Music

The Shout Out Louds are an interesting bunch, they have a sound that takes me back in time. When the Cure was popular, I was more interested in bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, and the Bad Brains, the cool chicks all dug them. Of course I eventually enjoyed all the fruit the 80s had to offer, not just the stuff that made me want to ride my skate board off the house, or down the steepest street in town.

This band is great in its own right, even though I can’t avoid getting nostalgic- you kids may find it fresh and new. Here a couple tracks off of “Our Ill Wills” so if you enjoy it go out to your local CD stand and grab a copy- and if you live in cultural wasteland there are the data tubes you are linked to now that can get you anything your heart desires.

 

 Shout Out Louds- Normandie [3:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Shout Out Louds- Time Left for Love [3:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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From the album A Drug Problem That Never Existed, Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator brings a wide array of music to a single album. From the heavy, to the light, to the what-the-fuck… it’s all there.

 

 Mondo Generator - Fuck You I'm Free [2:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Mondo Generator - All I Can Do [2:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Mondo Generator - Girls Like Christ [1:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

At 4:52, metal was born.

Hey everyone another First Friday has rolled around in downtown Bryan and tonight will be the first time The Creative Space will be hosting an art gallery for the event.  Make sure you come check it out.  One of the films from the 2007 Red Wasp Film Fest will also be shown so make sure you don’t forget that.

Its free.  Its fun.  You don’t have any reason to miss it.

If you guys don’t know about hypem.com yet, you have got to check this site out. Basically it aggregates different blogs around the net (over a thousand at this point), and lets you go through and listen to what people are finding good. Lots of gems out there.

Hypem.com is essentially doing what radio is supposed to do now, give power to the person selecting the music and put the hardship on the DJ. Let them pour through 100’s of albums looking for good music and bring it to the surface. For the last 20 years radio has failed us with robot radio and set schedules of what music to play and when. The DJ’s haven’t had a lick of input as far as what gets played.

Just my latest jams.

I think I received 4 different text messages (thanks Erik, Meghan, Lauren, and Lucas) about the release of Radiohead’s newest album “In Rainbows”. It’s nearly impossible to download from their site right now, but hypem.com or favorite torrent site should help you find it. Overall I think it’s pretty good. I think they get better the longer they are around. Here’s a few tracks:

 

 Radiohead - Bodysnatchers: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Radiohead - Reckoner: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Get help from Pitchfork Media to understand and comprehend all the fuss about “In Rainbows”.