Tag: Indie
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Monarchy’s lovely cover of Beck’s “Lost Cause” will be on their Re|Vision EP, which will be nine cover versions and a remix. It will be released on the 15th of June. “Lost Cause” was commissioned by Julian Ballestros, a fan who supported the duo through the “choose a cover” option when they were doing their…
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“I’m not your springtime fantasy,” goes “Return,” a gem of a new song from Strange Names, a band consisting of recent New York transplants Fletcher Aleckson, Francis Ximenez and Liam Benzvi. The irony here is that “Return” actually feels like a red hot spring fling, coming at you from out of nowhere, laying it on…
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“I let them dress me up in other people’s clothes / But you still don’t wanna know,” sings Juliana Hatfield during “Invisible,” the melodious opening track to The Juliana Hatfield Three’s sophomore release Whatever, My Love. The other two of the three are drummer Todd Philips, and bassist Dean Fisher. And if this album hasn’t…
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Another year, another fantastic Record Store Day release by Garbage. This time around it’s “The Chemicals,” which features Brian Aubert of Silversun Pickups. But don’t expect it to sound like Silversun Pickups because it really doesn’t. At all.
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“It’s all good with me if I know it’s all good with you,” sings The Wombats’ frontman Matthew Murphy during “Pink Lemonade,” just one of many fun songs from their infectious new album, Glitterbug. And, guess what, it’s all good to me! It’s hard to believe it’s only the band’s third full-length album, considering their…
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The Dodo’s last album, Carrier, was made in the wake of the death of their live guitarist Christopher Remer (see also: Women). It was a record brimming with emotion and fairly complex arrangements, easily one of The Dodo’s best albums. Immediately following the making of that album, Meric Long and Logan Kroeber, who’ve always been…
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Ormonde is a duo who call Seattle, Washington their hometown. They are Robert Gomez and Anna-Lynne Williams. They met when Anna-Lynne traveled to Denton, Texas during the summer of 2008 to record a duet with John Grant, which was being recorded with Midlake in their studio. Robert was there recording guitar parts for the same…
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Butch Walker is one of today’s most incredible singer/songwriters and producers. But Ryan Adams produced this track, as well as the rest of Butch’s upcoming album Afraid of Ghosts, giving it a haunting hue through which Butch conveys a whole lotta emotion. This mesmerizing number is so gorgeous and flawless that we don’t even feel…
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You can now add Los Campesinos! to the ever growing list of bands who’ve released Christmas music during recent years. Their A Los Campesinos! Christmas EP features three holiday singles the band has released during the past few years along with two new covers and a new Los Campesinos! Christmas original. Gareth Campesinos! and company…
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God bless Antony Hegarty because I don’t think there’s another artist alive today who bares his soul quite like he does, laying himself entirely vulnerable during his songs to a point that you almost fear he’s going to have a breakdown on stage as you listen to this new live album. Of course, you know…
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Yes, they’ve gone and made a second video for “Left Hand Free.” And we happen to prefer this one! Get ready for one hell of a pool party!
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Lots of music is trippy. But there aren’t so many songs that take you on a trip. Well, there are plenty of psychedelic artists who do precisely that, but I’m talking about pop songs. What we have here is brilliant pop with just enough psychedelic flourishes to make their song, “Choose Yer Own Adventure,” take…
