bgcolor="#000000" text="#000000" link="#bf0c00" alink="#bf0c00" vlink="#bf0c00" topmargin="0" rightmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" background="bg.gif">

2008/09/26 chairlift TONIGHT, rachael tomorrow Current iPod commercial darlings and former featured band at After The Jump Fest, Chairlift, are playing a great party tonight! It's the closing show of the awesome Roof Top Film Series that Soundfix helped organize all summer long. And even better, the show is followed up a FREE open bar at Fontanas. and YES, there is an indoor area so you can enjoy the show & film (which is a compilation of sorts of the films that were shown over the summer) safe from the yucky rain. INFO: Venue: on the roof of the Open Road Rooftop Address: 350 Grand Street @ Essex (Lower East Side) Directions: F/J/M/Z to Essex / Delancey 8:00: Doors Open 8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music by Chairlift 9:00 PM: Films 11:30 PM: Open bar at Fontana's with complimentary beer courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner *Tickets: $9 on Going.com Chairlift - Evident Utensil Chairlift - Bruises Also, I'm very excited to let you know that my favorite DJ partner, Rachael, is FINALLY making her return to the decks with a new monthly HAPPY HOUR party at one of my fave bars, Arrow Bar on Ave A. Drinking indoors during the day is one of the best rainy weekend activities ever! See you there :) Tweet posted by n. @ 9/26/2008 | | # 2008/09/24 HOCKEY - not just a sport nora doesn't watch anymore, but a totally sweet band! Lately it seems like my immediate mind association with the word "hockey" (along with lipstick and pitbulls i guess) is Sarah Palin, which, as I'm sure you are aware, is the worst epic fail thing i could be thinking about at any given moment. Lucky for me, and maybe you too, there is a completely awesome new band that will make your hockey related thoughts a happy place again. First, the facts: Hockey are from Portland Oregon, there are four of them (as evidenced by the above photo, duh), and they have an album out now called "Mind Chaos" on no label whatsoever (you can buy on itunes). Beyond the facts: they make super-duper fun dance tracks, with easy comparisons to LCD Soundsystem and a less awkward/spastic version of Boy Crisis. Their song "Too Fake" makes me do a little solo dance in my swivel chair at work (really. i'm doing it right now! wheeeeeeee). based on their myspace pics, their shows are a total party and the BEST PART OF ALL: they are coming to NYC for CMJ so they can be your new favorite band (and i mean... so that labels can fight over them probs)! YAY. Verdict: I love it and would drink sparks to it. Hockey - Too Fake Tweet posted by n. @ 9/24/2008 | | # 2008/09/22 after the jump fest- canada style! grab some poutines and come hang out at this awesome Pop Montreal! showcase that we are helping to sponsor. I Rock I Roll faves The Delta Spirit are on the bill - NOT TO BE MISSED! I'm still debating whether or not I can make it up there for the show.. Tweet posted by n. @ 9/22/2008 | | # 2008/09/15 TALLY HALL and FACTS It is a really HUGE week for Tally Hall and Tally Hall fans, so here are the facts that you need. Ready? Ok! Tally Hall's Internet Show (T.H.I.S), premieres TODAY (zomg) exclusively at tallyhall.com. It isn't up yet, but hopefully SOON. You can watch the trailer here. This marks the first time that a major label, Atlantic Records, has executive produced an Internet variety show (so very innovative of you, Atlantic Records!). According to the band: "T.H.I.S." is a variety show in the vein of "Monty Python's Flying Circus," "The Muppet Show," and the Monkees' "Head." "It's difficult to summarize something so varied in a single quotation," says drummer Ross Federman, "so we say that it's a show about everything." In addition, Tally Hall will appear on Craig Ferguson tomorrow night, where he will be charming and british and they will be awesome. This is all to promote the internet show. Finally, while at Lollapalooza, Tally Hall were commissioned by Blender to interview a bunch of the other bands that were playing the festival. Here is a video of what they came up with (journalism? kiiiinda not their forte). signed, your pretty much totally unofficial tally hall blog correspondent/regurgitator of facts: nora Tally Hall - I Know It's Just The Same Tweet posted by n. @ 9/15/2008 | | # 2008/09/11 it's not the end of the world (but then actually it sort of is) god i have a lot to talk about. