You may have noticed some severe technical issues on Perfect Porridge this week. We really really want to blame Sony’s DRM, but alas, we’re not able to blame Tommy Mottola (this time).
The sidebar is being weird, so here’s a link to the About page that contains our mailing address and e-mail address.
Anyone interested in helping […]

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Saturna
…All Night
Label: Nexus Underground
Pacific Northwest indie rockers Saturna released their 6-track debut EP in July and have received some moderate buzz.
Not quite space rock, not quite dream pop - …All Night is awash in brash cymbals, fuzzed out guitars and whispered vocals ala Jesus and Mary Chain and BRMC.
To really standout and let us hear […]

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Robbers on High Street
The Fatalist and Friends
We listen to a lot of new music day-to-day. And not unlike other tuneophiles, rarely go 10 minutes throughout the entire day without a soundtrack blaring from an iPod, computer speakers or the car.
Coworkers and passersby often stop in and hear grating guitars, moaning accordion or some bumpin’ zydeco […]

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She, Sir
Who Can’t Say Yes
When all else fails, add layers.
That seems to be the trick for She, Sir of Austin, Texas, who after three years of work, have finally released their 7-track EP, Who Can’t Say Yes.
Tracks like “You Can’t Change a Thing” and “The Clandestine” walk the line between subdued noise […]

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Pilot Speed
Knife Grey Sea
Label: Wind-Up
Release Date: September 28, 2006
Pilot Speed - the Canadian quartet formerly known as Pilate - have a new band name, a new name for their album’s U.S. release (previously Self Control for Life’s Speed) but definitely don’t have a new sound.
Fans of Coldplay and U2’s soaring vocals, delicate emotion and overproduced […]

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Love him or hate him, it’s only a matter of time before Damien Rice invades Top 40 airwaves, teenage cell phone ringers and TRL. He’s the old-new James Blunt. And if you love him, enter this contest (do it).
What You Can Win
Damien Rice Lithograph (14×14) of the cover of his new album, 9
How to Win
Simply […]

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–Sonic Youth’s upcoming album, The Destroyed Room: B-sides And Rarities, is out Dec. 12 (Geffen). Check out streams from “Kim’s Chords” WIN, REAL
–The Format have a new video for the title track from Dog Problems (our review), and after MTV passed on it (gee - like they actually play videos anyway), the group premiered […]

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Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
#3
Label: Minty Fresh
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Swedish duo Suburban Kids with Biblical Names built an ample following with their #1 and #2 EPs, but it was 2005’s full-length #3 that sealed the deal. A charmy lo-fi twee with indie UK chops and Swedish personality, we love love LOVE this album.
It’s quirky, […]

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Stars of Track and Field
Centuries Before Love and War
Label: Wind-Up Records
Stars of Track and Field, the emo-indie group from Portland, delayed their June album release as they jumped from SideCho to Wind-Up, but finally now have it out thanks to iTunes and a building fan base.
Yes, the group name is from the Belle and Sebastian […]

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Nathaniel Seer
The Killing Task
Label: Higher Step Records)
Indiana’s singer/songwriter scene is really quite something considering the locale. Nathaniel Seer’s new disc, The Killing Task, came to us in the same package with Sam Lowry’s Songs of My Enemy, at a time when we just couldn’t get enough Murder by Death. But at the time, was so […]

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