Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Tape Club
Sometimes there’s a good reason bands have unreleased material. The just-not-right-for-the-album songs, while they are cornerstones in a band’s career, can come off as both awkward and underdeveloped; maybe it’s kind of like looking back on old high school essays or home videos of you learning to ride a bike. Sure, it’s a building point for who you are now, and yeah, you’re glad you did it. But do you really want anyone to see those things? Especially the people who admire you most? It’s surely the problem with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s latest release, Tape Club, which... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsNew Normal Music Launches Series of SXSW Acoustic Shows
Blurt reports the internet radio station New Normal Music will soon launch a series called “The ABC’s of SXSW on NNM,” which showcases 15 artists playing acoustic shows, all on Paul Reed Smith guitars, in a wine cellar from SXSW 2011.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsOur Favorite Daytrotter Portraits
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Found in: Culture, FeaturesSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Let It Sway
Stumbling down memory lane It’s been roughly two decades since the debut of Superchunk, Built to Spill, et al., but Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin nimbly carries their post-punk torch on their hook-laden third studio LP. Let It Sway is a feast of musical comfort food for the nostalgia-tripping slacker-chic children of the ’90s. Title track and lead single “Sink/Let It Sway” thrums and pops like vintage Guided By Voices, and “Banned (By the Man)” may as well be “Teenage FBI, Part 2,” including the muted guitar tones and pinched-throat vocals. The rest of the album slides downhill,... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsCatching Up With... Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
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Found in: Blogs, List of the DayDaytrotter Hosts Iowa Barnstorming Tour
It's summertime, and the traditional concert hall just won't do. We want to be somewhere else. Somewhere where we can welcome a breeze, rub elbows beneath a hot sun or watch fireflies add to the light show at dusk. JellyNYC kicked off the first of a series of pool party concerts in Brooklyn this past weekend, while Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp are on the Northeast leg of their tour through America's ballparks. And somewhere further west, Daytrotter's Sean Moeller has dreamed up a truly American summer experience: the barn concert. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - "Modern Mystery"
Click above to watch "Modern Mystery" from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin's new record Perishing, out now on Polyvinyl. Related Links: Video of the Day: Think I Wanna Die News: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin still touring, loving News: Listen to new Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin MP3... read more
Found in: Video of the DaySomeone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin - "Think I Wanna Die"
Click above to watch "Think I Wanna Die" from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin's new record Perishing, out now on Polyvinyl. Related Links: News: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin still touring, loving News: Listen to new Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin MP3... read more
Found in: Video of the DaySomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin still touring, loving
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, the late first president of the Russian Federation and namesake of a certain Missouri-based indie pop band, was a pretty funny guy. Not many people know this, but those who do can likely attribute their awareness to the following video: ... read more
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