Palomar to Release New Record, Sense & Antisense, on 1/24

I first saw Palomar a couple years back when they opened for The Wrens at their two-night 20th anniversary throwdown in NJ at Maxwells. Comprised of three woman and a guy drummer, they played great kick ass songs with running streams of power pop and folk, and harmonic melodies that wrap around you and hold you tight.



Since their inception in 1998, Palomar has released four full-lengths and one EP. Sense & Antisense, their fifth full-length, contains contributions by the likes of Charles Bissell (The Wrens guitarist/vocalist), Roman Kuebler (Oranges Band), and Jed Smith (My Teenage Stride), among others.



Says the band about the album:

Sense & Antisense is an album not about boys and girls, but husbands and wives, and not about cars, but car payments and re-financing home loans. The album is about the anxiety that comes with sitting in hotel rooms preparing for work meetings; lying awake at night, pregnant and worrying about how having kids might ruin your life; going to high school reunions; the ennui of sifting through relationships to find the ‘right one’ and then living and working with the right one. This is an album about a girl band that grew up.

Palomar's Sense & Antisense comes out tomorrow, and they're pairing up with Nada Surf for a double record release party tomorrow night at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC, so get there early!

Hold Steady Doing 4/17 Date in NYC

The Hold Steady ostensibly describes themselves (in the third person) as "a bunch of dudes who rock the hell out of Brooklyn, as well as the rest of the world, and take pride in the amount of time they've spent at the bar."

The Hold Steady are slated to perform on Saturday, April 17, at the Bowery Ballroom, located at 6 Delancey St, New York, NY. (Source)

Fingers crossed that DC gets one as well, the new songs from Heaven is Whenever are so arena-rock full, I don't doubt they'll be incredible live.

Also, it seems that they've added another guitarist-type (Steve Silveridge) and keyboardist (Dan Neustadt) in place of keyboardist Franz Nicolay who left the band earlier this year. (Thanks to Mr. Pennypacker for the details!)

Last Night at the Bowery Ballroom, NYC....

This was sent from a friend attending last night's Green Day show at the 350-capacity Bowery Ballroom in NYC. "Once in a lifetime show," he said. "Fans were in awe that they were seeing a stadium sized act in such a tiny club."

The NY Times reviewed the show here.

Give a Listen: American Idiot (live in Tokyo)-Green Day