Yearly Archives: 2003

Last week was a tough one for a lot of people. Thoughts of Elliott Smith are still clouding the brains of many.

Let’s all work together to make this week a little better than last, okay?

If you find yourself in Columbus OH and near a radio tonight, I’m going to be a guest of the Local Stuff show @ 10pm on 99.7FM The Blitz. I’ll be playing tracks from the bands performing at our Halloween concert and something off of the new, upcoming Tiara CD.

Melody Nelson is one year old. Go and give them your clickies. It’s one of the few NYC music blogs worth reading. And there’s a lot. And they mostly suck.

“Room on Fire” is in stores Tuesday, but you can listen to the whole thing here.

From Eyeball Records:

Our beloved Murder By Death had their van broken into on Friday night while they slept in a Cleveland hotel room. They didn’t just have a few things stolen…they lost everything. The band takes great pride in their equipment, most of which has been hand picked with great care over the course of their entire lives. Among theequipment stolen was Sarah’s cello (probably worth more than your first car), All their guitars and amps, Mattt’s prize collection of pedals, Alex’s entire drum set, Vince’s piano, etc. Everything.

Murder By Death is not a typical local band with day jobs. They make their living as a touring band. All at once their life’s work, their livelyhood, and all their posessions were stolen. Imagine having your home robbed and losing your job at the same time. It is absolutely devastating. They are currently stuck in Ohio, with nothing. Their new album came out just under two weeks ago.

Murder By Death is part of a family. They’re supported and loved deeply by their label, and their fans. We need to all join together to help our friends in a time of need. On their behalf, Eyeball is asking that anyone who has ever been touched by these beautiful kids, and this incredible band to please come forward and make a donation to help them rebuild their lives. A paypal fund has been set up and we ask you all, even if you can only spare a little, to please help our friends. The email address is littlejoegould@hotmail.com

If you can not afford a donation, and live within 200 miles of Cleveland, please call each of your local pawn shops and music stores. The most prominant and unique instrument to ask for would most likely be the Cello. Ask if they’ve had anyone in to try and sell one, and let them know that if they do in the next few days to please contact the police immediately.

Motherfucking evil doers ruining the world.

I don’t know if this has been written anywhere before yet, but Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon and Elliott Smith died on the same calendar day: October 21.

It seems everyone is a comedian today in the dw/message board. Presenting the “How many Indie rockers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” thread of moans and groans. And the occasional laugh.

This site links to a whole bunch of live and rare MP3s by bands. Go now. There’s a ton of crap.

The site that is linking to everyone should be okay, it’s the people hosting all the mp3s that might want to be careful. But for now, it’s a virtual mp3 all you can eat special.

[link found via chromewaves]

You cannot escape the watchful eye of donewaiting.com, Sam Coomes.

For the encore, Quasi brought out opening act Hella to close out the show with a bang. Setting up both drumkits on stage, Quasi and Hella ripped through Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” for lasted almost twenty minutes. The song proper ended at about 10 minutes but then descended into a mess of screaming and instrument abuse, culminating in Coomes dry humping his keyboard and then crawling off stage on all fours with Hella guitarist Spencer Seim riding Coomes like a pony (full review)

Excellent review. And it reminds me, the first time I ever saw Quasi was also the first time I saw Elliott Smith. Late 90s at Tramps, New York City. Quasi opeend the show and then played as Elliott’s backing band. It was a great night.

During Elliott’s entire set, someone in the audience kept shouting “Cowboy boots!” but emphasised the plural, so it was more like “Cowboy bootssssssssssss!” It was a reference to a lyric, and each time the guy yelled it it put a smile of Elliott’s face. He played the song. We all loved it.

All of the free MP3s from Kill Rock Stars can be found here for your downloading pleasure. Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, and more. Much more.