Various Insights

In case you didn’t catch it on The Cream, JEFF the Brotherhood is getting some serious love lately. Their new Third Man Records 7″ has a video directed by Jo McCaughey and debuted by Rolling Stone. It’s a slow burner but lots of cute gals in perilous situations always makes for a good video.

Codaphonic recently released a short EP of random b-sides and recordings that weren’t destined for a future release. “They’re not doing any good playing in the forest where there’s no one there to hear them, so here ya go!” If you’re a fan of the previous pop stylings of Codaphonic, this should be right up your alley… albeit a bit weirder at times (i.e. “Average Dude”).

The Howling at the Earth EP from Little Viking is a bizarrely effective combination of mid-90’s indie pop ala The Rentals or Supergrass mixed with the occasional outburst of much harder influences. It is quite good and I can’t recommend it enough – especially given that it’s a free download.

Stephen Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus

Well hot damn! Indie rock legend and Pavement founding dood Stephen Malkmus will join us at 3 o’clock in the afternoon for a meet & greet with his fans (and that includes us!) He seems like a nice laid-back guy and god knows he’s talented so I hope you’re excited at the chance to meet him. I know I am! Malkmus is in town on tour behind his latest “Mirror Traffic” album with The Jicks and he’ll make time to join us at Grimey’s at 3PM to meet his fans. So grab your OG copy of “Slanted & Enchanted” or snag his latest while you’re here and say “hi” to one of the guys who inspired us all.

Grimeys – 3pm
FREE

Volume 48

It’s been since early August that a full-on compilation podcast has emerged from We Own This Town. So, without further ado (because I know you were all waiting), here’s a mega edition of the podcast featuring a load of new music from around town. The mix covers a lot of familiar acts from the recent reviews but also maintains some new treats that haven’t been mentioned yet on the site.

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