You know you want to check out the first video from Jaguar Love's debut record Take Me To The Sea. What song did they shoot a video for, you ask? Well, 'Highways of Gold', silly.

I think the video is swell and so will you. Follow me to Matador Records now to feast your eyes on one purty video. Don't forget Take Me To The Sea streets on August 19th.

Wanna catch them on tour? You better get on the ball cause it starts tomorrow with the fine folks from The Faint (and a few with Crystal Antlers too) -


8/2 - Redmond, WA - The Old Firehouse
8/3 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
8/5 - San Francisco, CA - Grand Ballroom
8/6 - Pomona, CA - Glass House
8/7 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
8/8 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
8/9 - San Diego, CA - Soma
8/11 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
8/12 - Dallas, TX - Palladium
8/14 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
8/15 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
8/16 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
8/17 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
8/19 - Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw
8/21 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House
8/22 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
8/23 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium

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Please don't send hate mail my way, I am about to be honest. Nirvana was a bit overrated. There I said it. I will admit, however, that their '93 release In Utero was one hell of a record and the record label Robotic Empire must agree.

The label is currently in the process of gathering some great bands to give each track from the momumental release their own take on the bands musical sampling. So far the likes of These Arms are Snakes, Daughters, Young Widows, Meneguar, and Broken Social Scene are all on board with others yet to be announced.

Three of the four have already recorded their cuts with the kids from These Arms are Snakes confirming that they have tackled the highly successful "Heart Shaped Box."

Robotic Empire admits the release of the compilation is quite a while off with the rest of the publicly unrevealed bands still to hit the studio and lay down their tracks. More on this as things come to fruition.

In the meantime, if you wanna check out a cool older interview with These Arms are Snakes in which the cover record is discussed, check out Three Imaginary Girls.

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Your Enemies Friends is/was a rough and tough band from the heart of Los Angeles. Snotty vocals and organized chaos is/was at the core of this highly energetic band who signed with Buddyhead Records and released two records: the The Wiretap EP and the full length You Are Being Videotaped.

Between both records, the band went through a little bit of a transformation losing a few members but gaining a few others. One of the additions was new keyboardist and sometime singer, Jennifer Goodridge who took over the Dana James' spot as accompanying vocalist to frontman Ronnie Washburn. In the last few years, however, the band has been keeping it quiet with their one time official website now sending their fans to what seems like a Spanish casino.

Well, thankfully, Ronnie Washburn and Jennifer Goodridge is back with an entirely new project entitled Seaspin. Up until last week, the band had yet to leak any samplings of what to expect from the ex-Your Enemies Friends members aside from describing themselves as shoegazing.

Seaspin has now dropped a couple of tracks at their here and their sound definitely harks back to the late 80s/early 90s when bands like Yo La Tengo, Slowdive and the highly influential My Bloody Valentine paved the way for the genre of music know as shoegaze. Washburn this time around takes the back seat letting the female vocal stylings of Goodridge to take front and center.

Currently the band has yet to announce a record label but expect a EP to arrive shortly thereafter.

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Fans of Superchunk. frontman Mac McCaughan's ongoing side project Portastatic can rejoice with the news of a rarities collection coming September 9th.

Merge Records will release Some Small History, a 2-disc collection from Portastatic featuring b-sides, rarities, EP tracks, compilation cuts, covers, and anything else McCaughan recorded from 1990 to 2007 which may have not made its way on one of his official releases.

For a complete track list of the 44 song album click on over to the Merge Records now.

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Today comes news straight from the source concerning the possible breakup of the legendary Brooklyn band Panthers.

Guitarist Justin Chearno was kind enough to shine some light on the subject. Sadly the Panthers have indeed called it quits. The split was apparently on good terms and all members felt it was time to move on to other ventures.

Singer Jayson Green has formed Violent Bullshit and has been playing some shows in New York recently. By the sounds of some early recordings, it seems like he is back to the hardcore stylings of his previous band the epic Orchid.

Bassist Geoff Garlock has continued writing sketch comedy while Chearno, himself, hopes to get the ball rolling soon on another record from his amazing band Turing Machine. When asked about a third record from the math rock trio, he informed me that work is indeed in motion but may not be ready for release until possibly the fall of 2009.

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