Tuesday night I managed to find myself totally and awkwardly alone at the Dappled Cities show at Spaceland, the three friends I thought might've come along having all abandoned me due to stomach virus, novocaine residuals, and all-out absence via CMJ. But oh well, here's to getting drunk and having your camera battery die immediately while watching a really good show all by yourself. The night officially kicked off when handsome, if painfully thin,......

Here's a Music Medley of some tunes from bands reviewed or highlighted here over the last couple months (some lyrics NSFW BTW): No Age - Every Artist Needs a Tragedy Caribou - Irene Five O' Clock Heroes - Head Games Bitter:sweet - Dirty Laundry (Skeewiff Remix) CINEMATIC: Classic Film Music Remixed - The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 Main Title (Phillip Charles' Signs in Mallorca Rewerk) Shocking Pinks - Victims Sunset Rubdown - Colt......

Artist: Caribou Album: Andorra Label: Merge Records Release Date: August 21, 2007 Hey lookie folks, it's another solo project by a brilliant Canadian. Dan Snaith originally released his work as Manitoba until he ran afoul of the Dictators frontman, Handsome "Dick" Manitoba, and had to change his stage name to...... Caribou. While some of Caribou's first release, The Milk of Human Kindness, sounded somewhat electronica-light, Andorra certainly does not: this is raging full-on psychedelica. Is......

Artist: Dappled Cities Release Date: June 2007 Album: Granddance Label: Dangerbird Records The Aussie band Dappled Cities (formerly Dappled Cities Fly) are often compared to the Flaming Lips and I just don't get it. The Dappled Cities produce measured indie rock that has marching highs and Sigur Ros-like lows but none of the crazy, out-there solos or fantastical weirdness of the Lips. Their release, Granddance, on LA's Dangerbird Records, is 11 tracks of well-crafted......

Tokyo Police Club - "Nature of the Experiment" Nine Inch Chili Peppers @ The Joint Dub Club @ The Echo The Nedra Wheeler Quintet @ Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel Merchants of Moonshine @ Harper's Bar & Grille Rush @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Tokyo Police Club, Dappled Cities Fly, Minipop @ The Troubadour Snowdrift, The Comforters, Cosio, The Jackal Headed Front @ The Mint Conjunto Guama @ El Floridita Jazz at the Movies @......

Ellegarden - "Koukasen" Dappled Cities, Eulogies, Manejo Beto, Die Die Die @ The Echo Tegan & Sara @ Amoeba Records The Cribs, Sean Na Na, The Hugs @ The Troubadour Lynyrd Skynrd @ Pacific Amphitheatre Ellegarden @ The Knitting Factory Nikka Costa @ House of Blues Bridge Dwellas, Rebels to the Grain, Rhythm Natives, Epidemik, The Antidotes @ Temple Bar Glen Phillips @ Largo T.J. Helmerich, Mark Nonisa, Ric Fierabracci, Bernie Galane @ The......

Great Northern, Meeting Places, Dead Ponies, Tigers Can Bite You @ The Echo Lucy Schwartz, Katrina Parker, Josh Allan, Paul O' Connor @ Genghis Cohen Let’s Go Sailing, Bedroom Walls, Dappled Cities Fly, The Coral Sea @ Spaceland Black Fuzz, Tristan & the Tramps, St. Jorge & the Dragons @ Mr. T's Bowl Metal Skool, Wrapt in Plastic, She's Your Sister @ Key Club Quirks, The Letter Openers, Kriminal Pogo, Bull Lee @ Lava......