Archive for December, 2006

January Wombats Tour

The Wombats will be touring this month in the UK. They will be playing 5 shows, and tickets are on sale now, so get em’ while you can!
Tour Dates:
Jan. 25th - Bristol Carling Academy 2
Jan. 27th - Little Miss Pipedream at Liverpool Carling Academy 2 (14+ show)
Jan. 28th - Newcastle Carling Academy 2
Jan. 29th - [...]

Oct 23

The Killers New Years Eve show

The Killers will be playing a New Years Eve special, which will be on TV. Carmen Electra will be hosting the show, and the event will be held on December 31st in Los Angeles. The event will host 6000 people, 5 stages, and 15 bands. The set of the show will resemble Times Square.
It [...]

Oct 23

bright eyes back again

I’ve seen some talk around the interweb about a new Bright Eyes album on April 9th, 2007. The name I’ve heard will be “Cassadaga”, and according to Conor Oberst (Vocals), it will be “Sort of folky and trippy and hopefully a little more cosmic.”

Oct 23

Indie Anthems podcast #5!

The time has come! Indie Anthems podcast #5 is here!

Download
Be Your Own Pet - Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle
Deep Sea Diver - Grizzly Bear
The Books - Take Time
Deerhoof - Scream Team
The Ditty Bops - Wake Up
Have a good New Year!

Oct 23

Indie Anthems wishes you a merry Christmas!

All of the Indie Anthems staff would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a great holiday.
Feel free to tell us how your holiday went.

Oct 23

an albatross new years eve

An Albatross and The Swims will be kicking off the new year in style, check it:

scoop:
WHO:An Albatross
The Swims
DJs from the group Immediate
WHAT:New Years Eve Rock and Roll Overdose
WHEN:New Years Eve 2006 into New [...]

Oct 23

New Deerhoof in New Year

Hailing from San Francisco, Deerhoof is an experimental indie band with some damn catchy tunes. After multiple enthralling lps and eps, Deerhoof is dropping a new album named “Friend Opportunity,” scheduled to be released January 23rd, 2007. If you’ve never heard this band, check them out, it’s something worthwhile.

Oct 23

Third RJD2 album entitled The Third Hand

As some of you might already know, RJD2 is coming out with his third album. If you’re not familiar with RJD2, he’s a DJ that does some pretty awesome music. I would listen to “Smoke & Mirrors” and “Ghostwriter” off of his album Dead Ringer.
Anyway, his new album will be called The Third Hand, [...]

Oct 23

Where’s the news?!

I’ve been bad. I have been extremely busy with life, and haven’t had much time to update the site. With that being said, we’re look to hire (that means MONEY people) a couple new writers.
Please send me a message through the contact form, and I’ll look you over. Make sure to include your email [...]

Oct 23

Rakes Name Upcoming Album

The Rakes have named their upcoming second album Ten New Messages! The album is due to come out March 2007.
Alan Donohoe (frontman) says that Ten New Messages was inspired by a combination of choral music, the television show “24″, Bond theme tunes, World War 1 poet and the Sugababes.
….Interesting.

Oct 23

Arctic Monkeys Massive Show

The Arctic Monkeys announced that they’ll be preforming at the Lancashire Country Cricket Ground on July 28th. This outdoor show will have 50,000 fans, which will be the Arctic Monkeys largest show to date.
Tickets will go on sale Friday December 15th at 12:30pm, but if you’re registered at the Arctic Monkeys website, you will [...]

Oct 23

Audition to Dance with the Flaming Lips on New Year’s Eve

Flamming Lips dance off to win a ton of cool stuff? Yes Please!

This New Year’s Eve the Flaming Lips have decided they want to add a special guest to their line up…you.
This is your chance to be a part of the psychedelic cacophony that is the Lips. Your directive: To film yourself in short-form, auditioning [...]

Oct 23