 
If you’re a fan of Harvard, you should already know some things about Jesse Clasen. To name a few, he has an incredible voice and knows how to use it, he plays piano, and occasionally, he will play some horns. What Firewood immediately teaches us is that Jesse had a hidden talent up his sleeve. Sure, he played acoustic guitar on The Inevitable and I, but the guitar on Firewood is much more intricate and it draws you into the song immediately, catching your interest and allowing Clasen to do, well…all the other things he does really well. Don’t come here looking for the pounding drums, groovy bass lines, or dizzying guitars that can be found when listening to Harvard. Just sit back and introduce yourself to the truly one of a kind talent that is The Bear Romantic. KEEP READING →→
I would just like to point out that I’m super sorry for LINKING THE WRONG MYSPACE on Honest Iago’s page in Issue 6.
http://myspace.com/honestiagomusic
http://myspace.com/honestiagomusic
http://myspace.com/honestiagomusic
It’s cool if you liked whatever is on http://myspace.com/honestiago, but, please check out http://myspace.com/honestiagomusic because that was totally my bad. [...]
 
Street Boners is available on May 27th
Not many books can claim that even their copyright and dedication pages are downright hilarious. Street Boners, however, definitely can.
I’ve never heard of Gavin McInnes, Vice Magazine, or Street Carnage. I had no idea what was in store, but from descriptions of the book and articles about McInnes, it was clear…this guy’s commentaries are scathing! Based on the books subtitles, “1,764 Hipster Fashion Jokes,” I was expecting very witty jokes.
On the bright side of what I actually got, are:
- “A Brief History of Cool,” featuring greasers, beatniks, mods, hippies, pinks, the disco/hardcore/big boom 80s, metalheads, rap, grunge, and finally, things I’ve been alive to experience: indie rock, ravers, and hipsters.
- Do & Don’t rules including shoes, hair, pants, socks, and even facial hair.
- An interview with The Cobrasnake (LA), Pregnant Goldfish (Montreal), Kim Taylor Bennett (London), Last Night’s Party (NY) and The Final Word, London vs. Montreal vs. NY vs. LA, with The Arab Parrot, who has never been to Montreal. KEEP READING →→
An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control and drifted inexorably toward theGulf Coast on Thursday as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes.
The spill was both bigger and closer than imagined — five times larger than first estimated, with the leading edge just three miles from the Louisiana shore. Authorities said it could reach the Mississippi River delta by Thursday night.
Government officials said the blown-out well 40 miles offshore is spewing five times as much oil into the water as originally estimated — about 5,000 barrels, or 200,000 gallons, a day.
At that rate, the spill could easily eclipse the worst oil spill in U.S. history — the 11 million gallons that leaked from the grounded tanker Exxon Valdez in Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989 — in the three months it could take to drill a relief well and plug the gushing well 5,000 feet underwater on the sea floor.
Ultimately, the spill could grow much larger than the Valdez because Gulf of Mexico wells typically hold many times more oil than a single tanker.
The proceeds of all photos bought through our Human. Artist. effort will go to the National Wildlife Federation. Why? There are so many types of animals, both land and sea, that are threatened right now, and there’s no telling when this [...]
I just wanted to post about something cool
On Saturday, I eagerly drove to Los Angeles to see Portugal. The Man live, acoustic AND FREE! Who put on this amazing event? Poketo and Kitsune Noir. Poketo is a really cool company that has really great stuff on their website…art, accessories, stationary, it’s a really great collection of stuff I have been drooling over… Poketo’s HQ in downtown Los Angeles holds bi-monthly art shows, performances, and other happenings. (For instance the art show “Los Angeles… I’m Yours,” that has been going on and featured some of John Gourley and Austin Sellers’ work which was great to see after their performace, as well as a bunch of other great artists that took recycled and found materials and made them something brand new and fun to look at )
Anyway…..
Check out Poketo…click click click click
They’ve got some amazing cameras for you lomography fans, tote bags made out of suits, stuff for your apartment, super cute shirts and much more. I’ll definitely be buying their stuff whenever possible. They’re a really intimate company and that really adds to the great atmosphere. Why are you still reading this? I [...]
 Cloud Cult’s Running With The Wolves EP is available today! It’s a digital-only four song EP that includes one brand new song from their forthcoming album, Light Chasers, which will be available in August. The three remaining songs are from 2006 and 2007, so I think that current fans will like the trip down memory lane, and the potential fans (like me) will have a chance to play catch-up and get a brief history of the band’s sound throughout the years. I think this album has a great selection of songs on it, they’re all different styles but you can tell they’re by the same band. I think it’s important to be able to change up your style but stay distinct, and that’s an ability Cloud Cult has shown on this EP. KEEP READING →→
 
It’s always possible to have too much of a good thing. A lot of bands can produce good albums as duos or trios, decent albums with four or five members, and discordant, odd sounding albums with a serious attention span problem with any more than six members. Enter River City Extension, an eight member band from New Jersey. I got my ears and mind ready for eclectic cacophony, a crazy mix of too many instruments that did not know quite how to work together. As it turns out, the same way you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, you shouldn’t judge a band by the number of members. Not only is River City Extension an incredibly tight group of musicians who do in fact know how to give each instrument a fitting place, they do it better than a lot of bands with half the instruments. Feast your ears on this great debut album from a band I hope to see much more from.
Comes out May 11 via XOXO Records
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Sally Seltmann shouldn’t really need an introduction, but here it is. You know that song in the iPod commercial that we all looked up and downloaded immediately? The one by Feist called “1,2,3,4”? Sally Seltmann co-wrote it. But the awesomeness of that song really pales in comparison to Sally Seltmann’s first debut album under her own name, Heart That’s Pounding. Now, that’s my introduction and that’s all I am going to say before I jump right into the forty-eight minute sonic journey of joy that is Heart That’s Pounding.
Heart That’s Pounding will be available on April 6th!
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Hey everyone, we just wanted to thank everyone who bought a print from our Human. Artist. section. We just donated everything we made, and here is our proof. Feel free to click the image to see it bigger. I blacked out my address and credit card number. There are still a ton of prints available and all the proceeds go straight to the Red Cross to benefit Haiti.
Here are a couple of questions we get a lot:
Can I add my photo to the Human.Artist. section?
No. We have way too many that didn’t sell. Hopefully we’ll be able to do another one soon, so keep in touch.
Why Red Cross?
They provide medical care and clean water, which we believe are important.
Didn’t everyone already donate to Haiti?
Not everyone. A lot of people did but once the initial wave of donations are done and there is no more money going towards helping them, that is when extra money is needed most.
If you didn’t hear about Human. Artist. or you want to take another look, please check out all the prints we have for [...]
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