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Wild Flag is a new rock supergroup featuring Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weis of Sleater-Kinney, Mary Timony of Helium, and Rebecca Cole from Minders. They’ve been working on their debut LP with producer Chris Woodhouse via Merge. The first frenetic wave of their flag is the single “Glass Tambourine,
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Arctic Monkeys have posted a new song and video to their YouTube Channel, the groovy and riff-driven “Brick by Brick”. The video interplays a record player with the actual making of a record. James Ford is reportedly working with the band in Los Angeles on their follow-up to 2009’s
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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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And another track drops from the forthcoming, self-titled Holy Ghost! album. “Wait and See” is pretty different from the odd dance “Do It Again” was doing, but it’s still a big win in my book. My ears are watering at the thought of hearing the rest of this LP.
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Weedeater’s new LP is a heavy piece of work. This album’s got a lot of rumble to it, but I’d say the sound here grinds your ear drums more than it shake’s ’em. The filthy distortion and Dave Collins’ trademark vocals make a great combo on
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Yuck’s latest album is a fun embrace of the sound on classic albums from Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, Elliott Smith, and many more artists and bands considered “90s.” While this album is an alright place to visit, it’s hard to exactly describe where you are. That’s
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Balkans are an up-and-coming Atlanta outfit with some serious guts. Their new single for “Edita V” calls out to both the Strokes and the Walkmen, but doesn’t follow their footsteps too closely. Without resorting to screaming or distortion, the music bleeds aggravation. I’m really loving the thin, crunchy
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New video for the Yuck Track, “Holing Out.” Be careful, though, because it’s definitely NSFW–unless your place of employment allows nude women and blood splatter. If you’ll allow me to use a “baby” metaphor, this definitely sounds like Yo La Tengo and Dinosaur Jr. had one. There’
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This April, Times New Viking will drop their latest album, Dancer Equired, on Merge Recs. This humble little number from it is “No Room To Live.” Album after album, the band has maintained a lo-fi sound, but it’s worked so generously for them. To be honest, things are a
