It wouldn't be all that risky to say everyone of a certain age has a Michael Jackson moment. He was a cultural phenomenon on a much larger scale than almost anyone else making music today (in some circles he'd get... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKERS EULOGIZE THE KING OF POP»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in (81 comments)
Tags: Cold Cave | Crocodiles | Dave Sitek | Death Cab For Cutie | Frog Eyes | High Places | John Vanderslice | Michael Jackson | No Age | Sara Quin | Swan Lake | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | TV On The Radio
Blackout Beach's Skin Of Evil is a monster of an album, and not just because Carey Mercer often sounds like one while incanting his dark Bowie-on-Scott Walker woe. A month or so ago we gave you "Cloud Of Evil" from... CONTINUE READING NEW BLACKOUT BEACH - "ASTORIA, MENTHOL LITE, HILLTOP, WAVE OF EVIL, 1982" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on November 21, 2008 in , (1 comments)
Tags: Blackout Beach | Clipse | Frog Eyes | Kanye West | Sasquatch! | Swan Lake | The Dodos
Frog Eyes mastermind Carey Mercer also records as Blackout Beach: 2004's Light Flows the Putrid Dawn is an inky, dramatic Bowie-on-downers favorite. Judging from "Cloud Of Evil," the lead (and opening) track from the forthcoming sophomore followup Skin Of Evil,... CONTINUE READING NEW BLACKOUT BEACH - "CLOUD OF EVIL"»
Posted on October 14, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Blackout Beach | Carey Mercer | Frog Eyes | Swan Lake
Those Frog Eyes. We knew they had a nurse in their ranks, but what fine actors! In the Victoria band's first ever video -- directed by frontman Carey Mercer and edited by Sikwaya Condon -- hobos hang by the wrong... CONTINUE READING NEW FROG EYES VIDEO - "IDLE SONGS"»
Posted on January 23, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Frog Eyes
'Gum Droppers, you may wanna pop into that spam folder; there's a good chance this week's blast wound up sorted alongside other sordid emails due to Frog Eyes' "Shit" containing song title. The track itself's a reworked version of "The... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP XIII: HEAR NEW FROG EYES, WIN NEW MILES DAVIS»
Posted on November 21, 2007 in (0 comments)
Tags: Frog Eyes | Miles Davis
This morning we got an email from Nicholas Taplin, who recently launched Post-Consumer a website currently hosting 546 live recordings of bands that played Santa Cruz basements, living rooms, etc. Intrigued, we headed over and spotted a bunch of goodies... CONTINUE READING POST-CONSUMER: 546 FREE LIVE STREAMS»
Posted on November 14, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Frog Eyes | Microphones | Six Organs Of Admittance | The Shins
When the spotlight douses Victoria, B.C.'s Frog Eyes, its beams are usually blinding frontman Carey Mercer. The guy cuts quite a figure -- a rocket of bottled energy -- but drummer Melanie Campbell's not the sort of player to hide... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: FROG EYES»
Posted on February 28, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Frog Eyes
It's been nearly a year since Frog Eyes floored us at Mercury Lounge over two nights of mic-assaulting anxiety-ridden freak outs. From the little we've heard of the forthcoming Tears Of The Valedictorian, Carey and crew continue to push the... CONTINUE READING NEW FROG EYES - "IDLE SONGS"»
Posted on February 9, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: Frog Eyes
When last we checked in with Swan Lake -- the Canadian super-group comprising Spencer Krug, Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer, and New Pornographer Dan "Destroyer" Bejar -- we hoped for true collaboration (or a cappella anything), not just a Spence track... CONTINUE READING NEW SWAN LAKE - "CITY CALLS"»
Posted on September 25, 2006 in (8 comments)
Tags: Destroyer | Diablo Cody | Frog Eyes | Grammys | Patton Oswalt | Swan Lake | T-Pain | Wolf Parade
Crazy Canucks and their incestuous indie rock! Spencer Krug and Dan Bejar -- no strangers to collaboration -- team up with Frog Eyes' Carey Mercer for the latest and greatest in Canadian supergroups. Swan Lake - "All Fires" (MP3) With... CONTINUE READING MEET SWAN LAKE»
Posted on August 3, 2006 in (8 comments)
Tags: 30 Rock | Destroyer | Frog Eyes | Spencer Krug | Tracy Morgan
Last Monday night's Rubdown was just amazing. So pleasurable, in fact, that plans were cancelled, lives rearranged and admission secured for Wednesday night's repeat. Two nights and four sets of Spencer Krug later, we're left with the unalienable truth that... CONTINUE READING SUNSET RUBDOWN/FROG EYES @ MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC 5/22/06 & 5/24/06»
Posted on May 30, 2006 in (13 comments)
Tags: Beirut | Frog Eyes | Sunset Rubdown | Wolf Parade
