Local music blog Clicky Clicky Music recently posted their first compilation featuring 11 Boston bands putting their own spin on Ride's 1990 debut, Nowhere.  Several AS BUILT affiliates are featured on this stellar record with Guillermo Sexo taking on the first track "Seagull", Soccer Mom doing "Dreams Burn Down", Young Adults on "Decay", and Chandeliers with "Here and Now"

Full Tracklist 

1. Seagull - Guillermo Sexo

2. Kaleidoscope - Slowdim

3. In A Different Place - BDRM Eyes

4. Polar Bear - Most Bitter

5. Dreams Burn Down - Soccer Mom

6. Decay - Young Adults

7. Paralysed - Greg Lyon

8. Vapour Trail - Eldridge Rodriguez

9. Taste - The Hush Now

10. Here And Now - Chandeliers

11. Nowhere - Occurrence

Download the full compilation 320kpbs .

Big ups to JayB at Clicky Clicky for putting this all together!!!

The Boston Phoenix wrote a cool piece about the project and spoke to Mark Gardener from Ride, which you can peep here.

The Boston Phoenix recently released their annual Boston Best Music Poll.  Guillermo Sexo were justly nominated for Best Live Act, and will be up against some good friends and stiff competition in Viva Viva, Mean Creek, and Mellow Bravo.  VOTE HERE

What timing!! You can catch Guillermo Sexo's live show next Thursday April 26th at Radio in Somerville with Marconi, The Red Heroine, and Milling Gowns.  Don't miss out!!

Also Noelle Dorsey of Guillermo Sexo was also nominated under Best Female Vocalist.  VOICE HERE  .... oh and you can vote once per day!

Mount Peru are also up for Best Folk/ Americana so you best be voting for them. RIGHT HURR

Other AS BUILT affiliates up for nominations:

Soccer Mom are up for Best Indie / Powerpop Act - VOTE NOW OR ELSE

Viva Viva - "Hailing a Cab in Hell" - Boston Accents Song of the Year - YOU CAN DO IT

Just so happend to be on this years SXSW Boston & Beyond Sampler.  Listen below!!

Girlfriends and Quilt - Best Act - VOTE

Quilt - Best Album / EP - VOTE

Streight Angular - Best Garage Act - PLACE YOUR BALLOT

New Highway Hymnal - Best New Act - DO THE RIGHT THING

Ghost Box Orchestra - Psych/ Experimental - V.O.T.E

Voting ends May 18th!!!

Guillermo Sexo are opening up for Minneapolis' Polica tonight at Great Scott.  Gsexo goes on at 9:30 so get there early!!

Check out Polica's haunting synth pop jamz over at their facebook page. They just released their excellent debut album Give You The Ghost, which was produced by Ryan Olson produced (main guy in Gayngs).  The singer has vocals that remind me a little of The Knife's but not as processed/ tweaked to the degree The Knife do.  

I'll have some physical copies of the SXSW sampler on hand, so swing by the Gsexo merch if you want one!

Hot off the press!!  The third edition in the Boston & Beyond sampler series I started doing for SXSW in 2010.  It features 20 new and unreleased tracks from the bands we’re working with, the bands that played the AS BUILT x Valhalla SXSW showcase, and artists currently making waves in the Boston music scene. Unreleased tracks from Sneeze, Viva Viva, Soft Pyramids, Future Carnivores, Be Wives.  Discover something new and check em out when they hit your area. 

Limited pressing of 200 copies on a variety of colors.  Hit me up if you'd like one of the remaining few.

Stream and download below or hit up the AS BUILT bandcamp page.

