http://invisiblelimb.net/limb Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:22:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ladies and gentlemen, the time has finally come...to build your own space suit. Austin rock and rollers The Frontier Brothers are celebrating their Build Your Own Spacesuit 2009 Tour by giving one lucky fan the ultimate prize- a private show in their very own home!  You'll be the talk of the ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/02/22/the-frontier-brothers-make-your-own-spacesuit-tour-contest/ Four mp3s strapped to the back of a bomb.  My bomb.  Welcome to the Payload. Antony and the Johnsons - Epilepsy is Dancing Last month the unmistakable Antony Hegarty released The Crying Light, his third full length and the follow up to his excellent Mercury prize winning I Am a Bird Now ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/02/08/the-payload-1/ Finally after months and months of watching everyone else's darlings soak in the 2008/early 2009 limelight- *cough* Fleet Foxes *cough* Animal Collective- one of my own personal favorites is back in action!  I'm referring of course to the brilliant John Vanderslice! Really?  You're not familiar with the man?  And you call ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/02/03/john-vanderslice-too-much-time/ You may never be as rocking as John Lennon or as punk as Iggy Pop but you can still wear the same t-shirts as them! InvisibleLimb.net and WornFree.com are teaming up to bring you a special Valentine's Day giveaway! Two lucky winners will receive one Worn Free shirt of their choosing ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/02/02/worn-free-valentines-day-giveaway/ I first caught Say Hi's Eric Elbogen opening up for Nada Surf at the El Ray in Los Angeles back in 2005 (or was it 2006?) and after a few songs I was convinced.  The dude is pretty good at what he does:  electronic/bedroom pop with apparently the right amount ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/02/02/say-hi-november-was-white-december-was-grey/ In poking around the web, reading old reviews, it appears there was a significant tide of backlash against David Bazan's previous project Pedro the Lion towards the latter end of its life.  It started right around the time the concept album Control was released and continued heavily through the release ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/02/02/david-bazan-cold-beer-and-cigarettes/ It's been 3 long years since Antony and his Johnsons birthed their first breakout album, I Am a Bird Now, but do not give up hope weary listener:  help is on the way!  On January 20th, the unique and unmistakable Antony Hegarty will release his official follow up (and 3rd ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/01/05/antony-and-the-johnsons-another-world/ While I was busy curating the world's most important music blog, the world's most awesomely titled folk punk band Andrew Jackson Jihad were quietly releasing a 7 song EP follow up to their delightful 2007 release People That Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World.  That is ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/01/04/andrew-jackson-jihad-growing-up/ I've never met Kind of Like Spitting's Ben Barnett but a couple of years ago he and I got into an argument on a small label message board so I'd say we are pretty good friends.  That's why it hurt me when a few months back I asked him to ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/01/01/fun-with-friends-have-fun-with-eachother-on-tour/ Apparently, it's 2009 now.  I wanted to post that Death Cab for Cutie song. You know, the one called The New Year. I thought it would be really cute if I did that.  Actually, I instantly recognized how dumb of an idea that would be  so instead here is ... http://invisiblelimb.net/limb/2009/01/01/first-post-of-2009-also-first-underwhelming-moment-of-2009/