19th June 2010 at 2:45 PM
Being compared to Black Lips, Mark Sultan and Teenanger, Montreal’s Demon’s Claws play exactly what you’d think they’d play, dirty garage rock ‘n’ roll music. Having toured with Black Lips as well as King Khan, the band are another example of the burgeoning garage rock scene that is taking place in Montreal.
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18th June 2010 at 3:20 PM
Wooden Wand is James Jackson Toth, a Tennessee-based singer/songwriter who has released material under said band, as WAND, and with the bands Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice and Wooden Wand & the Sky High Band. After his longtime contributor and wife Jexie Lynn Toth (the Vanishing Voice) quit during a multi-month tour, Toth settled down to write around 50 songs, but was later dropped from his label Rykodisc.
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17th June 2010 at 12:21 PM
Amsterdam’s Guitar/drum sample duo The Moi Non Plus got their name from Serge Gainsbourg’s song “Je T’amie…Mon Non Plus” and released their self-titled debut album last year. Members Bas Morsch and Leon Caren are also the creators of Subbacultcha!, an alternative music platform based in Amsterdam.
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16th June 2010 at 10:26 AM
Her latest EP called Florine was released last year and on it we hear Barwick’s voice catapulting the listener into a state of bliss from start to finish. The last track entitled “Bode” sounds like something religious with her voice layering over and over the hard to make out words. A truly captivating performer, the only thing left to wonder is the visual images your mind will think once hearing the songs.
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15th June 2010 at 12:34 PM
Norwegian multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Silje Nes is touring for the first time in two years in support of her latest album Opticks. This follows her 2008 debut entitled Ames Room, a solo bedroom creation featuring Nes’ soft wispy voice over slow ambient sounds.
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14th June 2010 at 6:42 PM
“If the Replacements had met Peter Sellers on the floor of a dive bar somewhere in the Midwest, they may have drunkenly thought up the Mannequin Men,” so says the bio on the band label’s website. The Chicago quartet formed in 2003 as an excuse hang out and released their first EP called Showbiz Witch [...]
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13th June 2010 at 1:17 PM
For a band with a name like Wussy many things may come to mind, yet this Cincinnati, Ohio based band really don’t do anything surprising besides provide fans with jangling guitars during their take on indie folk pop music. They’ve released three albums includeding their latest self-titled effort, released last year. Starting originally with Chuck [...]
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12th June 2010 at 2:29 PM
Buffalo born David Michael Stith, a.k.a. DM Stith, was surrounded by music as a child, but refused to pursue anything musically at a young age, instead settling for writing and illustration. Relocating to New York City and meeting My Brightest Diamond member Shara Worden changed things as he began recording some songs he’d written after [...]
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11th June 2010 at 7:10 PM
algary band Women’s self titled debut album was, according to their label “recorded by label-mate Chad VanGaalen over 4 months on ghettoblasters and old tape machines in his basement, an outdoor culvert and a crawlspace.” Upon first listen, the aforementioned description bears truth as it sounds like you are listening to a cheap cassette tape.
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10th June 2010 at 4:08 PM
Flocked by Pitchfork as one of the best songs of last year they didn’t really give a chance, PS I Love You’s track “Facelove” essentially broke the Kingston, Ontario band to the world. Featured on a 7” with Diamond Rings’ “All Yr Songs,” the track has pushed the band to release their own 7” entitled Starfield with plans to release a full-length sometime this year.
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