Tons of photos from this past Sunday's show in Brooklyn, NY at McCarren Pool with Ted Leo and The Thermals are starting to show up online. This one to the left is from Jonny Leather, click the pic for the full set.
HQ wrote at 3:52 PM
Click the pic to see the whole set by Deadly Designs
HQ wrote at 11:20 AM
Seventies-rock revival? Meh. North Carolina's Birds of Avalon is going for a full-on '70s-rock resurrection, with a debut that exhumes the ghosts of every great hard-rock band that ever sold out an arena while wearing bell-bottoms...keep reading
HQ wrote at 10:02 AM
Like a phoenix, Birds of Avalon rose from the ashy corpse that was The Cherry Valence. Where as the latter band could not transfer its live energy to tape, BOA has no trouble rocking on record and onstage. Throughout Bazaar, Bazaar, BOA dawdle in many genres, from Indian twangs to power pop to Zeppelin rock...keep reading
HQ wrote at 2:05 PM
This album is straight on, full force, no nonsense, blue jeans, apple pie, rock-n-roll - well, with a little Brit psychedelic rock is thrown in there to make your ears stand up and take notice. So, turn it up, man, roll down the windows to your beat up pick up truck, and fly like a bird. They'll make you want to...keep reading
HQ wrote at 10:10 AM
Birds of Avalon is a powerful interpreter of an era its members clearly love, filtering that love and influence through a distinctly defined here-and-now filter that results in an album that crackles with pop electricity and mesmerizes with a raw prog/blues intensity...keep reading
HQ wrote at 10:12 PM
Birds of Avalon is a powerful interpreter of an era its members clearly love, filtering that love and influence through a distinctly defined here-and-now filter that results in an album that crackles with pop electricity and mesmerizes with a raw prog/blues intensity...keep reading
HQ wrote at 10:12 AM
Recorded and produced by Mitch Easter (R.E.M., Let's Active, Wilco), Greg Elkins and Brian Quast
 | Side A | Side B | |
| 1. Bicentennial Baby (mp3) | 7. Superpower | ||
| 2. Horse Called Dust | 8. Where's My Blood? | ||
| 3. Instant Coma | 9. Turn Gold | ||
| 4. Set You Free (mp3) | 10. Think | ||
| 5. Wanderlust | 11. Lost Pages From The Robot | ||
| 6. Taking Trains | Repair Manual |
Tons of photos from this past Sunday's show in Brooklyn, NY at McCarren Pool with Ted Leo and The Thermals are starting to show up online. This one to the left is from Jonny Leather, click the pic for the full set.
HQ wrote at 3:52 PM
Click the pic to see the whole set by Deadly Designs
HQ wrote at 11:20 AM
Seventies-rock revival? Meh. North Carolina's Birds of Avalon is going for a full-on '70s-rock resurrection, with a debut that exhumes the ghosts of every great hard-rock band that ever sold out an arena while wearing bell-bottoms...keep reading
HQ wrote at 10:02 AM
Like a phoenix, Birds of Avalon rose from the ashy corpse that was The Cherry Valence. Where as the latter band could not transfer its live energy to tape, BOA has no trouble rocking on record and onstage. Throughout Bazaar, Bazaar, BOA dawdle in many genres, from Indian twangs to power pop to Zeppelin rock...keep reading
HQ wrote at 2:05 PM
This album is straight on, full force, no nonsense, blue jeans, apple pie, rock-n-roll - well, with a little Brit psychedelic rock is thrown in there to make your ears stand up and take notice. So, turn it up, man, roll down the windows to your beat up pick up truck, and fly like a bird. They'll make you want to...keep reading
HQ wrote at 10:10 AM
Birds of Avalon is a powerful interpreter of an era its members clearly love, filtering that love and influence through a distinctly defined here-and-now filter that results in an album that crackles with pop electricity and mesmerizes with a raw prog/blues intensity...keep reading
HQ wrote at 10:12 PM
Birds of Avalon is a powerful interpreter of an era its members clearly love, filtering that love and influence through a distinctly defined here-and-now filter that results in an album that crackles with pop electricity and mesmerizes with a raw prog/blues intensity...keep reading
HQ wrote at 10:12 AM