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A catchy, fun, and lo-fi garage pop gem from the new YRRS 7″, which is set for release via Keep It Yours on June 25th. The video itself is a smattering of clips from the Larry Clark film Another day in paradise. Ooo, James Woods!
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SURF/SLUDGE 7" by Black Gum Hailing from Austin, Texas, Black Gum is a band that makes surf-influenced pop/rock that’s a little rough around the edges. They recently put out their Surf/Sludge 7″, which seems to be the followup to a self-titled cassette the group released
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This is cool. “Calmer than You” is the first track that Trash Kids have released off of the forthcoming debut album “Get Lost.” Its an instrumental psychedelic song, but what it really gets correctly is the groove. This is an excellent example of how to do a bare song, no
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A charming lo-fi number from the band Us and Us Only. Whether or not the world needs another super 8mm-filmed music video is up for debate, but this band–on this particular track, at least–brings a nice spin to this abrasive style of indie rock. A beautifully played violin
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Ty Segall doesn’t play metal, but the cover to his forthcoming album is almost the most metal thing I’ve seen all month. Under the monicker “Ty Segall Band,” Ty has dropped a new track to his forthcoming album titled “Wave Goodbye.” It’s a heavy, acid-soaked, lo-fi psych
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Some dark and noisy sounds coming off this newly released Nihiti track, “My Fantasy Has Gone Too Far.” I’m not sure what the specifics of this fantasy are, but it sounds pretty twisted from the industrial combination of bang-clang percussion unsettling synth drones. Check out the previous track to
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Texas singing and songwriting legend Daniel Johnston has a new album out titled Space Ducks, which is in celebration of the new comic book he himself created. The SXSW showcase he played last month was actually the release party for it. The album features a seven new tracks from Johnston,
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Totally (EP) by The Bats Pajamas From Toronto hails The Bats Pajamas, a punk-indebted garage rock band that recently dropped an EP titled Totally. The EP follows the group’s full-length debut that was released in 2010, which, according to their Bandcamp, was recorded by Steve Albini. Throughout the release’
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It was just over a week ago that former Microphones frontman Phil Elverum announced the release of two new albums this year under his Mount Eerie project, but the prolific singer-songwriter hasn’t stopped there. Elverum has also revealed a new single entitled “To the Ground” that will precede the
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Ku Klux Glam ~ Ariel Pink R. Stevie Moore by R. STEVIE MOORE I just got turned onto this through our Facebook page, and I can’t believe I missed this. So, basically, this is a collaboration between two generations of self-recording enthusiasts. R. Stevie Moore has been releasing eccentric, homemade
