This past December Greyday Records released an all new split release from The Heligoats and Sam Humans (formerly Modernstate), available on 10″ vinyl, cd, and digital. The release ‘Live Free & Let Loose’ consists of six new songs from Portland’s Sam Humans and 4 new songs from Washington’s The Heligoats! Apparently a new record is [...]

We've posted some new reviews. You can check them out below: Taking Back Sunday - Taking Back Sunday Set Your Goals - Burning at Both Ends Title Fight / Touché Amoré / The Menzingers - live in New York Ampere - Like Shadows 12" The Gateway District - Perfect's Gonna Fail Safety Word Orange - Acceptance EP Rin Tin Tiger - Rin Tin Tiger EP The Saints of Sorrow - Songs for the Forgotten Screeching Weasel - Television City Dream [reissue] The Heligoats - Goodness Gracious You can check out any of our 10367 reviews right here .

Every year around this time I know how Cinderella felt. A combination of lack of funds and lack of time result in me missing the SXSW ball. So a big thank you to Team Clermont and Greyday Records for providing an SXSW in my living room. For those of you lucky enough to be at SXSW the two companies have teamed up to present an official showcase Thursday, March 17 at Tiger">Easy Tiger Patio (formerly Habana Calle 6) from 8PM to 2AM. Just don't expect to see me there as I'll be scrubbing the kitchen floor! Surf ...

Team Clermont & Greyday Records Official SXSW Showcase Tiger">Easy Tiger Patio (formerly Habana Calle 6) 709 E. 6th Street in Austin, Texas Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 8PM - 2AM There will be free tote bags, t-shirts, and vinyl giveaways 21+, Free with badge or wristband 1AM Surf City 12AM The Heligoats 11PM Kids of 88 10PM I Was Totally Destroying It 9PM Gospel Claws 8PM Street Chant Knitting Factory Entertainment and High Adventure Management present SXSW Sanctioned Showcase, Friday Night, March 18th, at the Rusty Spurs. In the Rusty Spurs Main Stage: The Raveonettes BellRays Tapes ‘n Tapes King ...

Split releases are always a love-hate thing for me. On the love side, I’m always introduced to a new artist, such as Sam Humans in this case. Humans’ music is a modern style of biting folk rock, filled with wild guitar riffs. “Hate Is The New Love” begins this process with interesting, angular chords, which is heightened with eccentricities and improvised ferocity of “Firedrill”. This song takes the cake, pulling out all the experimental folk brilliance of artists like Royal City or the master Vic Chesnutt ...

Here are The Wheel’s Still In Spin’s suggested new releases for this week. Sam Humans/The Heligoats – Live Free & Let Loose. Download Sam Humans – “Hate is the New Love” (mp3). Download The Heligoats – “Moon See, Day See” (mp3). The first song by Sam Humans, “Hate is the New Love,” is the best from his side of this split album. But the four tracks by The Heligoats make this album more enjoyable. They are more electric and a little more vociferous than Chris Otepka’s previous Heligoats output. It is more reminiscent of his Trouble Hubble’s songs. Lemuria ...

The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt. Download “Burden of Tomorrow” (mp3). Download “King of Spain” (mp3). The Tallest Man on Earth is the sardonic musical name of five-foot-seven-inch Kristian Matsson. He has a raspy voice, sings songs with beguiling melodies and refined lyrics, and picks and strums with verve. Both The Wind Hunt and Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird are each the most consistently relishable albums of the year. Quasi – American Gong. Download “Repulsion” (mp3). Download “Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler” (mp3). Quasi is Sam Coomey on guitars and vocals supported by Joanna Bolme and ...

"lives and treasure" erscheint am 01. märz (ich aktualisiere die upcoming releases liste übrigens nicht mehr, deshalb wird sie auch sachte im nirvana dieses blogs verschwinden) und ist zeugnis der überbordenden brooklyn kultur, hier mal sehr soft: acrylics - nightwatch "live free & let loose" heißt die am 11. januar erscheinende split auf greyday records , bei der es zur vermengung des vieres aus bellingham und dem sonst unter monderstate und hier erstmals unter neuem moniker agierenden einzelgänger kommt, zehn tracks, freunde, zugreifen: sam humans - hate is the new love the heligoats - a word from our sponsor die "bodyaches" getaufte ep dieser zwei ...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19): The Heligoats (9) Nirvana (7) dikky (5) Peter...

The Heligoats' Chris Otepka is the star of NPR Music's 100th Tiny Desk Concert. In many ways, he's the perfect act to mark that milestone: His music is best heard in an intimate setting, where his words can unfurl clearly and he can hold a small room rapt -- which he does here, to say the least.

coming to ya on jan 11 via greyday records is a split 10″ featuring the heligoats and sam humans entitled live free & let loose. i dont know much bout sam humans, but i do know that the heligoats is fronted by chris otepka who used to front troubled hubble whose 03 record, penturbia, i [...]

The Heligoats and Sam Humans have a split 10″ slab of vinyl coming out on Jan 11. Though they don’t exactly share the same sensibilities this combo seems to work. Although the Heligoats might not like the reference I heard a bit of the Waterboys Mike Scott in the song “Moon See Day [...]

Words by Chris Otepka (Pictured) Music by The Heligoats, from album Goodness Gracious Yesterday I got lost in a heat vent twice, I know I should have just kept out but it was too damn enticing. I thought I knew my way back but I must have got turned around because the vent I entered [...]

For this week's City of Music we welcome our very first touring band, Washington's the Heligoats, who performed an intimate show for our crew at Galactic Pizza on Lyndale. Click here to see...

For next week's City of Music video, our crew caught up with touring band the Heligoats and filmed an intimate performance at Galactic Pizza in the Lyn-Lake neighborhood (our "Best Pizza" w...