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https://soundcloud.com/polyvinyl-records/of-montreal-bassem-sabry-1/s-EMF9j I distinctly remember the term “asexual beige” being idiotically lobbed at of Montreal’s last record, Lousy with Sylvianbriar. The band’s subtle subversion of blues rock on that project definitely wasn’t what many were expecting after the manic chamber pop of Paralytic
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Veteran indie rockers Deerhoof mark their 20th year as a band with La Isla Bonita.
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Beloved indie rock vets Deerhoof have recently announced the release of a new album that will be dropping via Polyvinyl records this year. The title: La Isla Bonita. The release date: November 4th. PSYCHED! PUMPED! “Exit Only” is the first track the band has seen fit to release from the
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“Lawrence Liquors” is the second single to drop from Xiu Xiu’s ninth LP Angel Guts: Red Classroom, after the stellar “Stupid in the Dark” back in November. Despite working with a limited instrumental palette of only a drum kit and analog drum machines and synths, Xiu Xiu is in
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of Montreal has just shared the third single from its upcoming album lousy with sylvianbriar. With its crisp guitar tones, galloping pace, and another hard-hitting vocal performance from frontman Kevin Barnes, “belle glade missionaries” doesn’t at all pull back from the badass 60’s rebel rock esthetic of previous
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After last month’s “fugitive air,” of Montreal is back with the second single from its upcoming album lousy with sylvianbriar, “she ain’t speakin’ now.” The track is a tumultuous piece of 60’s psych rock, featuring a tour de force vocal performance from front man Kevin Barnes. Barnes
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Home recording artist Shugo Tokumaru is about to drop a new LP on Polyvinyl records on the 22nd of this month. In Focus? is the title, and “Katachi” is a cute little tune from it. It’s a smile-inducing piece of pop with zany instrumental accompaniment from what sounds like
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In 1996, of Montreal released Cherry Peel, a delicate, sensitive, and heavily Beatles-indebted debut album that rivaled even the Fab Four in terms of simplistic pop songwriting. Ten albums later, Kevin Barnes and company have released a plenitude of fantastical concept albums, gotten married to glossy synths and dance beats,
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A new video from Deerhoof for the track “Secret Mobilization,” which I remember reminded me of Steppenwolf a lot when I reviewed the band’s latest album, Deerhoof vs. Evil. I vividly remember Deerhoof winning that battle, too! Moral of the story: Never put an alien you think is dead
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New track from New York’s Vivian Girls. “I Heard You Say” comes from the trio’s upcoming album, Share the Joy, which is set for a 4/12 release on Polyvinyl. Get the track for the price of an e-mail address through the link below. MP3: Vivian Girls- I
