Toca Tono opening for the Mexas
Cuatro de Mayo
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That many-splendored thing
Love is a “many-splendored thing.” It is full of surprises and rewards, and it is tempting to ingrain the wonderful aspects of a relationship to memory while blurring out the least-favorable moments.
But realistic love is full of nuance. Yes, there are ups and downs, but there are scary turns and sudden stops. We are faced with complications that aren’t black and white, choices that you never saw coming and have no easy answer. Sometimes love is true but can lie, sometimes it is duplicitous but authentic.
We are in love with love– with the comfort of companionship, and the ideal of commitment. But who, in a relationship, has not been crossed by temptation? Who has not experienced love turning to hate at the next dawn? When have you hated the fact that you were in love and felt helpless about it?
- DLZ – TV on the Radio
- Pregnant – Cold War Kids
- Howlin’ For You – The Black Keys
- Down Boy – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Sister – She Wants Revenge
- The Recluse – Cursive
- Love Is a Murder – The Constellations
- You Don’t Know What Love Is – The White Stripes
- Aint No Rest For The Wicked – Cage The Elephant
- Happiness is Overrated – The Airborne Toxic Event
- Alone – The Morning After Girls
- X’Plotation – Microfilm
- All Of The Above – The Phenomenal Handclap Band
- Holdin On To Black Metal – My Morning Jacket
- Desperate Guys – The Faint
- Famine Affair – Of Montreal
TouchToneTelephone is now TOCA TÓNO
Simpler is better, and the band has decided a quicker shorter name better embodies the border rock sound. Plus, the figurative connotations of toca (touch) and tóno (sound) have a much better appeal 
Cheers to that– and to the future. Let’s keep the border bumpin’ !!!
^ download the latest jam tracks ^
2 for U
I’ve long given up on this one-time amazing band. When I was a kid, their sounds seemed to permeate the very atmosphere– later i would discover it was just the radio. And for my entire adolescence this band could do no wrong (yes, not even “Discotheque”, cause the rest of Pop really kicked butt). But something happened about 10 years ago.
It wasn’t even the 11 missing numbers, or the bad song that followed, but something about that mirthful fancy-free lead-in to “Vertigo” really got to me– it was almost asking not to be taken seriously. And I TRIED not to take it seriously… but by that time I had already heard how good U2 could be. I mean, these guys had just created a soulful, mature, emotive blues sound for a soundtrack and they shelved it for…. THIS?!!! Nah, man, can’t have it 
Looking back, I think Atomic Bomb seemed to portend an apathy for their own music, by extension, their fans, and eventual slide into irrelevancy. So sad. These guys really should have called it quits at the turn of the century, but oh well. Must be a contract issue, cause they’ve been calling it in ever since.
Nevertheless, I present to you my all-time favorite albums from the fab Irish four. These are the sounds of progressive, devoted musicians, instead of the tired, repetitive pseudo-religious banter we get from them now. No, no, no, my friends, these are the gems of the 80′s– hahaha. A back-to-back complete collection of Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree; including, of course (cause this is how i roll), some sweet bonuses and b-sides from my personal collection.
Click the custom-made album art for the track listings. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. So get ‘em now, before the government shuts down Mediafire. (knocks on wood)
• The Unforgettable Fire (Complete)
Enjoy
ИYÛ МIХ
DodoNest is proud to present a new feet-tapping, indie rock mix for your phonic enjoyment.
This one starts off indie, with the likes of mastermind Jack Conte; works itself easily into an electronic mood via the untamed Kasabian; then sums it all up with a rocker feel thanks to the heavy-guitar sounds of Bravery and the fledging act Surfer Blood. Do lend a special ear to our very own Touch Tone Telephone, closing the set with their signature track, On Strings.
1. Starlight – Jack Conte
2. Cold War – The Morning Benders
3. Cool Yourself – Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
4. Disappointed – Ivy
5. Do You Want It All – Two Door Cinema Club
6. I Hear Voices – Kasabian
7. Ghosts – Ladytron
8. Watch The Tapes – LCD Soundsystem
9. Enemy Gene – Of Montreal
10. Wasted Daylight – Stars
11. No Brakes – The Bravery
12. Machu Picchu – The Strokes
13. Miranda – Surfer Blood
14. Hold Me Down – Minus the Bear
15. On Strings – Touch-Tone Telephone
Day of the Dead 2011
This Friday saw the great Day of the Dead celebration in the borderland. We had an awesome, festive, and music-filled night. Nearly everyone was in costume and the crowd was ready to shake their calaveras.
with the mad scientist, a luchador/saxophonist, and Big Bird... it's a PARTY
Tone Tone went on at 10:30, after the flamenco dancers, and we lit the stage on fire with our aptly-named opening song “Dia De Los Muertos.” The crowd was shortly on their feet thanks to the pumping cumbia beats, as we kept the sounds going for over an hour!
~ Special thanks to Rocio for joining us with her rhythm guitar; Richie with his saxy melodies; as well as the itinerant Maus who lent us his conga beats.
“Disintegration,” reintegrated
Re-integrated, now with more dread and gloom!
The Cure – Disintegration (Extended edition)
Presenting my very own recollected mix of the best gothic rock album The Cure put out. The regular tracks are there of course, but intermixed are some excellent songs that will make your experience completely new. With the unbelievably gloomy atmosphere in this mix you may just be tempted triple your dose of vicodin. YIKES!
Well, if Robert Smith had at this point in his career actually committed suicide, his ghost would’ve come back to make this record. That’s how dreary it feels 
- Plainsong
- Closedown
- Lovesong
- Fear of Ghosts*
- Last Dance
- Same Deep Water
- Homesick
- Lullaby
- Out Of Mind*
- Fascination Street
- Disintegration
- Babble*
- Pictures of You
- 2 Late*
- Prayers for Rain
- Untitled
- Pirate Ships*
The bonuses (*) are actual b-sides from my collection so the quality may not be the best on one or two, but don’t miss out on them because they really enhance the gloom of the rest of the tracks. So download it now and let it play while you drift off to sleep tonight–but watch out for the spider-man.
