Tonight! Airiel Record Release Show At The Empty Bottle

(Incidentally, the caption of this photo from the band's MySpage Page is the following: "This is what happens when we play in Minneapolis")

Download: Airiel - "Sugar Crystals"
Download: Airiel - "Firefly"

Speaking of record release shows, Chicago shoegazers Airiel are also having a celebratory party to herald the unleashing of their newest album, titled The Battle Of Sealand. I've been listening to a few tracks off of their MySpace Page and all I can say is "wow." They cover pretty much all of the shoegaze bases - namely, Ride's more traditional rock approach, Slowdive's ethereal atmospherics and My Bloody Valentine's volume - and surpasses them all with great ease. I can't wait to hear the rest of this record - I hope it's fantastic. Judge for yourselves by taking a gander at two tracks - "Firefly" and "Sugar Crystals" - posted at the top.

The show at the Empty Bottle starts at 9. Fear not, Minneapolis folk, for you will get the chance to see Airiel as well, later in September:

Sept. 28 2007
9:00P
Triple Rock w/ Ulrich Schnauss
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Should be a loud one.

MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

The 1900s Stream Another Cold And Kind Track, Announce Record Release Show

Download: The 1900s - "Georgia"

Do yourselves a favor and head over to The 1900s website and stream another harmonious, fantastically poppy, track from the septet's upcoming LP Cold And Kind. The track is called "Acutiplantar Dude" and you can listen to it here. There's no dictionary entry for Acutiplantar but the word Plantar, by itself, means "of, or pertaining to, the small of the foot" (e.g., a plantar wart) and acuti has to be similar to acute so...small wart, dude? Perhaps 1900s band member Nurse Murph can shed some lyrical light here?

ANYWAY, you can try to figure out what the song means by clicking on the media player at the band's website. That is, if you're not too busy submersing yourself in jingle-jangle bliss.

In other band news, the group announced a record release party at Chicago's Empty Bottle on Oct. 12th. The show starts at9:00 p.m. Buy tickets for that event here.

MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)