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May 162012
Hot New Music: Ty Segall and White Fence “Hair”– Album Review
If you have ever wondered what it would sound like to cut and paste every major development and style of garage rock into one record, Ty Segall and White Fence’s Hair might be your answer. There are elements of the Standells, the Sonics, 80s retro (and slightly country) Paisley Undergrounders Green on Red—and even recent psych rockers like the Crystal Stilts but with a unique collage-y quality that is all their own. Like all good garage rock, Hair gets straight to the point and sticks to it; sort of. These [...]
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May 142012
Simian Mobile Disco “Unpatterns” — Album Review
On their own, Jas Shaw and James Ford do a multitude of things within the music world. They produce, engineer, DJ and create music together as Simian Mobile Disco. The UK electro duo have been part of the EDM scene for more than five years and released their first effort, Attack Decay Sustain Release, back in 2007, which was straight electro. Their second album in 2009, Temporary Pleasure, had more of this electropop backbone to it, while their recent release, Unpatterns, is more of downtempo EDM/minimal techno album. This album [...]
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May 72012
Beach House – Bloom – Album Review
From a musician’s standpoint, it would seem that Beach House has attained the perfect career trajectory. Acclaimed debut, Pitchfork BNM’ed sophomore effort, including high-profile mentions in Rolling Stone and Spin, and the eventual hat trick completed with 2010’s Teen Dream, a veritable masterpiece that seemed to be the accumulation of everything they’d been working toward. And it was everything; tight, concise, loose, fuzzy, warm, heartbreaking—all without coming off stilted. But, as with sports dynasties, the problem with this pattern becomes the growing expectation from fans. Given the extraordinary amount of [...]
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May 12012
Cut Chemist – Outro (Revisited) – EP Review
It has been six years since renowned turntablist, Cut Chemist, has released any new original music, but the former Jurassic 5 member has just released his Outro (Revisted), a four-track EP that includes the original track, with an instrumental and two remixes. He recorded the track as an ode to the tough times he faced after being released from jail. The song starts off with someone saying, “I feel the earthquake coming,” before going into a hard-hitting episode of beats with fast spitting rhymes that go on for almost a minute without [...]
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Apr 272012
Mariee Sioux – Gift For The End – Album Review
Indie folk singer Mariee Sioux has come out with her sophomore effort, Gift For The End, just released in the U.S. on April 17, 2012 on Whale Watch Records. This album marks a definitive shift into an increasingly complex yet subtle patchwork of songs that call for patience and careful listening. Sioux’s 2007 release Faces in the Rocks, acquired her spots touring in support of and alongside fellow new folk aces Joanna Newsom, Alela Diane, Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star), Michael Hurley, Marissa Nadler, and coveted performances at Bumbershoot and Brooklyn’s Northside [...]
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Apr 272012
Emily Wells – Mama – Album Review
Emily Wells: She can play, she’s borderline super talented, she plays multiple instruments, writes her own songs, complete mastery over a very powerful yet very subtle voice—However, I think whether or not you like Wells’ music will definitely depend on your expectations. Emily Wells has been a Suzuki-method taught violinist. She has grown up as the most talented and most impressive artist that anyone in any of her possible social circles could have known. Any instrument she even glances at, she can master—she can emulate anything the singing voice of the most [...]
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Apr 252012
Album Review – Dante Vs. Zombies – Buh
Dante Vs. Zombies are a group of strapping young chaps and lassies with a romantically delusional outlaw vibe, who “materialized out of thick air in September 2009.” Hailing from Texas and residing on the Eastern limits of Los Angeles, they have stirred together some beach boy beats and swanky vocals to create a sound I can only name as “Beach Blanket Emo Pop:” However, they chose “Spaghetti Western Jungle Pop Anthems.” This will be the first full-length album released via Neurotic Yell, titled Buh. This ten-track ball of sunshine and shake worthy tunes is a definite success for this [...]
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Apr 242012
Hot Band Alert: Magic Wands – Aloha Moon – Album Review
Glittering with all the sexy radiance of a budding electro pop duo, Magic Wands are more than just a young girl and boy who make sugary dance tunes. The duo composed of Chris and Dexy Valentine, now reside in Los Angeles by way of Nashville. These young bloods have managed to create an enchanting debut album that tip-toes across various striking genres. From the shoegaze haze you are left with after listening to title-track, “Aloha Moon,” to the edgy pop number (and their hit single) “Black Magic,” all the way [...]
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Apr 242012
Hot New Music: Frankie Rose – Interstellar – Album Review
Interstellar by Frankie Rose takes me right off the launch on an anti gravity drift with some beautiful lush pads and sweet innocent sounding vocals. Soon after the anti-gravity switch is turned off—the drums start kicking up on a pounding thump-thump-thump, along with a catchy melody of a feminine take over. Frankie Rose representing Brooklyn, NY released her latest production debut Interstellar, on Slumberland Records. Stemming from notable projects such as Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and Vivian Girls (a few existing Grimy Goods favorites)—Frankie joins producer Le Chev to [...]
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Apr 232012
Hot Band Alert: Spider Fever – Self-Titled – Album Review
For any experienced musician or songwriter there comes a time in their career when they are ready to move on to something new. More often than not, it’s the lead singer or bassist or even rhythm guitarist who will write a few songs on the side and venture off into solo territory. Very rarely, however, does this happen with the drummer. Ringo Starr probably should have stuck with the backbeat, and even Travis Barker had his difficulties before finding solo stardom with his kit and sticks. Mario Rubalcaba has bucked [...]
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