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new track: Coat Hooks – “Popcorn Blues”
(Originally appeard on Tympanogram.com on December 27, 2011) Back in May I introduced you to a band out of Scotland that goes by the name Andrew Lindsay and the Coat Hooks. They had just released their fantastic The Whittling EP, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Lindsay, Coat Hooks, folk, music, pop, tympanogram
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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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Tagged hurricane bells, Invisible Brigades, New York, rochester, steve schiltz, Tides and Tales
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Album review: Priestbird – “Beachcombers”
Priestbird is the new moniker of former instrumental indie-prog outfit Tarantula A.D. It seems that tensions within the band came to a breaking point such that they didn’t feel they would be able to continue making music together. They split … Continue reading
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Tagged beachcombers, groovemine, Priestbird, psych rock, psychedelic, Tarantula A.D.
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Album review: Psychedelic Horseshit – “Laced”
For those of you out there that feel like White Fence’s release “Is Growing Faith” was a little too “mainstream” and accessible, you’ll be happy to know that Psychedelic Horseshit’s latest release, “Laced” is neither of those things. Psychedelic Horseshit … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, album, fatcat, groovemine, laced, music, psychedelic horseshit, records
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Album review: Joan of Arc – “Life Like”
The Chicago based math-rock outfit with steady lineup changes, Joan of Arc, adds to their already frighteningly prolific repertoire with their latest effort, “Life Like”. You know that you are in for a serious journey when an album begins with … Continue reading
Album review: Sloan – “The Double Cross”
Halifax natives Sloan are celebrating their 20th year as a band with an album full of hook laden power pop perfection. As usual the album title serves as a double meaning. Double cross meaning 2 xs, the Roman numeral for … Continue reading
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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EP review: Grand Lake – “Leaves Ellipse”
Grand Lake are following up last years exacting, skilled and expansive album “Blood Sea Dream” with an EP that plays their hand a little closer to their chest. “Leaves Ellipse” features intimate, homespun, heartfelt melodies brought to life with the … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, Uncategorized
Tagged 2011, ep, grand lake, leaves ellipse, west coast
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New Wonder Wheel on the way…
Friend of the blog, Wonder Wheel, has dropped a line to inform the internet public (that’s you) that their first proper full-length release is coming via a cassette release available through Burger Records in the coming months. Said release will … Continue reading
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Tagged brave new world, deep in the bottle, download, free download, IMHO, music, mywonderwheel, paul a rosales, Rosales, single, SoCal, wheel, wonder, wonder wheel
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