Spontaneous show at an IKEA

On February 15th Orange County rocker Will Crum and his band were able to sneak their music equipment (amps, drums, etc.) into a IKEA and performed a 3 song set in one of the kitchen sets before being shut down.



SOURCE: LaughingSquid

Did you feel that?

"We are not here to save the world, we are here to serve an emerging paradigm... [Places and spaces of possibility], they are kind of like midwives, places that are holding the template of what's trying to emerge,... so there can be a birth of the next stage of human evolution."
— Rev. Michael Beckwith, "Serving the Emerging Paradigm" (video)

SOURCE: Crossroad Dispatches

Langerado Festival Cancelled

Looks like the recession just took its first major music festival victim. The 2009 Langerado Music Festival, which was to take place March 6-8 at Miami, Florida's Bicentennial Park, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.

SOURCE: Pitchfork

This band will melt yr brain

Franchise is a 5-piece rock band that has just released their finest record! The band (which includes Dan: Vocals, "Gitfiddling pedal operator"; Matt: Guitars and pedals; Keri: Bass and pedals; Waylon: Drums) is described in their own words:

Influences: Anyone who worships the sun, or any other noise source.
Sounds like: Progressive cultural train wreck.
Record label: No Money Music

REVIEW:
This record, simply titled '3,' is all the best music Sonic Youth, The Butthole Surfers, didn't have the talent to make. The multi-layered, at times dense, record rewards on repeat listens. Let it envelope you with feedback, noises, screams. What makes the record work is a very strong musiclal backbone. The band may also draw comparisons to older material from Mercury Rev or The Flamings Lips, but they soar past those references and deliver something unique and stunning in the process.

RATING: 5 STARS
LINK: Franchise on myspace