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Dec
30
Tue
phone interview: The Life and Times
Dec 30 @ 8:00 am – 8:30 am

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Since August of 2005, The Life and Times has played over 200 shows in support of their debut full-length release Suburban Hymns (DeSoto) on US tours with bands like the Appleseed Cast, Murder By Death, Pelican, Mono, Sparta, Pinback, Engine Down, and William Elliot Whitmore.

The Life and Times will play Shank Hall on Tuesday, December 30th. Tune into WMSE on that same date at 8am to hear The Shape of Rock’s Craig Mertes talk to Allen Epley of the Life and Times.

Mar
22
Fri
Murphy’s Law @ Club Garibaldi's
Mar 22 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm

NY Hardcore band Murphy’s Law takeover Club Garibaldi’s for a blistering night of music. The Royal Malossi, 5 O’Clock Charlie and ZOR open the night.

May
18
Tue
interview: Jasper Verhulst of Altin Gün
May 18 @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Tune into WMSE to learn about the magic of Altin Gün from group founder and bass player, Jasper Verhulst. The Dutch band’s latest album, Yol is based on traditional Turkish folk songs but the band prefers to give those ancient tunes a psychedelic (and sometimes, disco-y) twist, lead by the band’s capable (and Turkish-born) vocalists and musicians, Erdinç Ecevit and Merve Dasdemir.

Pitchfork says – “On their third album, Amsterdam’s finest Turkish psych revivalists add synths and drum machines to spirited ’70s standards from the Anatolian funk canon. Altin Gün’s third album arrives with the same mysterious allure as a weirdly shaped parcel found under the Christmas tree. Trapped in lockdown, Amsterdam’s finest Turkish psych revivalists started tinkering with drum machines and electronics, adding the spacey synth strut of early-’80s disco to their hallucinogenic rock/folk stew. The prospect sounds so charmingly idiosyncratic on paper that you almost dread to press play, for fear that reality will disappoint.”