Website: BeatCrave
Monday, February 22, 2010 7:22PM - By Carl Pocket
BeatCrave presented a show with our friends over at I Promote Good Bands on Friday night at The Echoplex with Radars to the Sky as headliners and The Hectors, Rademacher, and One Trick Pony for an awesome lineup. As some of the bands in Los Angeles who have been making music for years, the night was filled with some fantastic sets and guest appearances. For those of you who missed out because of rain or Broken …

Radio Free Silver Lake
By Seamus Simpson
Last Friday I ventured out in the rain to see Radars to the Sky headline what seemed on paper to be a good show. I was wondering if the weather would get in the way or if people would brave the rain to see some good old-fashioned indie rock. To my surprise the kids did come.Radars_Callie_20
I walked in on the tail end of a great set by The Hectors. This seems to be the story of my life when connected to The Hectors. I always …

‘Full of Life’ makes the cut on Web in Front’s top 25 Local Albums of 2009.
What they say about the album:
“Quite possibly the most accurate album title of the year—this is an album brimming with life as it skips from one gorgeous example of everything right with indie folk after another. Seriously, if you can find a prettier song than “Phonebook” being performed in a local L.A. music club, I don’t want to hear it—this record has broken my heart enough this year as it is.”
The full list here.

A few weeks ago we met up with Elliot Glass who taped us playing a few songs. Two of the recordings are below. “Andrew Jackson” will be on our upcoming album due out early next year.

“Phonebook” is one of the tracks featured on Web In Front’s Mixtapes for the summer. Download the mix for free at the link below, and also check out the rest of the list:
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1. “End of an Error” – Red Cortez (Unreleased/ 2009)
2. “Now We Can See” – The Thermals (Now We Can See/ 2009)
3. “French Navy” – Camera Obscura (My Maudlin Career/ 2009)
4. “Actor Out of Work” – St. Vincent (Actor/ 2009)
5. “Hysteric” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (It’s Blitz!/ 2009)
6. “The Wrestler” – Bruce Springsteen (Working on a Dream/ 2009)
7. …

Last year, “Box Song” was used in the indie film “Junction”. Several awards later, the movie will be available at kiosks throughout the United States, on Video-On-Demand in Europe and on the following websites:
Netflix.com (view info)
Amazon.com (buy)
CDUniverse.com (buy)
Target.com (buy)
Tower.com (buy)
Want to support the film?  You can add Junction to your Netflix queue, to help build interest for the film.  Be sure to add other independent films to the queue as well, to show the company that there is a home for Indie Film on Netflix.

This is the original acoustic version of Loose Talk. You’ll notice some changes we’ve made to it along the way.
Loose Talk [acoustic] (3.9mb mp3)

This is an acoustic b-side recorded at The Slow Demise house during their Lolis Experiment (writing a song a day for 1 year). You’ll hear a few background yells from Nick (of Slow Demise + Death to Anders).
Oliver Thistledown Pennyworth (3mb mp3)

Every Friday we’ll be posting up a free download of unreleased tracks. Some are alternative versions of songs we made, demos, and b-sides. Check in every Friday to get the latest download.
This week’s download:
Pierced Lung Pillow Talk (2.7mb mp3)
This song features Nick of Death to Anders.

From: Web in Front
Written by: Travis Wood on Apr.01.2009

Album: Full of Life by One Trick Pony
“Quite possibly the most accurate album title of the year—this is an album brimming with life as it skips from one gorgeous example of everything right with indie folk after another.  Seriously, if you can find a prettier song than “Phonebook” being performed in a local L.A. music club, I don’t want to hear it—this record breaks my heart enough on a weekly basis as it is.”
See the full article here.