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO. it's fall and i can start drinking hot coffee again and everything seems to just go haywire. it's fashion week but i am ignoring that so that can't be the problem... i mean ok, to be fair i also started an awesome new job, and CMJ is creeping up on me (or full on dumping itself on me), and i had a mini-crisis with my cat and a kitten i temporarily adopted that I named thom yorke for two weeks. but now that is resolved, so i can start talking about music again right? oh okay, but first this is necessary: DEAR SHINY TOY GUNS, who is this new chick from that Pussycat Dolls reality show who has replaced the tiny and fabulous CARAH in your band? what fuckery is this? please continue to be awesome or a piece of me might die. maybe. Last week I went to see Delta Spirit at Mercury Lounge. I first saw this band at SXSW, where I was familiar with approx ZERO of their songs. And I really liked them at the time, but it was also Saturday night of SXSW and I was approx 110% exhausted so it was a bit hard to take everything in. Before they played at Merc, I was outside watching my friend Matt have a cigarette (I quit, sort of), and he was talking with the lead singer of Action Painters about the band, and Tom (the singer) said that Delta Spirit "were the new Arcade Fire." Which I'm approx 1010% sure has been said before about more than a few bands, but I think Tom could be on to something here. The room at Merc was packed to capacity, their album is out now on Rounder records and is fucking solid, and they have some FANTASTIC songs (see below). When the band took the stage, there was a definite BUZZ in the room (not just from the cheap recession approved PBRs that I was drinking either). This song, live, completely blows my mind. I really wish everyone knew the words - and I think that they will soon - so that we could all put our arms around each other and have a rousing sing-a-long to it. The Delta Spirit - People, Turn Around And this is the song that everyone knows and loves and it makes them dance. and if you haven't heard it, then listen to it and you, too, can join in the fun times. Delta Spirit - Trashcan The Delta Spirit are on a gianormo tour right now, all over the damn place, so GO SEE THEM. Thank you. Man, I have totally run out of time on this entry, so I will plug a show tonight and then try to update more later. The End of the World are playing Rahim's record release party tonight at Pianos. The band goes on at 11pm. I'm going. You should be going too. YAY. Check out TEOTW's song "Jody" from their upcoming album, French Exit, on Flameshovel on November 4. GO HERE AND LISTEN TO IT Tweet posted by n. @ 9/11/2008 | | #

This blog is based in NYC! send me some email irockiroll@gmail.com MY TUMBLR: irockitumblr AIM: nyc nora blogger profile thing last fm profile follow me on TWITTER MP3s are posted for sampling purposes ONLY. I do not post entire albums and STRONGLY ENCOURAGE everyone who reads this blog to pursue the bands you discover here and fall as madly in love with them as I am. That being said, if any label/company/whathaveyou would like any of the files here to be removed, PLEASE email me and I will personally do so myself without haste. Thanks! links that rock BLOGS BLOGS BLOGS a heart is a spade aeki tuesday all the peoples all things christie aquarium drunkard badical beats the battering room bitter defeat the black saint the blu clover brooklyn ski club brooklyn vegan bumpershine cafe eclectica music catchdubs cellphane girl coolfer copy, right? crackers united culture bully the culture of me the deli magazine earfarm fine fine music fluxblog free indie freeze frame frequency : joonbug ny fuzzy lion gorilla vs. bear goth poncho hilly town i guess i'm floating i heart comix blog indie-licious jenyk.com jessica coen jinners justin borucki karen plus one killer dulce kiss brooklyn largehearted boy lindsayism melody nelson merry swankster MFR mishie the modern age moroccan role music for kids who can't read good music is art the music slut my old kentucky blog no rock and roll fun nyc taper one louder paper hearts and cranes the plugg pollox niner pop tarts suck