Monthly Archive:: August 2014
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Johnny Marr is the Smith we need now. As his former bandmate descends further into his unique brand of curiously indefensible madness, Marr, ever the workman, soldiers on,
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With a Laurel Canyon-esque lilt and sun-dappled harmonies that would make Roger McGuinn proud, LA’s own Allah-Lahs may yet slide into that oft-coveted spot of the unofficial sound
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Like shoegaze slowed down to half-speed, “There’s a Girl in the Corner” by Scot rockers The Twilight Sad layers and layers chiming guitars and synths to extremely satisfying
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Kyle Connolly is 23, from Toronto, and very talented. He wrote a bunch of songs, recruited a band to play them and called it WISH. The self-titled debut
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In line with Blue’s post below, there seems to be a new wave resurgence going on right now and it doesn’t sadden me one bit. Merchandise are a
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This may be only one man’s opinion, but you can never be too heavily influenced by The Smiths. More, I say! More jangling guitars, more bouncing basslines and
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You’d be forgiven for thinking you stumbled into the heady days of the ‘Aughts after hearing the new track from Bishop Allen, “Start Again.” The keyboard drone, the
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Moonface is Spencer Krug and sometimes some other people, but mostly it’s Spencer. He’s been in a lot of bands, many of which are still around, including (but
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“Let You In,” the latest offering from LA/SF fuzzsters Terry Malts, is arguably the most rollicking two minutes you’ll experience this summer that doesn’t require a partner. A
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Bands rarely sound how you imagine them to based solely on their name, yet Horse Thief is one of those elusive onomatopoeiac groups. I’d expect them to be
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