Ventvox http://ventvox.com Music. Art. Culture. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:58:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The National: Trouble Will Find Me:: Review http://ventvox.com/2013/05/national-trouble-find-review/ http://ventvox.com/2013/05/national-trouble-find-review/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 00:13:29 +0000 greg http://ventvox.com/?p=28750 The National: Trouble Will Find Me:: Review

The National's steady climb into the upper echelon of the indie music scene has been no overnight sensation. Slowly but surely, the Brooklyn by way of Cincinnati group has inched their way upward with each release culminating with the Billboard topping breakthrough Read more..

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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti will be making an appearance at Fitzgerald's in Houston on Sunday, June 16th in support of their latest release, Mature Themes. This will be their only SE Texas appearance and if you consider yourself hip, you should probably do yo... Read more..

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Mikal Cronin premiered his new music video for 'Change' from the recently released MCII today and you should watch it immediately – that is, unless you already have. If you have then this bit of music news isn't news so much as it's regurgitated blog feed. I promise I won't publish the press release with this video as you've probably seen it before about a bajillion times. However, I will post Mikal Cronin's tour dates for your edification.  Oh yeah, why do I think that Mikal Cronin has a tinge of Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) in his vocals?  What's wrong with me?

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After a sold out spring tour with Wavves, FIDLAR is thrilled to announce their debut fall headlining tour, with stops at Austin City Limits and Bumbershoot Festivals.

Jon Pareles (New York Times) commented on one of the band's SXSW performances, stating, "FIDLAR, from Los Angeles, worked a sly paradox. In songs about characters leading dissolute, drug-addled... Read more..

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Bill Ryder-Jones can be called a multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter/composer/ex guitarist of The Coral and man of many different shades. He's promoting his latest solo release, A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart and he graciously accepted Ventvox's invitation to play a brutally honest game of questions and answers.

1. What's the story... Read more..

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Badlands single 'Sleeping Beauty' is a droning, wall of sound retro-fitted slab of pop goodness. Give it a listen below and decide for yourself.

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Merge announced the news about King Khan and the Shrines on Friday. The band will release their Merge debut later this year.

Merge asked King Khan for a few words to mark the occasion:
Rumors have been flying about me being taped to three swans and traveling the wor... Read more..

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Foxygen heads west in the video for No Destruction and attempts to provide some visual interpretation of the lyrics too.

Fans of Foxygen are well aware that this band is ready for the camera and has a flair for the dramatic. With that, we present the Internet with a music video eight years in the making! No Destruction was directed by Jonathan Rado and Sam France's childhood friend Bryan Felber(University... Read more..

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Ferg is at it again and now he presents his Gun Metal Sqube. The dimensions for the Sqube are 4x4x4 and it is made of ABS plastic. The Gun Metal Sqube is available now. Read more..

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Telekinesis plays with himself at an old vinyl pressing plant. Somehow that sounds obscene, but it's really not.

Telekinesis on tour:
May 9 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom%
May 10 Allston, MA Brighton Music Hall%
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