1. Soft Pyramids – Vaalbara *
2. Girlfriends – Big Machines
3. Appomattox – Radiator
4. Linear Downfall – Amnesia That You Remember
5. Guillermo Sexo – Color The Noise
6. The Living Kills – Standing Still
7. New Highway Hymnal – Blackened Hands
8. Viva Viva – Hailing a Cab in Hell *
9. Sneeze – Brainage Pipe *
10. Soccer Mom – Celebrity Unrest
11. Speedy Ortiz – Swim Team
12. Streight Angular – Everyone is Syncopated
13. Future Carnivores – What’s Unbelievable *
14. Night Fruit – Dark Horse
15. Finn Riggins – Benchwarmers
16. Ghost Box Orchestra – Vanished *
17. Be Wives – Pacifico *
18. The Grownup Noise – Anthem for Second Place
19. The Wandas – Forever and Ever
20. Mount Peru – Juliana

Thrilled  to announce the addition of Viva Viva line up an already stacked line up.  Make sure to come by early on in the day for free drinks and lands end swag bags with AS BUILT PResents Boston & Beyond Samplers!!!

Boston's The Grownup Noise are playing their SXSW tour kick-off show at The Red Room at Cafe 939 (939 Boyslton), Saturday March 3rd with a solid lineup of Boston indie rock/ power pop/ St. Helena, Daily Pravda, Brendan Boogie and the Best Intentions. 7:00 Doors, show at 7:30 and Grownup Noise will be going on right at 8pm.  You can listen/DL a sampler of tunes from the bands playing below.

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The Grownup Noise will playing an official SXSW showcase(hosted by Green Room Music Source/ Rock the Cause) headlined by Replacements legend and current Guns N’ Roses guitarist Tommy Stinson, as well as the AS BUILT SXSW showcase which I'll be releasing more info on in the coming days.

THE GROWNUP NOISE SXW & March Tour Dates

Sun. 3/11 - Chicago - Darkroom

Tues. 3/13 - Dallas - Bryan Street Tavern w/ Goldenboy

Wed. 3/14 - SXSW - Agave - As Built PR/ Boston to Austin Day Party w/ Guillermo Sexo, The Living Kills & more

Thurs. 3/15 - SXSW - Lambert’s – Green Room Music Source/ Rock the Cause Showcase w/ Tommy Stinson

Fri. 3/16 - SXSW - Berklee official Day Party

Sat. 3/17 - SXSW -Daytime show @ Waterloo Cycles

Sun. 3/18 - Ft.Worth, TX - The Grotto w/ Goldenboy

Tues. 3/20 - Nashville, TN - National Underground w/ Goldenboy

Fri. 3/23 - Durham, NC - The Casbah w/ Goldenboy

Some of my favorite bands playing in the area at the moment. Just give a listen below. If you haven't seen Amos Blood yet, prepare yourself. I'll have some Limited 11X17 posters! See you there.

#19 Guillermo Sexo - Secret Wild [Boy Girl Boy Girl]
Boston's dream pop quartet, Guillermo Sexo issued their fourth LP, Secret Wild in July and provided a melodic and discordant soundtrack to the end of summer. Noelle Dorsey takes the lion share of vocal duties with goose bump inducing affect, leaving guitarist Reuben Bettsak focused in on delivering stunning atmospherics, hypnotic guitar lines, and airy psychedelics. Secret Wild is a rich and varied offering and one of the finest things we heard in 2011.

Ash Gray Proclamation

Future Carnivores - New indie project from Guillermo Sexo's Reuben Bettsak and Noelle Dorsey and ME AND JOAN COLLINS Bo Barringer.  Debut release in the near future -

LISTEN

The Living Kills (NYC) - These guys and gal blew me away when they played with Guillermo Sexo at Piano's in Brooklyn on their Fall tour.  They were one of the best bands Guillermo Sexo played with on the tour playing spaced out psych rock taking cues from Spaceman 3, Hawkwind, Sonic Youth, and The Black Angels.  so trust me.. Also there is no better environment to see this band in than the basement of the Cambridge Elks.  Don't miss em. 

LISTEN

Soccer Mom - One of my favorite bands in Boston hands down..  Dig LOUD grungy shoegaze??  Course you do.  LISTEN to their new 10" You Are Not Going to Heaven.   Bring yo earplugz!

Sampler of tunes below!! 

New shows added!!

