The Modern Age

NAME: Softlightes
HOMETOWN: San Diego, California
WEBSITE: http://thesoftlightes.com

NAME: The Ettes
HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA via NYC
WEBSITE: http://www.theettes.com/

According to the Associated Press, “independent record labels behind artists like The White Stripes (on British label The Beggars Group), Deep Purple and Arctic Monkeys announced a global deal Saturday to pool access to their catalogs, seeking to grab a bigger share of online music sales from the major record companies.”
The companies have signed up [...]

NAME: The Blood Arm
HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, California, United States
WEBSITE: http://www.thebloodarm.com/

HOW I HEARD ABOUT THEM: My friend Sarah had one of their songs set as her Myspace page theme song.
LATEST RELEASE: Lie Lover Lie [BUY]
SONG LISTENED TO: “Suspicious Character” [DOWNLOAD the A Faulty Mechanism Remix]
WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE: Holy Franz Ferdinand, Batman! This [...]

NAME: Dustin’s Bar Mitzvah
HOMETOWN: Acton, London, United Kingdom
WEBSITE: http://www.dustins.co.uk/

HOW I HEARD ABOUT THEM: I was checking out the top “indie” bands on Myspace and they were number 19. And apparently they are huge in Japan.
LATEST RELEASE: Get Your Mood On
SONG LISTENED TO: “Kick Him Out” [LISTEN]
WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE: The drunk poor man’s Arctic Monkeys. [...]

NAME: Duchess Says
HOMETOWN: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
WEBSITE: http://www.duchesssays.com/

HOW I HEARD ABOUT THEM: They left a comment for me one one of the Band of the Day posts.
LATEST RELEASE: Budgie Laboratories
SONG LISTENED TO: “Black Flag” [MP3]
WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE: Early 80s Madonna meets Le Tigre. Dancy, fun, and a bit riotous. Would make for a great dance [...]

Here are the deets:
HARLEM SHAKES
!SURPRISE! SECRET SHOW
@ Pianos
Tomorrow night immediately following the Cold War Kids
(Wednesday, January 10th) @ 11PM
11pm Harlem Shakes
10pm Cold War Kids
9pm The Virgins
Come at 11 and entrance is free!

NAME: Mook
HOMETOWN: New York, NY, USA
WEBSITE: http://www.mookmusic.com

HOW I HEARD ABOUT THEM: IMy friend Jessie sent me
an email about them because when we saw Little Miss Sunshine, we were
both obsessed with the character of Dwayne. The actor that played him,
Paul Dano, is lead guitarist and does the vocals. And one time me and my old man [...]

NAME: Walter Meego
HOMETOWN: Chicago, Illinois, USA
WEBSITE: http://www.waltermeego.com

HOW I HEARD ABOUT THEM: I randomly caught his set when I was at the Iceland Airwaves festival in 2006
LATEST RELEASE: Romantic [CD Single]
SONG LISTENED TO: “Wanna Be a Star” [MP3]
WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE: Dancy synth pop, blah blah blah. Like LCD Soundsystem (but not trying as hard [...]

NAME: Tiny Masters of Today
HOMETOWN: Brooklyn, NY, USA
WEBSITE: http://tinymasters.net/

Photo: Shara Shisheboran
HOW I HEARD ABOUT THEM: Apparently I’m Myspace friends with them, because I clicked on their bulletin announcing their opening slot for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Bowery Ballroom.
LATEST RELEASE: GRRR10 [UK EP]
SONG LISTENED TO: “Stickin’ It to the Man” [MP3]
WHAT THEY SOUND [...]