Not only do we have some new stuff up at last, but we have new stuff that really and truly rocks. If you've been waiting with bated breath for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut full-length, the wait is over, and we promise you won't be disappointed. It's called Fever to Tell and you can stream a pair of songs from it on Eptionic. We've also just posted classic stuff from the Fire Records catalogue by Spacemen 3 and Teenage Fanclub, sun-stippled indie rock from those dreamy Silverlake faves Earlimart, fuzzy-wuzzy bubblegum garage from the up-and-coming Danish duo the Raveonettes, and lots more. Come check it all out! And keep coming back, more is on the way, and soon!
So we've finally been nominated for a Webby. Three years ago, when we were riding the dot-com wave towards a Technicolored techno-tomorrow with dollars signs in our eyes and fantasies of world domination on our brains, back when the ceremony still sorta seemed like a goofy internet version of the Oscars, the honor might have really gotten our juices pumping. But these are different times, for us and for the Webbies. In fact, the Webbies have fallen so far they won't even take place in an auditorium this year. Nope, they're going virtual, thanks to nominees' fears of traveling in a world that seems like it might erupt like a Roman candle any second, not to mention a U.S. economy that's be sagging lower than Kathy Bates's breasts. A true "riches to rags story," as the SF Chronicle astutely described it. We're fine with the virtual Webbys though, since none of us felt like going (or were able to). Plus, it's hard to take the damn event seriously when we're not even nominated in the Best Music Site category! Instead we're up against This American Life, KEXP Seattle, and a couple of others in the Radio category. We guess that's cool -- but hunh? Whatever. If you'd like to rock the Webby People's Choice Awards for Epitonic, you can do so at http://www.webbyawards.com/peoplesvoice (you can also write us in for Best Music site).
Then there's the little matter of the last newsletter. Giving a single individual responsiblity for the pronoun "we" can be a little dangerous. The views expressed in last week's newsletter are held by some individuals at Epitonic, but they do not speak for the Epitonic family as a whole or for the greater Palm Pictures organization. Moreover, said views are not the sort of thing many of you signed up for when you subscribed to the Epitonic New Music Newsletter. We apologize to those who were offended by Vol. 5, No. 2 and vow to avoid using the newsletter as a platform for individual political agendas in the future.
Don't forget to watch the Kentucky Derby tomorrow! Empire Maker is the odds-on favorite, but as you might have guessed, we're rooting for Peace Rules.