Guillermo Sexo - Thursday 12/1 at Great Scott with Ghost Box Orchestra, 28 Degrees Taurus, and Gospel Gossip

Future Carnivores - featuring Reuben and Noelle from Guillermo Sexo and Bo from ME AND JOAN COLLINS - Sunday 12/4 at O'Brien's with Chaparrals, Golden Retriever.

Come out to Radio this Saturday November 5th for Age Rings' Midriff Records LP release show with Guillermo Sexo. Check out the poster below.

Following the release of the bands's 4th full-length effort, "Secret Wild," Guillermo Sexo will be touring the eastern Unites States for the first time.  Confirmed shows are listed below and the TBA's invite your help if you habe contacts in those cities.  You purchase a digital copy, vinyl or t-shirt with download code at the Guillermo Sexo Bandcamp page

FALL 2011 East Coast to Midwest

Tuesday 9.27 - Bella Cafe, Washington, DC - w/ Insect Factory, The Plums

Wednesday 9.28 - Balliceaux, Richmond, VA - w/ Black Girls

Thursday 9.29 - Nonis -  Atlanta, GA - w/ Best Friends - FBook Event

Friday 9.30 - Flicker Theater and Barn - Athens GA - w/ Helen Scott, Slaw and Order

Saturday 10.1 - TBA

Monday 10.2 - TBA

Monday 10.3 - Nashville, TN

Tuesday 10.4 - Riot Room - Kansas City, MO - NEED BANDS!!

Thursday 10.6 - Mojo's - Columbia, MO - w/ Richard the Lionhearted, Qualskin

Friday 10.7 - Subterranean  - Chicago, IL - w/ Northpilot, Loneliest Monk - FBook Event

Saturday - 10.8 - Kobo Live - Columbus, Ohio - w/ Rocket Miner, The End of the Ocean. Ron Freeman and the Revelators

Sunday 10.9 - Motel Hell - Philadelphia, PA - w/ Point Breeze, Holy Dirt, Cowards, Hey Angel

Monday 10.10 - Pianos - Lower East Side, NYC  -w/ Popstrangers

Wednesday 10.12 - Public Assembly - Brooklyn, NY - w/ Appomattox, Aloud - Fbook

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photo credit - MROD

Guillermo Sexo’s Secret Wild begins with the aptly titled, “Color The Noise”. The hollow-bodied guitar effects give the song a retro feel while their art noise approach gives it an entirely contemporary feel. Add slightly monotone vocals that split the difference between Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and the Velvet Underground’s Nico and you have a formula for success.“Skyline” cranks up the art-noise while dialing back the retro. “Secret Wild” pares everything back, stripping down to a near-acoustic delivery. Most of the tracks stretch out nicely, clocking in at four-plus minutes, allowing them to breathe and find their groove. A notable exception to the long-form tendency of Secret Wild is “Green Eyes”, clocking in at under two minutes, which finds the band experimenting with a quick burst of garage-punk. Secret Wild represents another leap forward and entertaining evolution in the sound that Guillermo Sexo has been refining for more than seven years now.   The New England Deli - August 2011

This week Stuff@Night has an article highlighting the resurgence of the 90's sound in 6 current Boston bands.  Young Adults are also included in the article and they just so happen to be playing the Guillermo Sexo's Secret Wild record release July 16th at Precinct in Somerville.   READ IN FULL >>

GUILLERMO SEXO
Influences: Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, Guided by Voices, Archers of Loaf, Swervedriver, Lush, Pavement, Built to Spill, the Pixies, and My Bloody Valentine.
Hear them now: on Vivid Nights at guillermosexo.bandcamp.com.
Hear them live: on July 16 at the release party for their forthcoming record, Secret Wild, at Precinct.

"I think it's cool that this is happening," says guitarist and vocalist Reuben Bettsak. "But like with any resurgence, there are bands that do it well and bands that just suck at getting the sound right, or maybe they just suck at writing songs." Guillermo Sexo certainly don't fall into the latter category, though they do mine the tinny, feedback-heavy '90s for their sound; they even record with Justin Pizzoferrato, an engineer who has also worked with Dinosaur Jr. and Thurston Moore.

