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Alt-Rock

Silversun Pickups – “Bloody Mary” / “Neck Of the Woods” Drops May 8

April 4, 2012

This band needs no introduction, does it. Not even really new music. But I do love the band, so here you go. This is the first single off their newest album “Neck Of the Woods”, which will drop May 8 (Dangerbird).

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Nice Purse – “Put It On Me”

January 25, 2012

I was just doing my usual surfing around the internet the other night and came across this band called Nice Purse from Minneapolis. Their newest album “Slumber Girls” is available on bandcamp, which is where I was listening to it. The first couple tracks I found intriguing, but not blow your mind. But the third [...]

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Thee Oh Sees – “The Dream” / Tour Dates

November 7, 2011

So here’s the deal – San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees obviously don’t qualify as “new music” per se, as the band itself has released several albums since 2004, and its frontman John Dwyer has been in a bunch of bands even before that, most notably Pink and Brown, and Coachwhips. In fact, Thee Oh Sees [...]

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The Sunshine Factory – “Down”

September 1, 2011

This track combines a number of interesting albums, it starts off all shoegaze-y then reminds one of some of Garbage’s best tracks, then gets all reverby and lo-fi. It’s the first track off the band’s “Sugar”, which was once an EP and then stretched into a full-length album. This unique little band is on the [...]

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The Dyadics

August 25, 2011

Kevin Kennedy and Matt Weston of The Dyadics met in September 2000 at the University of Western Ontario, where Kevin was studying classical guitar, and Matt was studying percussion. Their quartet in the early 2000’s was named Icewater, after which Kevin went on to play guitar for Neverending White Lights while Matt continued his studies [...]

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Howling Bells – Stream “Into The Sky” Video / LP “The Loudest Engine” Drops September 12 (Cooking Vinyl)

August 19, 2011

Australian-formed but now London-based, Howling Bells will release their newest album – “The Loudest Engine” – on September 12 (Cooking Vinyl). The followup to 2009’s “Radio Wars” was actually recorded in Las Vegas (talk about jetsetters) by The Killers’ Mark Stoermer; the band will perform a number of live shows in the United Kingdom prior [...]

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Wooden Shjips – Video / New LP / Tour Dates

August 15, 2011

Wooden Shjips – Black Smoke Rise from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo. Space/psychedelic rock band Wooden Shjips, hailing from San Francisco, will be releasing their newest album – “West” – on September 13 via Thrill Jockey Records; you can stream the first video for the album – “Black Smoke Rise” – above. They’re on tour [...]

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Manchester Orchestra – “Virgin”

August 4, 2011

Too be honest, I’ve been on the fence re:Manchester Orchestra so far. But this track, I REALLY like. REALLY like. Check out the video for “Virgin” above; it’s the sixth track off their most recent album “Simple Math”, which was released May 9th. It’s a nice haunting, somewhat dark guitar-centric track that definitely impressed the [...]