toasted prefix blog pretty much amazing product shop nyc punk photo radio exile radio free chicago resurrection neon retarded fantasy the rich girls are weeping the rock and roll star rock bands and guitarpro tabs rock dirt rock insider ryspace the sean show sex with headphones on sheena beaston sit down, stand up six eyes soft communication some kind of awesome so more scene sound bites spinach dip stark online stereoactive nyc stereogum subinev take your medicine this twilight garden tomatoes and radio wire torr ultragrrrl una rocks the underrated blog untitled records villians always blink village indian water cooler gossip who needs radio? the wicked wishing a coma the world in a paper cup the yellow stereo yeti don't dance you ain't no picasso the young and hungry advertise on this site! woo! zee archives 01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004 02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004 03/01/2004 - 04/01/2004 04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004 05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004 06/01/2004 - 07/01/2004 07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004 08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004 09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004 10/01/2004 - 11/01/2004 11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005 01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005 02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005 04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005 07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005 09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005 10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005 11/01/2005 - 12/01/2005 12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006 01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006 04/01/2006 - 05/01/2006 05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006 06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006 07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006 08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006 10/01/2006 - 11/01/2006 11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006 12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007 01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007 02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007 03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007 04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007 05/01/2007 - 06/01/2007 06/01/2007 - 07/01/2007 07/01/2007 - 08/01/2007 08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007 09/01/2007 - 10/01/2007 10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007 11/01/2007 - 12/01/2007 12/01/2007 - 01/01/2008 01/01/2008 - 02/01/2008 02/01/2008 - 03/01/2008 03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008 04/01/2008 - 05/01/2008 05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008 06/01/2008 - 07/01/2008 07/01/2008 - 08/01/2008 08/01/2008 - 09/01/2008 09/01/2008 - 10/01/2008 10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008 11/01/2008 - 12/01/2008 12/01/2008 - 01/01/2009 01/01/2009 - 02/01/2009 02/01/2009 - 03/01/2009 03/01/2009 - 04/01/2009 04/01/2009 - 05/01/2009 05/01/2009 - 06/01/2009 06/01/2009 - 07/01/2009 07/01/2009 - 08/01/2009 08/01/2009 - 09/01/2009 09/01/2009 - 10/01/2009 10/01/2009 - 11/01/2009 11/01/2009 - 12/01/2009 12/01/2009 - 01/01/2010 01/01/2010 - 02/01/2010 02/01/2010 - 03/01/2010 03/01/2010 - 04/01/2010 04/01/2010 - 05/01/2010 05/01/2010 - 06/01/2010 06/01/2010 - 07/01/2010 07/01/2010 - 08/01/2010 08/01/2010 - 09/01/2010 09/01/2010 - 10/01/2010 10/01/2010 - 11/01/2010 11/01/2010 - 12/01/2010 12/01/2010 - 01/01/2011 01/01/2011 - 02/01/2011 02/01/2011 - 03/01/2011 03/01/2011 - 04/01/2011 04/01/2011 - 05/01/2011 05/01/2011 - 06/01/2011 06/01/2011 - 07/01/2011 07/01/2011 - 08/01/2011 08/01/2011 - 09/01/2011 09/01/2011 - 10/01/2011 10/01/2011 - 11/01/2011 11/01/2011 - 12/01/2011 12/01/2011 - 01/01/2012 01/01/2012 - 02/01/2012 02/01/2012 - 03/01/2012 03/01/2012 - 04/01/2012 04/01/2012 - 05/01/2012 05/01/2012 - 06/01/2012 06/01/2012 - 07/01/2012 07/01/2012 - 08/01/2012 08/01/2012 - 09/01/2012 10/01/2012 - 11/01/2012 11/01/2012 - 12/01/2012 12/01/2012 - 01/01/2013 01/01/2013 - 02/01/2013 02/01/2013 - 03/01/2013 03/01/2013 - 04/01/2013 www.flickr.com