Pela: blogging in the studio...
Pela began recording in Los Angelas on November 2 and they’re inviting fans to follow them through the process by reading their studio blog. “This time we’re trying to introduce video along with text and photos. We are aware that many people don’t know what goes down during recording,... 
The Forms focus on the target...
The Forms are a week into their US tour, having celebrated the release of their self-titled album, The Forms, at the start of the tour on October 30. It has been four years since The Forms debuted with Icarus, but for most the new album will be their introduction. Those that attended CMJ spoke highly... 
J. Elliot: One Song Per Week...
If you were a songwriter and had a home studio, how often would you record songs? J. Elliot answered this question with “one song per week,” and started the One Song Per Week blog. J. Elliot writes and tracks every instrument, mixes, and streams the new song on his website… all accomplished... 
Goddamn Electric Bill...
It’s amazing how music can be fitting with any mood we carry in any day. Happy, sad, fragile, ambitious, knocked out, tired, spiritless, eager, exhausted, lonely… it is incredible how music finds its way out to enter into our personal worlds no matter what is in our hearts. With countless different... 
Alexandria Quartet – Wide Range Ro...
LONDON – The Alexandria Quartet and I had a weird, synchronous moment. I was loving Justine by The Alexandria Quartet (different band) over in October’s NNME and a few hours later, Alexandria Quartet (no ‘The’) found my MySpace and messaged me, wondering if I’d be interested... 
Pissing On The Bamboo Curtain : Your Way...
BEIJING – Heard of any good Chinese bands? Probably not, but then again, how would you? Even for people who live here in the ‘Middle Kingdom’, the Chinese independent music scene can be a hard nut to crack. Non-Chinese-speaking music fans have to be much more determinedly hands on in... 
Tacks, The Boy Disaster: demoing new mat...
Tacks, The Boy Disaster is preparing to have an album released in the spring of 2008, according to the band’s management. “The guys are demoing new material now and we should have something done in the spring. Lookout for British press coming in as we are releasing Oh, Beatrice in UK and... 

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