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New Music

Ty Segall Band – Crank Up the Fuzz With “Wave Goodbye” / “Slaughterhouse” Drops June 26

April 27, 2012

While Ty Segall has released a number of solo albums, “Slaughterhouse” (to be released June 26 on In The Red) will mark the first time he’s dropped some fuzzy goodness for us with his touring band, which includes Mikal Cronin, Charlie Moothart, and Emily Rose Epstein. Stream “Wave Goodbye” below; the presser promised it’ll “melt [...]

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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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S. Carey – “Two Angles” / EP “Hoyas” Now Available Digitally

April 25, 2012

I’m not really sure how to describe S. Carey’s music. It’s like a subtle whisper speaking to you from among the breeze; a nuanced beat pacing through an overcast day. Whatever you want to call it, it’s pretty freaking beautiful. Check out “Two Angles” below; his EP “Hoyas” can be purchased digitally already; or you’ll [...]

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Great Lake Swimmers – “New Wild Everywhere” Video / Currently Touring (#yegmusic May 6)

April 20, 2012

If you’re reading this Friday, or even Saturday, I’m in the midst of my sixth and final course trying to attain my accounting designation. I’m also officially “between jobs”, with my last day at Lilydale yesterday (again, if you’re reading this Friday); and I start at Direct Energy on Monday. In the meantime, we have [...]

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Yellow Ostrich – “Marathon Runner” Video

April 18, 2012

This is the new video for Yellow Ostrich‘s “Marathon Runner”. Directed by Matthew Lessner, the track is off the album “Strange Land”, out now on Barsuk Records. We’re big fans of Y/O here at NMM, and have mentioned them quite a few times previously. To be honest, though, I’m not exactly sure what they’re trying [...]

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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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Hot Panda – “Future Markets” / New LP “Go Outside” Drops July 17

April 18, 2012

It’s been a while since I talked about Vancouver’s Hot Panda. In fact, I may still be a bit better since they moved away from Edmonton in 2011, after scoring a remarkable album, “How Come I’m Dead”, in 2010 (in fact, it easily made it into my top ten of the year). They were further [...]

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Warning Light – “Slept On the Shore”

April 17, 2012

Drew Haddon (aka Warning Light) has more releases than you can shake a stick at, but the shimmering effervescence of his drone stylings are like a push-pull effect. You feel at once pushing towards a goal, and yet being pulled left and right along the way, trying to veer off course. I find it quite [...]