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The Raveonettes – I Wanna Be Adored video and mp3 download

You can download the mp3 for free here:
http://50.drmartens.com/tracks/i-wanna-be-adored

The Vaccines – If You Wanna (DEMO)

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This demo from new UK band The Vaccines floored us when we heard it. Eddie Cochran meets The Jesus And Mary Chain by way of Stiff Records? We love it!

The Vaccines – “If You Wanna (Demo)”

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http://thevaccines.co.uk/

Similarities and Influences (Interpol and The Chameleons)

Interpol’s Sam Fogarino has been drumming professionally for nearly 20 years.

Fogarino played with the South Florida act, The Holy Terrors as part of a music scene that also produced Marilyn Manson, Jack Off Jill, Saigon Kick and The Mavericks.

He was asked to join Marilyn Manson after the departure of Sara Lee Lucas in 1995. He turned them down and moved to New York instead. In 1996, Fogarino left South Florida to move to Gainesville (played in a band called Gus, with Jason Lederman), then finally settled in New York City in 1997. He first met guitarist Daniel Kessler in 1998 when he was selling vinyl in Beacon’s Closet, a clothing store in Brooklyn. With more than 10 years playing experience, he joined Interpol in 2000 after original drummer Greg Drudy left the band. Fogarino played his first show for Interpol on May 20, 2000 at the Mercury Lounge.

In early 2007, Fogarino joined with former Swervedriver frontman Adam Franklin to form a side-project band called The Setting Suns. Since then, the duo have changed their name to Magnetic Morning and released a six-track EP on iTunes.

Read Sam’s blog post here about drumming and influences:

http://samfog.com/journal/in-moving-forward.html

Best Coast

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The Rifles

The Rifles are an indie rock band formed in Chingford, London, England in 2004. They are heavily influenced by The Clash, The Jam and 90s Britpop.

Their debut album No Love Lost was released on 17 July 2006 which peaked at #26 in the UK charts. Their highest charting single is Repeated Offender which reached #26.

They released their second album entitled Great Escape on 26th January 2009 (originally scheduled for 13th October 2008 release), which peaked at #27 in the UK charts and reached the number 2 slot in the UK indie charts. The first single from the album Fall to Sorrow was also released that day.

The Rifles – ‘Toe Rag’

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http://www.therifles.com

Young Rebel Set

Young Rebel Set

“The mysterious troubadours that form Young Rebel Set preach full-blooded tales of tough love, hard luck and the triumph of romance against the odds.

Every spit and sawdust jig is spun from the blood, sweat, tears, toil and glory of an extraordinary group and woven into a rousing patchwork of gritty urban folk.”

Recommended if you like: Frightened Rabbit, Admiral Fallow

http://www.youngrebelset.co.uk/

Preorder and download Adam Franklin’s new album today

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http://secondmotionrecords.com/artists/adam-franklin/i-could-sleep-for-a-thousand-years-116.html

For Swervedriver fans, Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody’s latest full length, ‘I Could Sleep For A Thousand Years’, is available for order now from Second Motion Records.

Also Adam’s 6 song acoustic set and interview for Jack Rabid’s Rabid in the Kennel can be streamed and downloaded right from their player.:

http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=10534

Ex Norwegian

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Ex Norwegian is an indie rock band (power pop / shoegaze) who formed in Miami Beach, FL in 2008. The band name is a Monty Python reference, and consists of Roger Houdaille (vocals and guitar), Carolina Souto (bass guitar and vocals), and Arturo Garcia (drums and vocals).

Ex Norwegian launched at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City 2008 mere months after their formation, and released two singles: the irresistible Shins-styled folk-pop “Something Unreal” (video below) and the 7” vinyl release “Dance Trance Pants” which falls neatly somewhere in between The Killers and seventies glam epitomized by bands like T. Rex. The enthusiastic response to these singles was accompanied by numerous live performances throughout the US in addition to an appearance on European TV network Sky News where the band performed before millions of viewers excited by the group’s youthful energy and sound described as an “…eclectic mix of powerpop, shoegaze, indie rock, and even hints of stoner rock” by Exploding In Sound.

Ex Norwegian’s second album, Sketch, will be released June 22, 2010.

Ex Norwegian – ‘Jet Lag’, from Sketch

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You can buy the album Sketch here and sample more songs.

 

Dead Meadow

Dead Meadow

Dead Meadow met in the DC punk/indie scene, though their music draws from more faraway sources. The band formed in the fall of 1998 from the ashes of local bands The Impossible Five and Colour, when singer-guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin set out to fuse their love of early 70’s hard rock and 60’s psychedelia with their love of writers J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft.

http://www.deadmeadow.com/

Dead Meadow – ‘At Her Open Door’

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Recommended if you like: The Warlocks, The Black Angels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Darker My Love

Tame Impala

Tame Impala are a three piece psychedelic rock band from Perth, Western Australia. The band consists of Kevin Parker (lead guitar and vocals), Dominic Simper (bass guitar) and Jay Watson (drums and backing vocals). Their name refers to the impala, a medium sized antelope. Their musical sound draws from a wide range of influences (most notably Cream and Germany’s Colour Haze) and they like to see themselves as “a steady flowing psychedelic groove rock band that emphasizes dream-like melody.” The band signed a worldwide deal with boutique label Modular Recordings in mid 2008.

Buy Tame Impala’s album InnerSpeaker from iTunes

Recommended if you like: MGMT, Surfer Blood, Darker My Love

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