Mikey Georgeson (David Devant), Glam Chops, has just released a free Christmas single via their website. The digital single includes two tracks, “Countdown to Christmas” and “Baby Jesus Was the First Glam Rocker.” Glam Chops have recorded a video for the track “Countdown to Christmas” [...]
So, I, like Hannah, have some favorite things which other might call guilty pleasures, but I find nothing to be guilty about. Turns out Eddie Argos, frontman of the Brit rock act Art Brut, and I have many things in common. Argos has begun penning a column for the online zine Playback: stl titled Pow! [...]