Even before Bettsak (the only original member left in the group) founded the band in 2004, he was enamored of the '90s Boston sounds - think Syrup USA, the Dambuilders, the Wicked Farleys, and Swirlies. Bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth further shaped his guitar playing, and such influences are evident in the band's shouty, danceable, high-energy rock, which somehow ends up being a lot more fun than those style markers might make you think. "I can't help but dial in those fuzzy, distorted delay sounds of the '90s," Bettsak says. "It's part of our sound. Our goal is to take those influences and create something that sounds different."

Read more: http://phx.com/BLOGS/stuffboston/archive/2011/06/27/boston-lt-3s-the-9tz-today-s-hot-new-crop-of-local-bands-have-sorta-old-souls.aspx#ixzz1Qdf3Etcx

Guillermo Sexo's new full length Secret Wild is out locally July 16th and nationally in August. 

Come out next Friday to O'Brien's for a diverse 5 band bill of ace Boston music.  This will also be Mount Peru's send-off show before they head out on a 2 week tour around the mid west.  Anyone that makes it out can also have first dibs purchasing one of the limited run of 100 Mount Peru tshirt's w/ DL codes for their excellent album "My Sweetheart the Destroyer".  More on that venture early next week.

Also playing are another one of my favorite bands in Boston Soccer Mom, whose LOUD grungy shoegaze with a kick of 90's college alt rock always leave my ears ringing in joy.  Be on the look out for a new Soccer Mom 10" coming out later this Fall.  To round out the bill, we have 3 relatively new Allston acts Sneeze, Chandeliers, and Scouter.  Sneeze have a 7" coming out in July on Bear Records.  Chandeliers play technical indie rock reaching towards older Modest Mouse, Braid, and good Minus The Bear, grab their 2011 demo HERE.  Scouter share members with Allston band Arvid Noe and recently released a full length demo which can be snagged at the link above. They got this Fucking Champs, Fang Island, Hella + metal thing going on that really just makes you want to fist pump and go on a viking quest.  Going to be a good one, see you all there!

Chandeliers - 9:00 - 9:25 

Soccer Mom - 9:40 - 10:15

Scouter - 10:30 - 10:55 

Sneeze - 11:05 - 11:35 

Mount Peru - 11:50 - 12:45 

$8

Old Bricks (NC) >> 9:15 >> Warbly americana swirling in space..Gripetape Records http://oldbricks.bandcamp.com/album/farmers

Lonnie Walker (NC) >> 8:15 >> Really catchy 90's road trip tunez ...touring w/ Old Bricks, Friend Records..http://www.myspace.com/lonniewalker

The Hogstompers >> 7:15 >> Allston folk fellows ...http://www.myspace.com/thehogstompers

$5 suggested donation!!  We'll be passin round the hat for the touring acts.

Poster by Adam G

A labor of love to say the least, I stickered, glued, and burned 200 of these gnarly samplers (thankfully with the help of multiple burners) to pass around out at SXSW, Boston, and my travels through out the summer.  It featured 24 (on the bandcamp) tracks of new and unreleased music from the artists we work with, booked in the past, and buddy rock bands that need to be heard.  There's a little something for everyone on here, I feel that it represents a large range of the great artists we have coming out of Boston; Starting off with the jaunty 60's pop of Mount Peru and ending with a taste of electronic beat music from my good friend Main Fader and a track from yours truly.  Thanks to all the bands for letting me use their tracks and Will Malizia for once again coming through with some forward thinking design.  Dig in!!

