August 31, 2010
- I have a soft spot for that ramshackle guitar pop that festered on the Eastern Seaboard in the late 70s; bands like Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Johnny Thunder and the Heartbreakers and Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. These acts, as well as individual purveyors like the prodigious Robert Quine, not only operated chronologically [...]
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August 30, 2010
- War On Drugs will release their new album on October 26th through Secretly Canadian. You can check the tracklist below and the new album cut Comin’ Through… MP3 : War On Drugs – Comin’ Through 1. Come To The City 2. Baby Missles 3. Comin’ Through 4. A Pile Of Tires 5. Comin’ Around 6. Brothers 7. Missles Reprise 8. The...
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off,... - This is why we have New Band Smell. The Vaccines have no web presence, a single half-assed promo shot (which, I’m hoping is actually of them, because I stole it from NME) and a demo version of a damn sweet song. That’s it. Again. if NME is to be believed, Jay Jay Pistolet is involved [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we're sorry.... - The internet moves fast and my attention is fleeting, but today I was reminded of how much I enjoy Ryan Gosling…both as an actor and musician. After fading to the background for most outside of L.A. at least, Gosling and his Dead Man’s Bones partner Zach Shields released a new video for their song [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we're sorry.... - Once you got past the fact that it played like a mashup of The Wrestler and Tender Mercies, Crazy Heart was a damn fine film, regardless of how you feel about country music. Even my ladyfriend enjoyed it, with the exception of throwing up in her mouth a little every time Jeff Bridges made out [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we're sorry.... - I’ve been playing the hell out of Tattooed Tears for the last couple weeks, and telling anyone who will listen that Ice Cream Shout is the best thing to come out of Japan since four kids from Rockford, Illinois played a little concert at Budokan. Then the boys and girls in the band had to correct [...]
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August 28, 2010
- We’re just about to fire up The Randomizer to choose winners of the MOKB-Film School-Fission Giveaway, but wanted to let all you artistic types know about a very cool opportunity. With the release of Fission only days away, Film School is sponsoring the Animals Of Fission contest to determine designs for their official merch. The band [...]
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August 27, 2010
- Tonight in Indianapolis, MOKB Presents bring you a reunion of The Pieces + Pecha Kucha 10 at The Vogue. Read up on PK & The Pieces if you still don’t know. Tonight is a special blend of old and new. Nostalgia and progression. Two very separate but special events melded into one. [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off, and we're sorry.... - Quick. Name as many Chilean artists as you can. I’ll wait. Tough one, right? I got one, Immortal Technique, but I’m a big fan of the mixed martial artist/politikal MC. Here’s one to keep your eye on: Panico. Best I can determine, Kick (available on October 12th from Chemikal Underground) is the Santiago quintet’s first [...]
This is only a post summary. Please visit MyOldKentuckyBlog.com for the full post and downloads. We know this pisses some of you off... - Rolling this creampuff out on the showroom floor for a couple reasons. For starters, I think it’s a helluva song. If you’ve not yet heard of Belleruche, here’s a primer. As perhaps the world’s premiere handmade hip-hop/blues/soul band, this trio boasts the talents of Kathrin deBoer (vocals), Ricky Fabulous (guitar) and DJ...
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