VIDEO /// PARTY PHOTOGRAPHERS - PEGGY SUE

PARTY PHOTOGRAPHERS is a band from Pennsylvania which I was turned onto by YVYNL (Mark is the man) and I'm falling in love with.

It's rock n' roll, punk, whatever you want to call it. It's good stuff.

Hit up their Myspace for info on getting a copy of their 7".

PARTY PHOTOGRAPHERS @ MYSPACE

no joy ///

No Joy is a RIGHTEOUS shoegaze band. They have two fantastic songs up on their Bandcamp. The song "No Summer", my favorite of the two, is 4 minutes and 11 seconds of pure summer fun despite the title. It starts off with a nice guitar groove, sparse piano, and My Blood Valentinesque vocal melodies. In that time span, a few time changes are thrown in and the outro will melt your face off (in the totally cool Indiana Jones way). This song is an epic journey. If your summer has been a bummer so far, check this song out to uplift your spirit.

No Joy @ bandcamp

buy a 7" @ Mexican Summer

_GP

averkiou /// how's the life?

Gainesville's own shoegaze kings, AVERKIOU, posted a new demo on their MySpace page yesterday. 

The song is fuzzy, dreamy, and pretty as fuck. Yeah. Pretty as fuck.

This is the first new song that has surfaced since the WASTED AND HIGH 7" which was released last year, preceded by their debut LP, THROWING SPARKS (both of which are mega worthy of looking up.)

Go check out the new song and gaze in awe at Hernandez's Buzzo fro.

AVERKIOU @ MYSPACE

-WT

ancient river /// under the sun

Ancient River happens to be one of my favorite new bands and certainly one of the best Gainesville bands. They have abandoned the concept of hip to make the dying art form we call "rock n' roll music". The compulsory band comparisons lead me to Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dead Meadow, and Neil Young.

Any given live show by this three-piece will be highlighted by:

gut-busting drums,

classic reverb vox,

intimate bass,

and wah-wah laden guitar solos.

In fact, at my first live AR show, I was asked by a stranger if "everything [was] alright" because I was so catatonically swept away by the GIANT sound. The AR guys did a fantastic job translating all that is sacred about the live show on to their latest record Under the Sun. In a meer seven songs, AR takes you on a journey through the nether regions of their sonic landscape. At moments you find yourself buried in a wall of sound and other moments you are basking in open space. The highlight of the album is most definitely "Eye to I". If the radio was worth a damn these days, this song would be on it. It is soulful, catchy, and classic.

Check out "Eye to I" and other songs @ AR MySpace.

If you like the music, support 'em by following the PayPal link on their MySpace page.

_GP

graveyard cities

Savages happens to be composed of some of my buds from around Gainesville, BUT they also happen to be one of the best bands in this dump of a town. If shoegaze and swirly pop sounds are your bag, then these fellers are where you want to be. They just released their debut EP, Graveyard Cities, which can be downloaded in full from the link below. I'm not gonna compare this to My Bloody Valentine because it's better than that schlock. Fuzzed out vocals, major sonic acrobatics, sweet jams.

If you're in Florida, try to make it out to a show sometime.

savages - graveyard cities

myspace

-WT