Frank Yang

Post-punk legends who will release a live orchestral recording of Ocean Rain in early May and a new studio album, The Fountain, in mid-2009
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Photos: Echo & The Bunnymen @ Rusty Spurs – March 21, 2009
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “Lips Like Sugar”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “Bring On The Dancing Horses”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “The Game”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “The Cutter”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “Bedbugs & Ballyhoo”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “In The Margins”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “Nothing Lasts Forever”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “On Top Of The World”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “People Are Strange”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “Rust”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “Seven Seas”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “Stormy Weather”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon”
Video: Echo & The Bunnymen – “I Want To Be There When You Come”
MySpace: Echo & The Bunnymen

Frank Yang

Veteran retro-psych rockers who’ve released four albums, the last of which was 2008′s Moon Country
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Photos: The High Dials @ Rusty Spurs – March 21, 2009
MP3: The High Dials – “Killer Of Dragons”
MP3: The High Dials – “The Holy Ground”
MP3: The High Dials – “Our Time Is Coming Soon”
MP3: The High Dials – “Strandhill Sands”
MP3: The High Dials – “Fields Of Glass”
MP3: The High Dials – “Desiderata”
Video: The High Dials – “Fields In Glass”
Video: The High Dials – “My Heart Is Black”
Video: The High Dials – “The Holy Ground”
MySpace: The High Dials

Frank Yang

Successful Haligonian rock band whose last release was 2007′s Welcome To The Night Sky
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- interviews at The Gauntlet and LAist

Photos: Wintersleep @ Rusty Spurs – March 21, 2009
MP3: Wintersleep – “Weighty Ghost”
Video: Wintersleep – “Weighty Ghost”
Video: Wintersleep – “Oblivion”
Video: Wintersleep – “Jaws Of Life”
Video: Wintersleep – “Lipstick”
Video: Wintersleep – “Fog”
Video: Wintersleep – “Insomnia”
Video: Wintersleep – “Faithful Guide”
Video: Wintersleep – “Sore”
Video: Wintersleep – “Danse Macabre”
Video: Wintersleep – “Caliber”
MySpace: Wintersleep

Frank Yang

Nom du plume of English pop artist Amy Turrnidge, who sometimes performs solo and sometimes with her band the Equations. Her debut is due out in August of 2009
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Photos: Theoretical Girl @ Latitude 30 – March 21, 2009
MP3: Theoretical Girl – “Rivals”
Video: Theoretical Girl – “The Boy I Left Behind”
Video: Theoretical Girl – “The Hypocrite”
MySpace: Theoretical Girl
MySpace: Theoretical Girl (acoustic)

Frank Yang

Hazy dreampop duo released their second album Devotion last year
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Photos: Beach House @ Auditorium Shores – March 21, 2009
MP3: Beach House – “Gila”
MP3: Beach House – “Heart Of Chamber”
MP3: Beach House – “Master Of None”
Video: Beach House – “Used To Be”
Video: Beach House – “You Came To Me”
Video: Beach House – “Heart Of Chambers”
MySpace: Beach House

Frank Yang

Pop band returns for with their first album in three years with My Maudlin Career, out April 21. Their North American tour kicks off in late May and hits Lee’s Palace in Toronto on June 27
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Photos: Camera Obscura @ The Mohawk Patio – March 21, 2009
MP3: Camera Obscura – “My Maudlin Career”
MP3: Camera Obscura – “Let’s Get Out Of This Country”
MP3: Camera Obscura – “If Looks Could Kill”
Video: Camera Obscura – “French Navy”
Video: Camera Obscura – “Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken”
Video: Camera Obscura – “If Looks Could Kill”
Video: Camera Obscura – “Let’s Get Out Of This Country”
Video: Camera Obscura – “Tears For Affairs”
Video: Camera Obscura – “Teenager”
Video: Camera Obscura – “Keep It Clean”
Video: Camera Obscura – “Eighties Fan”
MySpace: Camera Obscura

Frank Yang

Self-proclaimed “Japanese Action Comic Punk band hailing from the Z area of Planet Peelander” will release their fifth album P-Pop-High School on April 14
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Photos: Peelander-Z @ The Mohawk Patio – March 21, 2009
MP3: Peelander-Z – “Ninja High Schooool”
MP3: Peelander-Z – “Me Gusta Lucha Libre”
MP3: Peelander-Z – “S.T.E.A.K.”
MP3: Peelander-Z – “Champion”
Video: Peelander-Z – “Ninja High Schooool”
Video: Peelander-Z – “S.T.E.A.K.”
Video: Peelander-Z – “Mad Tiger”
MySpace: Peelander-Z

Frank Yang

Husband-and-wife-fronted rock outfit will release Rose City, the follow-up to 2006′s Get Yr Blood Sucked Out, on May 26
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- interview at Tuscon Weekly

Photos: Viva Voce @ The Mohawk Patio – March 21, 2009
MP3: Viva Voce – “Drown Them Out”
MP3: Viva Voce – “Devotion”
MP3: Viva Voce – “When Planets Collide”
MP3: Viva Voce – “We Do Not Fuck Around”
Video: Viva Voce – “From The Devil Himself”
MySpace: Viva Voce

Frank Yang

Hyper pop trio whose sophomore album Teeth Lost, Hearts Won was released in Australia in 2008 with a North American release planned for this year
- Show review
- video interview at Undercover

Photos: The Grates @ Club DeVille – March 21, 2009
MP3: The Grates – “Burn Bridges”
Video: The Grates – “Aw Yeah”
Video: The Grates – “Burn Bridges”
Video: The Grates – “Science Is Golden”
Video: The Grates – “Rock Boys”
Video: The Grates – “19-20-20″
MySpace: The Grates

Frank Yang

Former Grandaddy frontman returns with his first solo record Yours Truly, The Commuter, on May 19
- Show review
- interview at NME

Photos: Jason Lytle @ The Mohawk Patio – March 21, 2009
MP3: Jason Lytle – “Birds Encouraged Him” (live)
MySpace: Jason Lytle