Built on a Weak Spot Blog - Bands on tour

• Dirty Old Man River...

  After the Chicago based Drunk Tank came to an end around 1992 or so, Julian Mills went on to form the even darker and dirge driven Dirty Old Man River not long after. While the band was together they released three pretty solid albums (Self-Titled, The Saddest Movie Screen, and...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Dirty
  • Mills
• Appollonia - Among Wolves

  Appollonia are a three piece currently based out of Bourdeaux, France that have just self-released their first album titled Among Wolves. The album follows up a five song demo that the band recorded in 2006, and to their credit for being such a young and relatively new band Among Wolves...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Cult Of Luna
• Matt Bartram - Arundel

  I didn’t even realize it until I sat down to type this, but this will be the second time I’ve written about a solo artist from a notable shoegaze band in just barely over a week. This time we get an album from Air Formation singer/guitarist Matt Bartram titled Arundel,...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Air Formation
• Caesura...

  Caesura was an absolutely fantastic trio based out of San Francisco during the earlier part of this decade. I am not actually so sure if they are around these days still or not, but I am assuming not because I haven’t heard or seen anything about them since their last...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Caesura ON TOUR (UK)
• Pia Fraus - After Summer...

  Pia Fraus just recently returned this past May to deliver their fourth and latest album upon us titled After Summer. The album also happens to be a return to Clairecords, which released their second full-length In Solarium five years ago. Since then the bands has released one other record along...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Teenage Fanclub
• Monthly Mix: May 2008

  It’s nearing the end of the month and regular readers of the blog already know what that means. For Friday I’m posting up the monthly mix for May. The usual is contained within, the old and a small amount of new. As always, I do highly suggest that if anyone...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Working For A Nuclear Free City
• Singer - Unhistories

  With U.S. Maple being on hiatus for the foreseeable future, guitarist Todd Rittman and later era drummer Adam Vida set out and teamed up with former 90 Day Men member Rob Lowe and the brother of Adam, Ben Vida to form Singer. The band has just recently released their full-length...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Singer
• Thank You - Terrible Two

  The amount of interesting and often experimental music coming out of Baltimore, Maryland these days seems to be increasing. More and more I feel like I have been combing through the wealth of music coming out of that scene and a small portion of it has landed on the blog...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • You ON TOUR (UK)
• Gravity Propulsion System - Days Like Razors

  Heading back into the noisier side of things…wait, make that much nosier…is the latest installment from the Oklahoma based trio Gravity Propulsion System. The new album Days Like Razors is their third through Ascetic Records, which was released this past March. For those not familiar with the band they’ve been...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • The Days ON TOUR (US/UK)