Cold Crush Records is the new joint label created by former Murder City Devils and current Pretty Girls Make Graves bassist Derek Fudesco and Dim Mak Records' Steve Aoki. Quirky-in-an-odd-way, dual keyboard band Hint Hint (Graceland booker Jason Lajuenesse plays drums) will be the imprint's first release with a six-song EP CD/LP that should hit stores in December. The label will also put out a full-length of the Hookers, the scarcely seen band that featured PGMG singer Andrea Zollo, Dann Gallucci, Spencer Moody, and Fudesco prior to MCD's formation, doing "Broken Glass," "Boom Swagger Boom," "Officer," "Cradle to the Grave," and Tell You Brother."
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On Wednesday, September 25, at the Croc, Sub Pop's Iron and Wine played to an attentive audience comprising largely what appeared to be students, who remained so respectfully quiet during the long, impressive set that even singer/songwriter Sam Beam remarked on the peep-free crowd. Friends and longtime supporters of Iron and Wine, Carissa's Wierd, closed out the evening with a beautifully augmented, although short, couple of songs. If you haven't seen CW in a while you should check them out, as the new lineup of this ever-changing band is their best incarnation yet.
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Hallelujah to the folks at the Showbox who helped nab the yucky guy who's become infamous for pressing his wang on would-be Riot Grrrls who go to Sleater-Kinney shows. See our news section for a full account of his arrest.
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And some advice to the young, which should, if observed, end the exasperating occurrence of after-parties that are shamefully lacking in booze: BYOB! Racks and half racks, people. Flasks, 40s, and other selfish fortifications do not count, nor do they contribute to the longevity of a party.