cosmonaut on vacation “up to me”

Posted by doubter on Monday, April 1st, 2013

happy monday. well at least happy for me cause im off, and its quite lovely here in baton rouge. although i am in the house, so thats mildly depressing. anyway, greg slamen formerly of through the sparks has a new band called cosmonaut on vacation, if you couldnt have guessed, and recently released a single on pals this is american music. the single is a precursor to their upcoming full length record entitled let the moment land which is being released by t.i.a.m on 4.23. one thing they are going to do is record a live ep with les nuby which will then be released after the record comes out. from what i gather quite a few t.i.a.m. bands are going to be doing this as well. great idea in my opinion.

you can buy this single on itunes, listen to it on spotify, etc.
cosmonaut on vacation site

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new stuff from some dark holler

Posted by doubter on Sunday, July 15th, 2012

photo by wes frazer

sadly, i have been sitting on these new some dark holler tracks for a few weeks now, but as i have said before i have been so freakin pre-occupied with everything life is throwing at me. anyway, these two tracks are from their yet untitled this is american music release which is due out sometime this summer. was a huge fan of their ep, and cannot wait for this cause these two songs are fucking great.

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the district attorneys "boomtown"

Posted by doubter on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

from all the reports i had read re: sxsw, athens boys done good, the district attorneys, made a pretty big splash, or at least they made a nice little wave amongst the festivities attendants. rightfully so, their new record which was just released yesterday via this is american mausic, slowburner, is a record great listen, and can only imagine their live show to be something pretty damn awesome.

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the only sons "bully"

Posted by doubter on Monday, April 2nd, 2012

just got this record in the email box today, and boy oh boy am i excited. have only gotten a chance to listen to it once – damn job. im gonna come back to speaking on it after i have listened to more than a few times, but i will say this is not the only sons you may think you know or knew. ill leave it at that, for now… but, i think you may get a sense of the direction of the record from the first single down there. oh, the name of the record is when the new wears off and is out on 4.24 via this is american music.

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glossary "under a barking mooon" official video

Posted by doubter on Friday, March 9th, 2012

hey, here is the official video, duh, for glossary’s “under a barking moon” which is off my 5th favorite record of 2011, long live all of us. also, see the flier below for glossary sxsw shows, and for more information see the this is american music tumblr site, here.

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this is american music and captains dead present two parties at sxsw

Posted by doubter on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

wowza! i havent seen too many of the other lineups out there, but me thinks, and of course i am biased, you’d be hard pressed to find a better couple shows to check out while y’all are galavanting around sxsw. so with out further adieu here are the lineups to the two shows. also thanks to the sponsors, listed below, who helped make this possible. most of the bands can be found via this american music, if not their respective websites have been linked to. wednesday’s party, btw, has free torchy’s tacos!

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free record alert: the district attorney's waiting on the calm down + more

Posted by doubter on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

you wanna get people’s collective mouths salivating for more? umm, make an ep as strong as athen’s the district attorney’s waiting on the calm down, give it away for free, then announce you got a full length coming out on 4.24. said record entitled, slowburner, is coming out on captains dead’s bff’s label, this is american music. oh, and theyre also playing the this is american music/captains dead sxsw tuesday kickoff party at hole in the wall.

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free record alert: some dark holler

Posted by doubter on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

i go through phases in which i envision what my record, if i ever made one, would sound like. my main goal would be to create an acoustic version of it takes a nation of millions to hold us back, but that would require a lot of work, none of which i am prepared to tackle. but, damn, i have been wanting to do something like that for years. when i say years, im talking like at least ten. maybe this decade?

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13ghosts "gimmie back"

Posted by doubter on Monday, October 24th, 2011

im gonna be super honest here, my laziness has probably led to me overlooking some great records. i am going to actually going admit that i know it has, and thats a god damn shame. its like do i listen to bee thousand for the 1000th time or say birmingham’s 13ghosts most recent release, liar’s melody? well, as you can probably guess, it took me a while, but finally gave the latter record more than a few solid listens over the past week and damn! im glad i did. in case you didnt know 13ghosts is ex-dexateen brad armstrong’s band along with 3 other dudes, although the lineup may or may not change from time to time. so if you were a fan of the dexateens fan you should absolutely dig this. although, i should say i was thrown off by the opening riff of the lead track “water, rise” cause i was absolutely thinking this was gonna be more a stones “shake your hips” kinda record, but it is not, at least most of it isnt. regardless, its a great record, and what it is and what it isnt doesnt matter. you can only grab this record via this is american music for a measly 5 bucks. btw, maria taylor sings back up on two tracks on the record.

gimmie back

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