Author: mike

Muuy Biien at Used Car Parts Online

Muuy Biien is a scrappy punk-rock band from Athens, Georgia, but there is nothing slight about their scrappiness. D.Y.I., the band’s new album, may run under a half-hour, but it’s a set brimming with ideas and tensed-up ambition. The lean riffs of “Human Error” hone themselves into impossible sharp edges and angles, while the chorus… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Used Car Parts Online

Eureka California at The Skinny

Jake Ward is a clever so-and-so. Over-educated, over-stimulated and over it all – the classic American slacker tale, and one that can feel overdone when everyone’s searching for missing buttons from plaid shirts. But unlike most of his generation, he’s got tunes to amplify his smarts, and alongside turbo-charged drummer Marie A. Uhler, he’s found… Continue reading Eureka California at The Skinny

Joe Jack Talcum at WithGuitars

It’s never going to be a hit. No one’s looking for this. It’s too subtle, too heartfelt, too understated. But everyone who hears it is going to fall in love, and isn’t that enough—after all there are better ways to measure success than stardom. [Link]

The Primitives at WithGuitars

Although the original line-up that THE PRIMITIVESstarted with in Coventry (England) included PJ Court (vocals, guitar), Keiron McDermott(vocals),Steve Dullaghan(bass) and Pete Tweedie(drums), before releasing their first and successful album, “Lovely”, in 1988, Tweedie had already been substituted by Tig Williams, and Mcdermott was replaced by the platinum blonde Tracy Tracy, the band’s true icon. Coming out of the independent scene that bands… Continue reading The Primitives at WithGuitars

Athens Intensified at Austin Town Hall

It seems that every other day, someone has a festival going, especially here in Austin; there’s always something.  I’m okay with that, but over the last few years I’ve noticed a lot of small boutique festivals carving niches for themselves. With  this in mind, I was connected with Gordon Lamb, formerly one of the gents… Continue reading Athens Intensified at Austin Town Hall

Luxembourg Signal at Big Takeover

Although a brand new project, The Luxembourg Signal features members who have been playing together for years as part ofAberdeen (one of the few American acts on the U.K.‘s Sarah Records). Several years, several bands — including long-running LA indie-pop band Fonda and London’s Trembling Blue Stars — and a few reunions later, Johnny Joyner, Beth Arzy andBrian Espinosa started The Luxembourg Signal with Betsy Moyer and Ginny Pitchford.… Continue reading Luxembourg Signal at Big Takeover

Luxembourg Signal at Bloodbuzzed

What a curriculum our guest has! A Sarah Records MUST-LISTEN and criminally underrated band? Check. She was the lead singer of Aberdeen. A wonderful cult group? Check. She was a core member of Trembling Blue Stars. A charming indiepop project, featured in our “discoverer series”? Check. Charlie Big Time. And a exciting, not to miss 2014 new adventure,… Continue reading Luxembourg Signal at Bloodbuzzed

Muuy Biien at agoodthingeachday

In-yer-face punk rock from Muuy Biien is the order of the day today. Today’s #onegoodthing is their album D.Y.I., which came out earlier this year and is a blistering collection of raw, hard-edged songs that are broken up by a trio of tracks –Cyclothymia I, II and III – that hint at something more prosaic behind the rip-roaring likes of Melters and Virus Evolves.… Continue reading Muuy Biien at agoodthingeachday