SXSW 2010: BANDS TO WATCH
March 11, 2010 – 8:44 am | One Comment

With SXSW 2010 creeping up,  Discosalt has a preview of this years bands to watch. There are some amazing bands to check out, so clear the rest of your schedule for the afternoon and comb through our list:

MINUS THE BEAR

Recent Dangerbird Records signees, Minus The Bear, are set to release their new album, OMNI, [...]

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GREAT MOMENTS IN MUSTACHE MUSIC HISTORY: 1984: ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE
March 10, 2010 – 9:59 am | No Comment
GREAT MOMENTS IN MUSTACHE MUSIC HISTORY: 1984: ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE

1984: German Rock royalty, Rudolf Schenker of The Scorpions is not only the heart of the face-melting funf, but has sported a schnurrbart longer than anyone else in Hair Rock. His modified painter’s brush even manages to outshine Scorpion front man Klaus Meine’s male-pattern-baldness man-mane. While 1979’s Lovedrive is considered to have been at the [...]

MINUS THE BEAR: ONMI
March 9, 2010 – 10:46 am | No Comment
MINUS THE BEAR: ONMI

Recent Dangerbird Records signees, Minus The Bear, are set to release their new album, OMNI, on May 4th.  Produced by Grammy Award winning producer, Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, My Morning Jacket), the band’s fourth studio album marks the latest stage in their shape-shifting evolution, that culminates in the blending of past influences with present inspirations.  Exploring erotic [...]

THE BIRD AND THE BEE: A TRIBUTE TO HALL AND OATES: FREE GIVE-AWAY!
March 8, 2010 – 10:36 pm | No Comment
THE BIRD AND THE BEE: A TRIBUTE TO HALL AND OATES: FREE GIVE-AWAY!

the bird and the bee, the duo of singer Inara George and multi-instrumental/producer Greg Kurstin, kicked off a musical scavenger hunt for their fans today by premiering all nine songs from their new album, Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates on nine different websites: AOL Spinner, BrooklynVegan, Entertainment [...]

BAND OF HORSES: INFINITE ARMS
March 8, 2010 – 6:23 pm | No Comment
BAND OF HORSES: INFINITE ARMS

Band of Horses, the Low Country’s premier rock n’ roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled Infinite Arms ,on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records.
The album package will feature the photography of the band’s long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.
Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed [...]

GREAT MOMENTS IN MUSTACHE MUSIC HISTORY: 1967: STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
March 8, 2010 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
GREAT MOMENTS IN MUSTACHE MUSIC HISTORY: 1967: STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER

1967: It always comes back to The Beatles. By 1966, The Beatles had reached a critical, career-turning point. Vietnam, social unrest, rumors of Paul’s death, and Ringo’s “acting career” had pushed the fab four creatively and spiritually in separate directions, forcing their tour to an end that year. Then, in 1967, the band flips the [...]

SHEARWATER: HIDDEN LAKES
March 8, 2010 – 1:51 pm | No Comment
SHEARWATER: HIDDEN LAKES

Following up the divinely tragic Rook, is Shearwater’s new album The Golden Archipelago, released last month. While the album is somewhat of a concept album about living on islands, the new cinematic video for the melancholy track “Hidden Lakes”, directed by Alma Har’el is filmed in a desolate countryside where a sparkly mascara wearing [...]

LIARS: SCISSOR
March 7, 2010 – 11:15 am | No Comment
LIARS: SCISSOR

Scissor, the first single from forthcoming Liars LP Sisterworld, is out now. It includes the B-side Covenant Heart. There is also an iTunes exclusive track Manslaughter Oops.
Sisterworld is set for release March 9th, 2010 on CD, vinyl and a 2CD expanded version. The expanded version includes track reinterpretations by a host of artists including Thom [...]

GOLDFRAPP: ROCKET
March 7, 2010 – 11:01 am | No Comment
GOLDFRAPP: ROCKET

The new 80’s movie montage friendly, synth heavy album Head First from Goldfrapp is out March 22nd via Mute, along with the release of the new single /video for “Rocket”, which you can get HERE.
‘Head First‘ is Goldfrapp’s most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life [...]

QUAIL LUNGS:DUM DADADUM
March 7, 2010 – 10:06 am | No Comment
QUAIL LUNGS:DUM DADADUM

Discosalt Video of the Week 7/3/10: Quail Lung’s 7″ single, “Dumb Dadadum,” on the Post Present Medium label, directed by Joshua Jay Elliott. Giving his best Dylan, Quail Lungs aka Portland, OR-based crooner Travis Bonilla, is a mix of DIY home-recorded, countrified Americana and 60’s British Rock (sorta the poor man’s, mustachioed Dylan and the [...]

GREAT MOMEMTS IN MUSTACHE MUSIC HISTORY: 1984: HELLO
March 6, 2010 – 2:34 pm | No Comment
GREAT MOMEMTS IN MUSTACHE MUSIC HISTORY: 1984: HELLO

1984: The stalker-stache reached a six-month zenith on the adult contemporary charts with the release of  the music video for Lionel Richie’s third single and signature song, “Hello,” from the multi-platinum album Can’t Slow Down. The video, which attracted more attention than the song, features Richie as a bushy chevron-sporting music teacher having a seemingly [...]

GREAT MOMENTS IN MUSTACHE MUSIC HISTORY: 1985: PARTY ALL THE TIME
March 5, 2010 – 2:22 pm | No Comment
GREAT MOMENTS IN MUSTACHE MUSIC HISTORY: 1985: PARTY ALL THE TIME

1985:  Beating out New Coke, Nintendo and crack as one of ‘85’s most addictive indulgences, Eddie Murphy and Rick James’ double-stache hit wonder, ” Party All the Time,” marked a bittersweet milestone in Mustache Music History. Fans of the premier ‘70s soul-glow sex balladeer and Hollywood’s Goldenchild doubled their pleasure with not one, but two radiant [...]

JOHN OATES TRIPLE THREAT
March 4, 2010 – 10:53 am | No Comment
JOHN OATES TRIPLE THREAT

Let’s face it, Daryl Hall was always second fiddle to the real “rock and soul” partners, John Oates…and his glorious stache. With Mustache March upon us, Discosalt has suggested some ways for celebrating Oates and his all-too-friendly nose neighbor this month.
The Bird and the Bee are set to release Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A [...]