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Rah Rah – “Parkade”
(This post originally appeared on Tympanogram.com on November 18, 2011) It’s only been 2 and a half months and I’m already realizing all of the things I miss about living in Western New York. One of them is that Toronto … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, music, reviews, songs, tympanogram
Tagged breaking hearts, canada, rah rah, regina, saskatchewan, tympanogram, video
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Introducing: A Happy Death
(This post originally appeared on Tympanogram.com on November 16, 2011) It’s really great to be a music blogger. I get the chance to listen to a ridiculous amount of music that I would normally not have any clue existed. Sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, EP, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged garage, happy death, nazi zombies, portland, psych, review, rock, tympanogram, vinyl
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New release: Hurricane Bells – “Tides and Tales”
Things just keep getting better over at the Hurricane Bells camp, and that’s saying something considering their first major appearance was on a platinum selling album. Hot off of a successful Pledge Music fund raising project, Steve Schiltz, lone permanent … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, news
Tagged hurricane bells, longwave, monsters, NY, pledge music, rochester, steve schiltz, tales, tides, twilight
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New release: Churches – “Save Me”
Churches is the new recording project of Caleb Nichols, the frontman of Oakland’s Grand Lake, former bassist of Port O’Brien, and touring member of WATERS and Release The Sunbird. On his first single, ‘SAVE ME’, Nichols teams up with WATERS … Continue reading
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Tagged caleb nichols, churches, grand lake, music, rogue wave, san francisco, waters, wye oak
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Album review: We Were Promised Jetpacks – “In the Pit of the Stomach”
Sometimes it just feels great to have some loud music blasting into your ears. It’s better if the sonic assault isn’t something that is relentless, rather persistent but giving and taking in all the right places. The band has a … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged indie rock, jetpacks, loud, pit, pit of stomach, rock, scottish, stomach, we were promised jetpacks
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Album review: Chad VanGaalen – “Diaper Island”
As a musician, and as someone that listens to a ridiculous amount of music, sometimes I am listening just for sounds. Sometimes the melodies and whether or not they are catchy take a backseat to the atmosphere that an album … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged 2011, calgary, canadian, chad van gaalen, diaper island, flemish eye, gaalen, indie, rock, tympanogram
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Album review: Wild Flag – “Wild Flag”
The much anticipated album from indie rock “super group” Wild Flag has finally arrived, giving everyone something to shout about. One could practically hear the reviewers proclaiming the, at that point unnamed project, “Best of the Year” after Carrie Brownstein … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, best of 2011, brownstein, cole, guitar, indie, pacific northwest, portland, rock, sleater-kinney, timony, weiss, wild flag
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Album review: Wooden Shjips – “West”
Wooden Shjips’ drone of ultra fuzzed out guitars aligns them with the trend of retro sounding new-music that seems to have exploded in the past couple of years. They are taking the psychedelic/early hard-rock sound and very much running with … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, drone, guitar, music, psych, psych rock, psychedelic, rock, thrill jockey, west, wooden shjips
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Album review: White Hills – “H-p1″
Heavy, unrelenting drones of guitar riffage that are spread out over an extended jam. That is how I would sum up the sound of White Hills’ “H-p1″ in one sentence. It isn’t totally fair to sum things up in one … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, drone, heavy, minimalist, post-rock, stoner, stoner-rock, thrill jockey, white hills
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