Rainy Face from Ryan Adams on Vimeo.

I know this isn’t exactly the best place to plug a metal show, but Pelican promises to bring a metal-ambient sound and Black Cobra… Well the name is badass enough. Furthermore, they are playing one of my favorite venues. Who’s down?

ATP has a special place in my heart as it is the first concert I went to after leaving the world of electronic music in Texas and moving to California. Five years ago, this festival was being held in Long Beach at the Queen Mary, playing host to such bands as Modest Mouse, The Shins, Built to Spill, Elliott Smith, Mission of Burma, Mars Volta, Minutemen Duo, Lungfish, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed and many others.  The group that is now TSS was smaller and largely made up of different faces back then but the essence was the same; people coming together over a common thread of passion for the positive vibration force that is music. While thinking about these early days of pre-TSS  existence, I sifted through some old shoe-boxes for photos of the crew. Check out these memories. (more…)

Los Angeles’s own Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is continuing to explode on the collective consciousness of many indie-minded music lovers across the nation. This 12-piece bible-campers-turned-indie-folk-artists was recently in studio at a TSS favorite Daytrotter to give a live performance of some tunes off their newly release album titled “Up from Below“. Those who have had the pleasure of witnessing this band live understand that these bootlegs capture the band much more than a studio record ever could. For those of you who have not seen them live, Edward Sharpe will be back in the home land on Sept. 22nd at the El Rey. Enjoy the free mp3s.

1. Home
2. 40 Day Dream
3. Black Water
4. Up From Below

I came across Ed Harcourt randomly; the best way to find artists. He’s not from the states, so he has not been heard of by a lot of people. I like all his music so far. I put the link to get “Here be Monsters” from Amazon for only $5, right below. The album is around a Nine for me. It is very well made, and full of catchy songs. It’s a really clever and light-hearted CD, that if you put in your car, you’ll know all the words and melodies by heart. He’s a pleasant songwriter and I hope yall get the cd (I do not encourage listening to the samples because they are not indicative of the cd at all)…so, just dish out the 5.

Listen, you know who my brother is. We both have the best tastes in music and listen to the best music, and no one can tell us otherwise…not even each other.

Ed Harcourt – Here Be Monsters

I think you will all find something of interest at The Grassy Knoll

I think we should all take a collection and send our Capt. to the upcoming Future of Music Conference in DC. That way he can come back here and save our scene. Who’s in?