http://www.subinev.com Music, words, photos, you know how it goes. est. 1998. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:55:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi, folks. For those wondering where I've been for most of the year, please follow me over to Tumblr for the time being. For all the other stuff (twitter, flickr, etc.) there is now BBrux.com. http://www.subinev.com/2009/12/temporary-ends/ Bleubird & Astronautalis aka Boyfriends, Inc. I'm in NYC with some free time before the CMJ Music Marathon next week, so I've decided to make the most use of my time and offer a special price on photos for musicians (though anybody in need of photos is welcome to the same ... http://www.subinev.com/2009/10/pre-cmj-quickie-band-photos-in-nyc/ Now in its third year, After the Jump Fest is back uniting renowned indie favorites with undiscovered talent... 16+ Bands, Three Days, One Venue After the Jump Fest 09' at Littlefield Friday, Aug 28th doors at 7pm Saturday, Aug 29th doors at 2pm Sunday, Aug 30th doors at 2pm Dinosaur Feathers The Drums Blood Warrior My Teenage Stride Wild Yaks Acrylics Holiday Shores Drink-up Buttercup Hospitality Javelin Talk Normal I'm ... http://www.subinev.com/2009/08/after-the-jump-09-details/ In celebration of the first year of my Portland, Maine music blog/show list/late-night-junk-food-documenting site HillyTown, I put together an all ages free concert series at SPACE Gallery next month. Details here. http://www.subinev.com/2009/07/look-ma-i-made-a-concert-series/ Once again my music blogging activities have been pretty much limited to the action over at good old HillyTown, where things have been fairly lively. In fact, there's an interview with me up at the Portland Press Herald website today about that site, and some of my other current projects. Speaking ... http://www.subinev.com/2009/06/since-last-we-spoke/ [flickr]2374004471[/flickr] As announced on Earfarm, founding Goes Cube member (and all-around awesome guy) Matt Frey will be leaving the band immediately following next week's release show for Another Day Has Passed. Bass duties will be taken up by Matt Tyson (affectionately known as "Mister Earfarm" in these parts). If you're in ... http://www.subinev.com/2009/05/goes-cube-swaps-matts-go-on-tour/ [flickr]9637932[/flickr] Time to get your pre-order on for the new sonic youth LP, The Eternal. Insound has a cool deal on both the double lp and cd versions of the record. Both get you streams of the album in advance of the June 9 release date, along with exclusive MP3's, a ... http://www.subinev.com/2009/04/sonic-youth-the-eternal-pre-order/ There have been some change to the previously mentioned Bat For Lashes/Lewis & Clarke tour. The show initially scheduled for the Paradise in Boston tonight has been canceled (Bat For Lashes will return to the venue in August, and tickets will be honored then), and instead Lewis & Clarke will ... http://www.subinev.com/2009/04/bat-for-lashes-cancel-boston-show-lewis-clarke-come-to-maine/ Sure, Passion Pit's debut ep Chunk Of Change was good and the song "Sleepyhead" inspired some pretty awesome fan videos, but from the looks and sounds of things, the upcoming full length, Manners (Columbia/French Kiss, May 19), is going to take things much further. Check out the ripped paper style ... http://www.subinev.com/2009/04/passion-pit-contest-announcement/ [flickr]2283483534[/flickr] Spanish Prisoners are a NY-based group with an interesting history. Frontman and songwriter Leonid Maymind crafted the first album, Songs To Forget, and launched an impressive effort to thrust his new group into the forefront of the music scene last year. Against all odds, he saw some remarkable success, from ... http://www.subinev.com/2009/04/spanish-prisoners-set-free-album/