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New Music

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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MS MR – “Hurricane”

May 11, 2012

I have to admit, this is the least amount of information I’ve ever had to go on from a band whose name I received via a bonafide press release. All I can tell you is this: (1) the band’s name is MS MR; (2) they’re from New York; (3) their track “Hurricane” (stream above) is [...]

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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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YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN – “A Star Over Pureland” / Tour Dates (including Edmonton and Sled Island)

May 4, 2012

Honestly, this band’s sound is pretty much indescribable by anyone. I’ll let them take a crack at it, though. YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN are a psychedelic noh-wave opera group fusing noise, metal, pop and folk music into a multidisciplinary hyper-orientalist cesspool of ‘east’ meets ‘west’ culture clash in giant monochrome paper sets. I saw their [...]

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Eternal Summers – “Correct Behavior” Set To Drop July 24

May 4, 2012

I’m about to do something I rarely do. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever done it before. Yes, I’m providing a link (this one right here) to Pitchfork to check out the track “Millions” by a duo turned trio from Virginia called Eternal Summers. It’s not something I like to do, pointing readers to [...]

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Lyonnais – “Modern Cavalry” Video

May 4, 2012

Lyonnais was founded by Atlanta natives Farbod Kokabi (guitar, synth, vocals) and Farzad Moghaddam (bass, synth, vocals), who shortly afterwards added Lee Tesche (guitar, vocals) and T.J. Blake (drums, percussion). The band plays uber-trippy post-drone that may just melt your socks off (definitely don’t be wearing any plastic when you listen to their tracks); and [...]

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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* [...]