FREE DOWNLOAD

Track-listing 

1.  Mount Peru - Summer Jinx <> From the album My Sweetheart the Destroyer, out January 2011.  Boston, MA

2.    Lord Jeff  - Asleepwalking <> From their S/T album, out now on Ecstatic Peace. Boston, MA

3.    The Maine Coons - Ghetto Queen <> From the S/T album, released February 2011 on AMDiscs.  Austin, TX

4.    DOOMSTAR! - Night At The Movies <> From the digital single released January 2011.

5.    Soccer Mom - (A) Natural History <> From the upcoming You Are Not Going To Heaven 10”  out Spring 2011.  Boston, MA

6.    Soft Pyramids - Prisoner’s Tune <> From the debut release Electric Scenes, out March 2011.  Boston, MA

7.    Get Help - Its Only Your Head*  <> From the upcoming album The Good Green Earth, out May 2011 on Midriff Records. 

8.    The Beatings - Scapegoats  <> From the album Late Season Kids, out now on Midriff Records.  Boston, MA

9.    Broken River Prophet - Persephone* <> From the forthcoming album 7 Sermons for the Dead, out TBA 2011.  Boston, MA

10. Heavy Water Experiments - Hermes Told Me So <> From the 7” Single, out now. Los Angeles, CA 

11. Ghost Box Orchestra - Oh The Moon Hangs Low <> From the album The Only Light On, out now.

12. Guillermo Sexo - Skyline* <> From an upcoming EP, out Spring 2011.  Boston, MA

13. Quilty - Lizard Queen <> From the digital Black Hole, released October 2010. 

14. You and Your Pointy Ears - You Have a Long Way to Meet the Devil <> rom the digital single, released December 2010.  Boston, MA

15. Earthquake Party! - BRAINS! <> From the Summer 2010 Demos.  Boston, MA

16. Future Carnivores - (And You Call Yourself a) Carnivore? <> From the February 2011 Demos.  Boston, MA

17. QUILT - Children of the Light* <>  From the upcoming album Gome, Summer 2011.  Boston, MA 

18. The Hogstompers - Whats West of The Sun* <> From a forthcoming 2011 release.  Boston, MA

19. Chris North & The Dream Parade - Architects of love and Forgiveness <> From the S/T EP out released December 2010.  Boston, MA

20. Main Fader - Keepings Cosmic Company <> From a forthcoming 2011 release.  Boston, MA

21. MEDALLION - Get Pitted!! <>  From the Taylor Dunes CS out on AMDiscs Summer 2011.  Boston, MA

Newly added tracks from rad Boston acts that made the trek!

22. Static of the Gods - Lake Effect <> From an upcoming EP, Summer 2011.  Boston, MA

23. Young Adults - Drifing <> From the album Black Hole, out Feb 2011 on AMDiscs.  Boston, MA

24. Old Bricks - Limb

ENJOY!!!  I still have 30 or so left so if you would like one of them, send over an email!

The Boston Phoenix just announced their nominations for the 2011 Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll time to support some great local artists and do some online voting!!  You can vote once per day every day up and until the deadline which is May 12, which if my math is correct you can vote for a total of 44 times!!!

Guillermo Sexo's video for the single "Neon Lights" was nominated in the Best Video category. Watch "Neon Lights"

Mount Peru rocked the sock off Precinct at the Soft Pyramids release show March 9th (seems like an eternity ago already) and are up for the illustrious Best New Act Poll.  They released the spectacular album My Sweetheart the Destroyer earlier this year, which you can stream and purchase on their bandcamp.  

The Points North are also up for Best Roots/ Americana Act   You can DL a new track from the new project of lead man Chris North HERE

Other noms we supports

Young Adults - Best Punk Act

Chris Keene (Mean Creek) or Eldridge Rodriguez - Best Male Vocalist

Girlfriends, Viva Viva, Bodega Girls - Best Live Act ...toughest decions here. 

Vote as you like,.. but I recommend these!!....and whatever you do, DON'T VOTE for SAM ADAMS in RAP/ HIP HOP that kid needs to go away as soon as possible. 

You can thank the fine gentlemen at Union Press in Somerville for the creation of this beast.  We'll have be a limited amount (30 or so) for sale at the show for $5, so grab one of these to support!!...since we're already giving out the cd for free and all.

ps...The internet does not do the justice to how fuckin awesome these posters look and feel in person.  

>>>UNION PRESS