Weekly Playlist: 31 January 2014
Monthly Archive: January 2014
Download: Hillman Lighthouse – Change Your Mind
Channeling ’70s American arena rock by way of Sweden is Hillman Lighthouse. Readying the release of their debut LP, the band has issued “Change Your Mind,” the first single, for your listening pleasure. Stream and download “Change Your Mind” below…
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Download: Mat D and the Profane Saints – Sawmill Road
Gearing up for the release of Holyoke in March, Mat D and the Profane Saints have shared the album’s first single, “Sawmill Road.” Download “Sawmill Road” below and watch Mat perform “Gambling, Girls and Guns,” another Holyoke track, from Couch…
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Video: Meg Myers – Desire (NSFW)
Baby, I want to fuck you I want to feel you in bones Boy, I’m gonna love you I’m going to tear into your soul Two decades later, Sarah McLachlan’s “Possession” now plays out like a tale told by high…
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Bootleg: Neutral Milk Hotel Live at Bottom of the Hill
Heading to Philadelphia tomorrow to play two shows — both of which I’ll see — Neutral Milk Hotel has US and European dates scheduled through the summer. If you can I highly recommend doing so. Dates are here. If you can’t, enjoy this…
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Video: The Far West – Any Day Now
Looking ahead to next month already, the LA-based The Far West will release their sophomore album, Any Day Now, on 25 February. A cursory listen to the album brings to mind the grit and truth of ’70s era Kris Kristofferson….
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Weekly Playlist: 24 January 2013
Video: Wax Fang – The Astronaut
Is it coincidence that just yesterday NASA launched an unmanned rocket carrying the latest satellite into space while The Astronaut, the space-rock opera from Wax Fang, is scheduled to land next Tuesday, 28 January? To support the International Space Station,…
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Download: The Dirty Guv’nahs – Morning Light
Following up on their 2012 album, Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies, Knoxville, Tennessee’s The Dirty Guv’nahs will release Hearts on Fire on 11 March via the sextet’s own label, Summertown Records. In advance of the release, the band has issued “Morning Light,”…
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Download: Leif Vollebekk – Southern United States
Set to release his first album since 2010’s Inland, Montreal’s Leif Vollebekk has readied North Americana, his US debut, for next Tuesday 28 January. Watch the video for “Photographer Friend” and download “Southern United States,” the opening track from North…
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Review: Historian – Shelf Life
When consolidating beats akin to those from Radiohead’s Kid A, vocal refrains of Soft Bulletin-era Flaming Lips with guitar swells, syncopated jazz and stretched syllables … [It] Just can’t be perfect For studio concerns such as the Los Angeles-based Historian (Chris…
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Video: Tom Brosseau – Today is a Bright New Day
Coinciding with his first new album in five years, folk singer Tom Brosseau has issued a video for “Today is a Bright New Day” from his Grass Punks album which was released this week via Tin Angel Records (UK) and Crossbill Records…
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