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The Vinyl District calls "Waiting On The Sun" by Tree Machines "an extended vocal-synth crescendo of hope and illumination." Correct! Use your ears and your eyes and check out the premiere of the gorgeous lyric video for the song now.
Fawns of Love gets some love from MAGNET
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"Fans of Beach House will want to take note of 'That’s What We Do,' which drifts along dreamily and somewhat eerily," says MAGNET Magazine of this single from Fawns of Love. Use your ears to hear it!
Atlas Road Crew is the MP3 At 3PM from MAGNET Magazine
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MAGNET Magazine calls "My Own Way" by Atlas Road Crew "A true tour-de-force of open-road rock ‘n’ roll."
Rolling Stone on Cotton Mather's "Wild Kingdom"
SHOW REVIEW
"Like hot, shiny Raspberries fortified with the elevated argument of Squeeze and Attractions-era Elvis Costello."
David Fricke said so many other great things about Cotton Mather for Rolling Stone, they can't all be quoted here. New album Wild Kingdom is out April 7th!
See "The Rattle In The Room" by Corner Suns via Ghettoblaster
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Corner Suns (John Dufilho of The Apples In Stereo and Brandon Carr of The Earlies) played an in-store recently at Good Records in Dallas. One camera captured this performance of "The Rattle In The Room," which John then severely "effected." Sarah Jaffe also features on this cut! See the video now via our friends at Ghettoblaster Magazine. Debut album out now on Idol Records.
Hear "Slipping On Dimes" by The Ferdy Mayne at The Bluegrass Situation
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The good people of The Bluegrass Situation have posted "Slipping On Dimes," another glorious track from the debut album by The Ferdy Mayne. Tour launches tomorrow, album out Friday!
Little Reader track is part of Rough Trade benefit compilation
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Little Reader has contributed the song "Point of No Return" to "A Song A Day Keeps The Pain Away," a daily subscription compilation from Rough Trade Publishing with proceeds going to the Southern Poverty Law Center. 70 songs already with another 20 to go! See what it's about at bit.ly/SADrtp! #sadrtp
Source: http://bit.ly/SADrtp
The March Divide covers 'Til Tuesday at Spill Magazine
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The March Divide's series of 80's-era covers continues with "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday. Check it out now at Spill Magazine, along with the awesome cover art featuring Jared "wearing" Aimee Mann's hairstyle of the day (complete with rat tail!)
First single from Cotton Mather's upcoming "Wild Kingdom" premieres via Popmatters
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Here's the latest single from Cotton Mather over at PopMatters! "Better Than A Hit" is from Wild Kingdom, out April 7th (and available at Waterloo Records in Austin ahead of that.) It's the second “Songs From The I Ching” collection, marking 30 of 64 tracks available. Cotton Mather supports Spoon at SXSW on March 15th!
Tree Machines premieres new single via Popdust
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Tree Machines gets compared to Foster The People, The Naked And Famous, and Pet Shop Boys in reference to just one song! The first single from the band's upcoming debut album Up For Air is streaming via Popdust. Check out "Waiting On The Sun" now.
Buzzbands.la weighs in on "Whence" by the black watch
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"The relentless indie-rock campaigner whose longevity and propensity for making dissonance sound erudite" is John Andrew Fredrick. If you're not hip to what he has been doing most of your life (15 albums in 30 years!), here's some insight from Kevin Bronson at BuzzBands.LA. New album out April 21st.
Hear the new single "Whence" by the black watch via Popdose
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Popdose describes "The post punk dissonance of The Fall and Wire, with the melodic guitar ambitions of The Chameleons, early Editors, and Richard Hawley’s 2012 opus Standing at the Sky’s Edge." Here's "Whence" by the black watch from the upcoming album The Gospel According To John, out April 21st!
The March Divide covers Culture Club via Diffuser
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Who wore it best? Who played it best? Hmm. Here's Jared Putnam of The March Divide with another cover tune. This time it's Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon" courtesy of Diffuser, and once again accompanied by oh-so-era-compliant "styling" by Krist Krueger.
Tabah plays sold-out hometown show (w/ pics)
SHOW REVIEW
Tabah played a sold-out hometown show at the Turf Club in St. Paul on Saturday, playing the upcoming album Symmetry Somewhere in full. The Current was there and got some incredible photos.
"Curtain Call" by Tabah is MAGNET's MP3 At 3PM
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"Curtain Call" by Tabah is MAGNET Magazine's MP3 At 3PM! They call the song "beautiful and spacious," and I agree. Tabah plays a record release show at the Turf Club in St. Paul tonight!