so we’ve been M.I.A. that’s okay, because it’s time to regroup.. and recap february ‘08.

we began with one of our favorite brooklyn bands, night kills the day, at the knitting factory, along with openers ghost front, a rant about people NOT MOVING at shows, and a little look into NKD history and why you should definitely check out their album, “the study of man… and the developed shadow.”

then we took a look at a remix of mindless self indulgence’s new single, “never wanted to dance,” the current state of MSI affairs, and the purple-electro-prettiness that is the birthday massacre (the band that remixed the single and will be on MSI’s upcoming tour).

next we had a recap of another of our favorite brooklyn bands, the giraffes, at the shitty excuse for a venue – rockwood music hall (which actually made for quite a memorable performance.. and a priceless post-show interview), and following that, a plug of the giraffes performing one of their newest songs, “smoke machine,” on fearless music tv.

last, we had the captain share with all of us a lovely little flash animation called SALAD FINGERS.. and after that no one could look at spoons.. or rust.. or rusty spoons.. the same – ever again.

THERE’S THE RECAP! .. on to MARCH!

some quick bits of news..

i just found out that the opening date for ASTROLAND and DENO’s WONDER WHEEL PARK this year will be SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2008!!!!!!!!! come out and support one of our most favorite places on earth, or if not this weekend, the next (or the next!!)…

next up – the band who loves to fornicate with emo kids.. i mean, mindless self indulgence (har har), very recently released the art and tracklisting for their newest album, “if.” there are 15 tracks including the previously heard/teased “mark david chapman” (i was wondering what happened to that song..), “due,” “mastermind,” and “never wanted to dance,” but also “animal,” “pay for it,” and “bomb this track” (sound familiar, MSI junkies?).

MSI is also all about the pre-orders, so, as they say, you can “pick your poison(s)” from the FOUR FORMATS of the album they will be releasing, all with different artwork (just to maximize the utmost financial potential.. but then again, i’d be pretty damn happy too stealing money from all those scene kids spawn).. you can choose from the standard, deluxe, clean/edited, or vinyl editions, and “if” will officially arrive in north america on april 29th. before then, their “never wanted to dance: the remixes” single cd will be out march 18th.. get ‘em while you still have money to blow on the growing media conglomerate that is MSI?!?! .. ahem, i really do appreciate the MSI finger puppets and, uh, “tentacle bees” in the artwork. seriously. SWEET.

in other news, our favorite fuckers of all, THE GIRAFFES, embarked on their nationwide tour on the 5th of this month. tonight they’re in nashville, tennessee, and will be making stops across the country including texas, colorado, california, missouri, wisconsin, and ohio, before wrapping up the tour on april 10th in boston.. although who knows if the boys will be adding dates along the way. after that, hopefully they will be back in NYC to release “prime motivator,” either independently or with the support of a label. in any case, you should be able to get your hands on it soon..

that’s it for now – in the coming days/weeks we will be posting some more about a lot of things we’ve had on the backburner up until now.. if all goes well, of course – oh yeah, and watch our nifty box.net music player thingy (thanx cap!) for new tracks from our favorites ;D

ROCK STEADY..

– audrey