Monthly Archive:: July 2014

White Fence – “Like That”

Russell Bates | July 28, 2014

As briefly profiled in a recent LA Weekly piece, Tim Presley of White Fence is a highly prolific songwriter and musical jack-of-all-trades in the tradition of Robert Pollard, which

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Hooray For Earth – “Keys”

Russell Bates | July 26, 2014

Hooray For Earth aren’t afraid of the bombast. Their forthcoming album Racy (to be released on July 29th) has lots of big guitars, drums, and synthesizer noises, all of

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Bear in Heaven – “Time Between”

Amy Seidenwurm | July 13, 2014

Brooklyn’s Bear in Heaven have a new album out August 5th called Time Is Over One Day Old. It’s full of hypnotic goodness like “Time Between.”

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Raging Slab – “Don’t Dog Me”

Amy Seidenwurm | July 13, 2014

Raging Slab was making boogie rock out of New York back in 1989 when very few people wanted such things. This was the year of Bobby Brown’s “My

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Laetitia Sadier – “Then, I Will Love You Again”

Amy Seidenwurm | July 9, 2014

Since her Stereolab days, Laetitia Sadier has held a place in my heart for delivering smart and atmospheric music. Her new record is called Something Shines and it’s

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Strand of Oaks – “Shut In”

Amy Seidenwurm | July 9, 2014

Well, this is a gorgeous song from Timothy Showalter AKA Strand of Oaks. Timothy is from Indiana, and his new album HEAL is sometimes angry and sometimes contemplative,

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Twin Peaks – “I Found a New Way”

Amy Seidenwurm | July 9, 2014

Chicago’s Twin Peaks have a new record called Wild Onion coming out on August 5th, and if this first single is any indication, they’ve grown up a lot.

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Buddy – “Weak Currents” (free mp3)

Amy Seidenwurm | July 8, 2014

Here’s a new song from Buddy. His record Last Call for the Quiet Life comes out on August 19th. You’ll dig it if you like songs with clever