“I just wanted to bash peoples heads into the wall. I didn’t want any filler. I wanted it to be over before you realized you were bleeding. I spun the samples I recorded until, rather landing on something ethereal or…
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A pop varnish coats the introverted lyrics of “Billions of Eyes,” the first single from Lady Lamb the Beekeeper‘s forthcoming sophomore album, After. To be released on 3 March 2015 via Mom+Pop Music, pre-orders of After come with a download…
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That moment in adulthood when one realizes the promise of childhood hopes coming true is only a myth is something we all must face. This is not to say the “American Dream” isn’t real or worth striving for, but the…
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There’s a sense of foreboding that builds on the bass-heavy “Safety” by Jamaican-born producer Jasia who now resides in Australia. Never fully reaching a crescendo, Jasia pulls away, spreading a comforting wash over the listener before hinting at a return…
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Allentown, Pennsylvania quartet The Yetis know all too well how winters can be around these parts. While it’s not quite winter yet, the dread surrounding the season’s pending chill is present. Let The Yetis help you escape the winter blues…
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New Paltz, New York trio QUARTERBACKS will release their self-titled debut LP on 10 February 2015. Covering 19 songs in 22 minutes, the teenage indecisiveness that marks “Center,” the first single from QUARTERBACKS, is a too-true tale told in less…
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Had the video for “Control” been released during the height of MTV’s 120 Minutes, London’s Desparate Journalist would have been the toast of NME for a hot minute. Muscular, melodic and properly morose, “Control” is the opening track from Desperate…
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Olympia, Washington bluegrass duo The Lowest Pair will release their sophomore album, The Sacred Heart Sessions, on 24 February 2015. The Sacred Heart Sessions — the band’s follow up to this year’s debut, 36¢ — was recorded in an aging…
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Seemingly inspired by winter’s chill, Nashville singer/songwriter Liza Anne released her debut album, The Colder Months, this past February. Now with the final season of the year poised again to return, Liza Anne too has come forth with a new…
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Sweden’s The Amazing will release their third album, Picture You, on 17 February 2015. The followup to 2012’s Gentle Stream features the title track as its first single, a bifurcated composition that begins as a sedate folk interlude before giving…
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Transplants from New England, Dallas, Texas rockers The Roomsounds recently finished recording their sophomore album. Beckoned to the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at the request of president Rodney Hall, the album’s first single, “Lay My Head Down,”…
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What will you do when Death comes for you? Such a question is posed by upstart Atlanta, Georgia-based Grand Vapids. Formed just this year, the quartet of McKendrick Bearden, Austin Harris, Paul Stevens and Chris Goggans will release Guarantees, their…
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