Magnet City Kids (2008)

3 years later and I finally posted it... the whole Magnet City Kids set from the Burrito shop from March 22, 2008; enjoy!

2006 Compilation Tape

These tracks are from a compilation tape I released about 30 copies of back in 2006. I found the original tape the other day and decided this is a good a time as any to re-release it for free, this time in digital download form... There are 16 tracks by 12 bands/artists including The Yets, Doomsday Sleepover, The Brown Christmas and Ryanay. (running time approx. 60 min.)


For your listening pleasure, here it is (click picture to download):

Track list:
Side A:
01. The Yets - Purple Today
02. Coalition of the Willing - I Want To Touch It
03. Magnet City Kids - The Robot Knows
04. Ryanay - Can't Find Anyone
05. Steve Viegas - Halifax
06. Welcoming Vocal Wonderful & Keyboard My Friend - Alright Lover
07. Ryanay - Microphone
08. Steve Viegas - Rain
09. The Yets - Stealth


Side B
10. Doomsday Sleepover - The Darkest Shade
11. The Brown Christmas - The Torture Room
12. Mincemeat or Tenspeed - Frankenstein's Dead
13. The Brown Christmas - Joe and Mike Circus
14. Preach Biitter Sermons - Sleep Agreement
15. Human Adult Band - Hoop Dreams
16. Stranger Danger - Tachyon

Magnet City Kids (2005)

I've already posted part of this video here, but this clip is the first 11 or so minutes of the set, all I had recorded before the camera battery died, again, here are the Magnet City Kids at Learning Secrets on April 1, 2005.



(Around 6:37 into the video, someone gives the crowd ye olde pressed ham through a window, which, [un]fortunately, I did not capture)

Magnet City Kids (2005, 2008)

The Magnet City Kids, formerly of New Brunswick, came up from Philadelphia a few times over the past few years to play. The first video is from April 1, 2005 at the Learning Secrets festival at one of the Rutgers buildings on the corner of George St. and Nichol Ave. Other bands that played that day included Wolf Eyes (During the day? On a large stage? Well-lit? LAME), Nautical Almanac, and Gorgot (featuring King Darves).



This next video is from March 22, 2008, again at the burrito shop I used to work at. If I can ever find the original video of the whole set, more of this will be added in the future.

Buckets and Batteries (2003)

This is from about a year before I started going to New Brunswick shows and as such, was filmed by Ravi, the owner of the now-defunct Thinisu, an Indian/American fusion restaurant on Easton Ave. in New Brunswick. Members of Buckets and Batteries include Trevor Pennsylvania, most of the Magnet City Kids. Shot over the course of 8 hours on September 20, 2003 and mostly outdoors, this mini-documentary is an interesting watch. As of the writing of this, the sequel band, Pots and Powercells, which includes T. Penn, still plays shows in the New Brunswick area.