Ted Leo and the Pharmacists coming to The Space!

This Sunday, Washington D.C. rock group Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will be performing at The Space Gallery on Congress Street with NYC-based The Gang. Ted Leo and his band is best known for singles such as "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?", "Biomusicology", and "Me and Mia".

Local musician/journalist Jeff Beam had a chance to interview Ted Leo just the other day on WMPG. Without further ado, here's the interview:

Hope to see you at the show on Sunday!

Exclusive Release: Cheese Grater Experience's Wear A Helmet

My band, The Cheese Grater Experience, has finally released its first more-than-an-EP-not-quite-an-album, Wear A Helmet, and it's available exclusively on Man, It's So Loud In Here.

Follow this link to download the new more-than-an-EP-not-quite-an-album! Use "soloud" for the username and password.

Warning: There is some explicit content in one of the songs. To be more specific...track 3...

Here's the tracklisting:
1) A Public Service Announcement
2) Monstah
3) Lexi is a Slut
4) John Coffee
5) Beard Mountain
6) Zombie Holocaust
7) Pay Attention!
8) To The Future

We recorded all of this back in August before all of us had to split ways for college. We just did a private reunion show the other night, but we're hoping to do a public one during Winter Break. Hope y'all enjoy!

The Everyday Visuals "Dance and Holler" music video premiere!

The Everyday Visuals music video for "Dance and Holler" is complete, and it has been released on Youtube and Myspace! It has a special Maine touch, because it was all filmed in Biddeford! Be sure to check it out here on Man, It's So Loud In Here!

They Might Be Giants + Facebook = Love

Back in September, Justin Ellis wrote about two college-bound, to-be roommates meeting each other on Facebook before moving in together. I have a similar story to share, and it involves a girl who lives down the hall from the two mentioned in Justin's story. This story is about how I met her (and yes, it does involve music).

It was the summer, and I was single and college-bound. It was a very exciting state to be in. There were a lot of new possibilities open for me, and I had no idea what to expect, but I was thrilled nevertheless.

In my excitement, I joined a group on Facebook for upcoming Freshmen at the University of Southern Maine. I started to befriend people within the group, hoping to build new friendships for the school year and beyond. Out of all the people I befriended on Facebook, there was one girl who stood out from the rest.

Amazing cover of U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

The cover is featured on rap/spoken-word artist Saul Williams' new album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust. You can listen to his cover of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" on his Myspace.

If you like what you hear, you can purchase his album for $5 or free of charge (your choice) on the NiggyTardust website. This is good stuff! Enjoy!

The Decemberists tour canceled due to ill band member

Not much of a post for today. I was going to see The Decemberists last night, but they just canceled the entire tour due to a band member falling ill. That was my second failed attempt at going to a Decemberists show. I'm glad they decided to stop touring before the band member became too ill, but man, I want to see them so bad. Well, maybe next time. That is all.