Video: Times New Viking in small-town Ohio
TNV’s new video provides a quick tour of small-town Ohio, and it’s also a preview of sorts for the Columbus band’s upcoming album, Dancer Equired. You’ll hear pieces of “It’s a Culture” and...
View ArticleInterview: Let’s Wrestle
Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Let’s Wrestle – Dear John While the indie/DIY scene continues to over saturate itself day after day with “really cool bands”, I can’t help but feel that most...
View ArticleJerry DeCicca from The Black Swans on Richard Buckner
MP3: Richard Buckner – Escape Editor’s note: In anticipation of Richard Buckner’s long-awaited Our Blood, out today (8/2) on Merge Records, I asked Buckner fan Jerry DeCicca of The Black Swans (a band...
View ArticleVideo: Richard Buckner – Still Looking For You (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Via Cover Me Songs, this was recorded two years ago at Merge’s 20th anniversary bash, but just recently released.
View ArticleWednesday in Columbus: Hospitality
MP3: Betty Wang MP3: Friends of Friends New Merge Records band Hospitality has been touring with Wild Flag, hitting Philadelphia today and Chicago on Thursday, followed by some shows with fellow...
View ArticleNew Band Alert: Divine Fits featuring New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown, Spoon’s...
Look for an album from the supergroup on MERGE RECORDS later this year. Says the press release, “The album was was produced by Nick Launay. Further details regarding the record’s release date, live...
View ArticleWatch: Divine Fits album teaser
Last week we told you about Divine Fits, a new supergroup consisting of Britt Daniel of Spoon, Sam Brown of the New Bomb Turks and Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade (and the recently defunct Handsome Furs)....
View ArticleDivine Fits to play Ace of Cups in Columbus Aug. 6
The Britt Daniel/Dan Boeckner/Sam Brown band Divine Fits just announced they’ll play their third show (ever) at Ace of Cups in Columbus on Aug. 6. From the band’s Facebook: We are in need of some...
View ArticleListen: Mark Eitzel –“I Love You but You’re Dead”
Mark Eitzel and Columbus go way back. At one time Eitzel wrote for Tim Anstaett’s The Offence, and his early, Joy Division-esque band Naked Skinnies began here. They were the “hero band” of Ron House,...
View ArticleVideo: Divine Fits –“Would That Not Be Nice”
Britt Daniel, Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown do their thing in the dark. A Thing Called Divine Fits is out now on Merge, and $5.99 at Amazon.
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