Thanks to all who came and helped us usher in CMJ week at our kick-off party with the Believer last night. Everyone had fun! We think! Big thanks to the Studio staff and of course the bands -- Glasser (backed... CONTINUE READING CMJ '09: STEREOGUM/BELIEVER SHOWCASE @ STUDIO AT WEBSTER HALL, NYC 10/20/09»
Posted on October 21, 2009 in , (2 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Cold Cave | Free Energy | Glasser | Tanlines | The Golden Filter
For this year's CMJ party we teamed up with The Believer to bring you an excellent night of music that will begin much earlier than last year's Late Night with Gang Gang Dance et al. The event takes place... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM CMJ OPENING NIGHT LIVE '09»
Posted on October 2, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Cold Cave | Dum Dum Girls | Free Energy | Glasser | Telepathe | The Golden Filter
The good-time Philly quartet take it down a notch on "Something In Common," the B-Side for their debut DFA "Free Energy" 7". Whereas the James Murphy-produced A-Side was all about '70s guitar parts and cowbell hits in a sweaty house... CONTINUE READING NEW FREE ENERGY - "SOMETHING IN COMMON"»
Posted on September 23, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Free Energy | Rostam Batmanglij
Good-time classic-rocking James Murphy-produced Philadelphia quintet Free Energy have come up with an appropriately celebratory Scott Thrift-directed video for their eponymous "Free Energy" fight song. The lyrics let us know they're "young" and "alive" with time on their side and... CONTINUE READING NEW FREE ENERGY VIDEO - "FREE ENERGY" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 14, 2009 in , , (10 comments)
Tags: Free Energy
We posted about Philadelphia post-Hockey Night quintet Free Energy's catchy classic rock via their James Murphy and Eric Broucek-produced 7". It's out now on DFA because it's nice to dance to '70s guitar hooks. See, for example, "Dark Trance," the... CONTINUE READING NEW FREE ENERGY - "DARK TRANCE"»
Posted on July 28, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Free Energy | Steve Albini
From the demise of Minneapolis's Hockey Night comes Free Energy. Guitarist Scott Wells and singer Paul Sprangers are the main Hockey Night dudes to spearhead this new project, a throwback classic rocking quintet calling Philly home and earning constant comparisons... CONTINUE READING NEW FREE ENERGY - "FREE ENERGY"»
Posted on July 17, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Free Energy | Jay-Z
