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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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James Blake’s debut album is loaded with gorgeous layers of synthesizers, beats, samples, and crooning vocals. When it comes to creating a series a pretty sounds, this guy’s album spins like gold. There’s more good than bad happening on this LP, certainly, but some moments here come
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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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Cloud Nothings’ self-titled LP for Carpark is a celebration of old school pop punk, and it’s filtered through a lo-fi lens. Is this album for you? Find out in this review: Review: Cloud Nothings- Self-Titled Stream tracks: /cloudnothings
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This past year, the Babies released two singles. I liked one a lot, but the other didn’t do too much for me. But this was to be expected. The band’s two leading musicians, Kevin Morby and Cassie Ramone, come from two very different bands: Woods and Vivian Girls.
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Last week, we posted about the up-and-coming psych rock outfit Tjutjuna. Their album is currently streaming in full, and is available for digital purchase now on their bandcamp. It’ll be on vinyl next week. This video is for the song “Mosquito Hawk.” A good guy named Sushigoat also reviewed
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Frankie Rose has been the backing beat for quite a few powerhouses in the lo-fi circuit: Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls, and Dum Dum Girls, for example. She’s released solo work before, but she’ll be doing it full-length style 9/21 with a new album on Slumberland. It’s
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New video for the track “Celestica” from Crystal Castles‘ new, self-titled album.
