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“There are new songs… ‘pure psychedelic pop’ according to Ian after this week’s conference, Ian also said that Reni’s drumming was amazing ‘like the kid has got 8 arms!’.
Ian said the band wanted to announce the reformation the day after the UK riots.
Liam Gallagher has been in touch with them saying he’s going [...]
San Francisco band Moonbeams reminds one of My Bloody Valentine or The Horrors along with other bands mentioned on Alternapop in the past year: Whirr, Weekend, The Soft Moon, Young Prisms.
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Upcoming Bay Area Shows: 8/18 Stork Club @ Oakland 8/19 Hemlock Tavern @ San Francisco (part of Fuzzfest [...]
Hooray For Earth – “Sails” from Dovecote Records on Vimeo.
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Waiting For The Rain To Fall by Under Electric Light
After years of secretly singing over records as a child in his native Victoriaville (somewhere between Quebec city and Montreal, Canada), Danny Provencher started playing bass in his secondary school band. He then moved to Montreal where he started writing and producing electronic music on [...]
Freshly Picked Diamond by Vinyl Williams
Vinyl Williams is a one-person project by Lionel Williams that has had several members (namely Bryan Lee on drums) and has toured throughout the USA.
The musical style is usually referred to as psychedelic and ambient – additionally, the music has a pseudo-scientific direction involving exploration of “sonic [...]
Yuck, who hails from London, played two nights in a row this week at The Independent in San Francisco. They remind me of several 90s bands, many from Boston, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve never heard of any of them.
The Blake Babies (with Juliana Hatfield), Fuzzy and a non Boston band, Elastica.
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The Treasure Island Music Festival lineup is official (October 15-16, 2011):
Saturday: Empire of the Sun Cut Copy Death From Above 1979 Flying Lotus Battles Chromeo Dizzee Rascal Shabazz Palaces YACHT Buraka Som Sistema The Naked and Famous Aloe Blacc Geographer
Sunday: Death Cab for Cutie Explosions in the Sky Beach House The Hold Steady [...]
recommended if you like: Death Cab For Cutie, The Long Winters, Young The Giant, Jimmy Eat World
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Chromeo (rumor) Friendly Fires (expected) St. Vincent (rumor) Thee Oh Sees (expected) Warpaint (expected)
Other possibilities:
Battles (tour dates) Breakbot (tour dates) Death Cab For Cutie Foster The People (tour dates) Gang Gang Dance Mayer Hawthorne (tour dates) Portishead Thao And The Get Down Stay Down (tour dates) The Head And the Heart (tour [...]
Born Blonde, from London, is due to release their debut album later in 2011. Their sound is being compared to ‘Urban Hymns’ era The Verve.
They are playing London’s Balearic Shed on July 15 and are releasing their single today.
Download the mp3 for free from Born Blonde’s Pledgemusic site.
Order the 7″ from [...]
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