For anyone out there who is a fellow Fangirl for The Secret Machines, you have probably been willing to sell a kidney on the black market in order to see “Marfa’s Mystery Lights: A Concert For the UFO’s.” Well, if you were unaware, the DVD has been released by Les Presses Du Reel, a French website that has limited its release to only five-hundred copies.
So, the other day I moseyed on over to musiciansfriend.com. Gallivanting that site is like being a kid in a candy store. It’s Pavlovian – I start to sweat, drool and bark as every page loads. That’s not even including the urge to chase my tail in a circle.
I have a feeling that this review will have a lot to do with names.
Names are important to me, and names are important to art. Yes, it’s contrary to our ideals to admit that these
Envy on the Coast, hailing from all parts of Long Island has a lot to show from their work for the past two years. With their debut full length Lucy Gray released back in August, a music video for the single “Sugar Skulls,” and a non-stop touring mentality, Envy on the Coast has building a huge following not only in the United States, and threatening to grow all over the world.
Kevin Shields, that elusive and ingenious guitar player for shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine, has stated on many occasions that “Loveless” would not be their final album. Will this elusive follow-up ever come to fruition? Or will Shields continue his reign of terror as (DUM DUM DUM) the financial
So it was that marvelous time of the year. The time when it ends. The ball has descended and so does the crowd, into the basement of 55 Clemente Place,
I was struck recently while watching a couple of local bar bands play out in the western part of the Island. They were playing their original creations, all of which sounded fairly trite and anonymous, interspersed with covers of pop music. People were hooting and dancing around them, lined up at the bar, watching the game.
Confusion. Bewilderment. Utter insanity. My head hurts. Where’s my wallet? Keep those filthy Robbers away from my money! Those were the first thoughts to shoot through my poor, fragile mind after listening to this CD for the first time.
Growing up in the Long Island music scene isn’t the easiest thing to do. Just ask Josh Sason of the Merrick-based band Vibes. After eight years of performing, and the recent loss of two
Looney Tunes CD Store in West Babylon enjoyed an explosive grand reopening on Dec. 1, attracting 776 customers after the store was destroyed in a fire in August.