captains dead

morning, fine people. check out the gospel according to bruce.
as a guy that used to write press releases for a living for 8/9 years i always assumed that my releases were going unread and always wondered why i even put so much effort into em. it was really because my clients felt that their respective “news” was so fuckin awesome that they deemed wordy/over the top press release necessary. now that i am on the other side of the table, i know that press releases are pretty much pointless cause i dont read em. as stated many times before i look for keywords, which brings me to brooklyn’s miracles of modern science. keywords that caught mine eye, “orchestral” “space pop” and “mandolin.” seeing as i dig orchestrated space pop featuring the mandolin, i was anxious to check em out. i navigated to their myspace page, and wouldnt you know it. they dress up in fuckin costumes! fuckin a! i am not a fan of costumes, i must add. but, i was bound determined not to let the flash gordon inspired garb to deviate me from my initial goal. as it turns out my fears were unwarranted cause they make a very cool racket, but can ya blame me for being a little skeptical? they definitely rock the stringed instruments but i find them to be more orchestral pop than spacey orchestral pop. thats really neither here nor there, but if you happen to be a fan of andrew bird, final fantasy or maybe even broken social scene then these young lads should be to your liking.

they are working on a new ep which should be out sooner than later.

eating me alive

mr2

miracles of modern science myspace

in case you forgot, like i did, athens pop fest is going on this weekend. the lineup includes the likes of ted leo, birds of avalon, daniel johnston, circulatory system, we versus shark, tullycraft, casper and the cookies and many more. my buddy arunas, who is the manager of darkroom in chicago has been raving about casper and cookies the last couple times we spoke. from all his reports they are pretty killer live and as luck would have it, i got an email from them last night reminding me about athens pop fest and that they have a new ep called 3 and a half stars, which is an un ep like 11 songs, that they will be selling at their upcoming shows. here is one of the songs from said ep. check their site for upcoming dates.

power stupid

sid from central park

casper and the cookies site / myspace / label

athens pop fest information can be found here

i maybe getting ahead of myself here, but i have a really great feeling about canada’s octoberman’s run from safety. i am hoping its going to be 07’s oneida road, my favorite record from 06. i know something is going to be great when, during the first few bars of the song, i begin praying that the vocals and/or the lyrics dont suck. am i the only one that does that? possible complications avoided cause marc’s lyrics and vocals are both pretty stellar. this is one record i am going to be waiting with baited breath to hear. check it out!

run from safety

by the wayside

run from safety is being released on 8.21 via whitewhale. click here for pre-order info.

octoberman site / myspace

in one of my more boneheaded moves, i shied away from andrew bird for quite a while and for no good reason other than i am stubborn. i have since learned the error of my ways. here he is performing in Bremen, Sendesaal on 5.25.07. this is taken from an fm broadcast. thanks to the guy who taped it.

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