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Bravestation – “Tides Of the Summit” / Debut Full-Length Drops July 10

May 18, 2012

I’ve spent the last couple of days in Calgary for my day job, but back in front of the home computer now, and can’t stop listening to this track from Toronto’s Bravestation. Kind of a fun little name too, though reminds me perhaps a bit too much of Superstation TBS, where the Atlanta Braves used [...]

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Onuinu / Dorian Duvall – “Happy Home” / Tour Dates / LP Info

May 11, 2012

If you asked me, which you didn’t, but in a way you sort of did since you’re hear reading my blog, I’d tell you the Portland scene has been heating up pretty significantly over the last year and a half. Dorian Duvall (who performs under the stage name Onuinu) is part of that scene, assembling [...]

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Joy Formidable – New Material For Summer Gigs

May 9, 2012

Ha. I just happened to mention the Joy Formidable a couple days ago in my interview with Sleepy Sun’s Bret Constantino, and poof, I get some incredible news yesterday about the Welsh band. They confirmed that they have finished recording all the tracks necessary for their sophomore album (and follow up to the incredible “The [...]

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Superhumanoids – Geri / Cover “I Wanna Be Sedated” / New Album Info / Tour Dates

May 3, 2012

One band I haven’t actually talked about this year yet, but I did spend a lot of time talking about them in 2011, is Superhumanoids. An incredibly awesome dreampop act out of Los Angeles, they have a swath of live shows coming up opening up for Active Child and Balam Acab (full itinerary below, but [...]

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Rah Rah – Stream New Track / LP “The Poet’s Dead” Drops This Fall / Tour Dates

April 27, 2012

HA! I was waiting for this announcement, and it’s even better news because we get a couple new tracks before I was expecting them by way of a 7″ release titled “Little Poems” on June 12 (Hidden Pony). In fact, the two tracks (the title track plus “I Could Tell You I’m Sorry”) will *NOT* [...]

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Violens – “True” Sampler / LP Drops May 15

April 26, 2012

Violens recently released a sampler of their new album “True”, which drops May 15th (Slumberland). We streamed “Unfolding Black Wings” back in February, but this stream adds two more tracks – “Totally True” and “Der Microarc”. I’m totally in love with all of the tracks, with an illustrious indiepop-meets-washwave-in-perfect-harmony vibe sweeping through this trio of [...]

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Best Coast – “The Only Place” LP Drops May 15 / Tour Itinerary

April 18, 2012

The other news of the week (besides the Sonic Boom announcement of course) is the new album for Best Coast. They too, like Hot Panda, easily scored in my top albums of 2010 with “Crazy For You”. California surf-pop at its finest, I was really hoping this band would find their way to Edmonton this [...]

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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).