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album preview: of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks

(post originally appeared on December 19, 2011 on Tympanogram.com) I’ve been a fan of of Montreal since hearing the Icons Abstract Thee EP that came out following their amazing, pace-setting album Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?They also hold the … Continue reading

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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

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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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Hurricane Bells finishing new album

Hurricane Bells has released a fantastic full length and and equally fantastic EP in the past couple of years. The latest release, “Tides and Tales”, will be released through Steve Schiltz’s own Invisible Brigades imprint. I’ll let him do the … Continue reading

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EP review: TV Torso – “Status Quo Vadis” EP

(Originally appeared on Tympanogram here)   Have you ever had one of those “Ah HA!” moments when listening to a band? No, I’m not talking about Norweigan one hit wonders and official musical group of the 1996 Winter Olympics in … Continue reading

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New album: tUnE-yArDs – “w h o k i l l”

This post originally appeared on tympanogram.com on April 20, 2011, here. There has been much talk online about w h o k i l l, the 2nd full length album from Merrill Garbus’ near-solo project tUnE-yArDs. Every review places it … Continue reading

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Jerseyband Kickstarter project

This post was originally published at here at Tympanogram.com on April 15, 2011: Jerseyband is a unique group. They play a style of music that they have dubbed “lungcore” – a hard-edged version of prog-metal fronted by a horn section. … Continue reading

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Record Store Day, 2011

Record Store Day this year is April 16th, this coming Saturday. In case you aren’t aware, it is the annual celebration of independent music stores. If I remember correctly it started out as a pretty small endeavor with only a … Continue reading

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New Grand Lake single

Grand Lake, having recently released their truly wonderful EP “Leaves Ellipse” has now put out the 2nd single from that EP. “Christmas, California”, described perfectly by Grand Lake bandleader Caleb Nichols as “drenched in springtime sunshine, total California ear-candy.” It’s … Continue reading

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Album review: Radiohead – “The King of Limbs”

We can always count on Radiohead to change the game from album to album. Because of this I feel that their latest album, “The King of Limbs”, deserves something beyond the usual track by track review. Everything that Radiohead does, … Continue reading

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