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A while back, I took on Mono/Poly’s debut album, Paramatma, in a video review. Overall, though the LP has some great ideas, it kinda spread itself thin by concentrating its efforts on a plethora of different sounds–you know, kinda like this. But that’s just all my
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On their latest single, Explosions In the Sky has condensed their usual sound into a 3-minute epic. It might be shocking for newer fans to hear the band put out something shorter, but it’s not like they haven’t experimented with being straightforward before. My issue is mostly with
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Mogwai’s latest album is a potent concentrate of the band’s usual formula. Rather than varying in volume throughout a given song, the compositions here concentrate on adding more and more layers of guitars, keys, and effects as each song progresses. It’s pretty krautrock of them if you
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New video for the Mogwai track “Mexican Grand Prix.” Does anybody else think this track breathes “krautrock”? Check my review of the band’s new LP, Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will right here. Look for the album on Sub Pop. –
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Coral is a collection of old and new sample-based ocean spray beats from Monster Rally, taken from their first 3 EP’s: EP, Palm Reader, and Color Sky. It includes new material as well. Influenced by the African highlife, Bahamian calypso and Tahitian nightlife, this LP is like sitting on
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Bad Panda Records is celebrating one year of odd and creative creative commons jams, and they’re releasing a free compilation to mark the occasion. It features 18 tracks, and there’s a lot of ground covered on this thing. From the filthy psych pop of Dumbo Gets Mad to
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Andrew Bird’s Useless Creatures, the companion album to last year’s Noble Beast, is getting its very own release on Bella Union. Look for it on 10/25 and download a track from it below right now: MP3: Andrew Bird- Hot Math /via/ –
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Ever since Dumbo Gets Mad released a second song, I’ve been revisiting the site that introduced me to the track: Bad Panda Records. The site’s promise of one free song every Monday may not seem like the most ambitious of undertakings, but when you’re talking about music
