Wednesday, January 9, 2013
RCRD LBL Shares Toress' Latest Single "Honey!"
"In an era of middlebrow digital effects and laptop trickery, I'm more into rawness than ever – particularly the strength of a unique human voice. It seems like Mackenzie Scott, recording here asTorres, has one of those voices." Listen now on RCRD LBL.
Pitchfork Gives High Marks To The Reissue of Jawbreaker's Bivouac!
"Bivouac has always held a special place for me. It's their darkest collection, a sprawling, shaggy-dog set that found them transitioning from the cleaner, calmer Unfun to something grittier, wilder, and smarter. Bivouac was a ragged call to arms, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy an ambitious offering within that newer space they'd created." Read the complete review on Pitchfork.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Bay Bridged Previews Lonesome Leash's Upcoming SF Show!
"Under the name Lonesome Leash, McClements takes the oft-misaligned accordion all the places it deserves to go. Doused with minor-key moodiness and mysterious analog sounds, Lonesome Leash’s debut work sounds a lot like McClements’ previous folk-minded ventures, but dials up the dark." Read the full preview over on The Bay Bridged!
Pitchfork Loves Wooden Wand's Latest "Blood Oaths of the New Blues!"
"Like the finest work of Richard Buckner or Phosphorescent, Blood Oaths of the New Blues recasts songs that could have come from country music or the blues or Bob Dylan in an intricate Americana gloaming. At last, Toth treats the words and the arrangements with the same ingenuity and devotion, arriving at the most accessible and narcotic record of his career." Read the complete review on Pitchfork!
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Blood Oaths of the New Blues,
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Under The Radar Revisits Jawbreaker's Bivouac and Chesterfield King!
"The term "emo" has gotten a bad reputation, largely from its bastardization in the late '90s and early '00s, but looking back at these albums 20 years on, one remembers what the music really meant. Bivouac and Chesterfield King have aged well. And it's nice to see that they're being released again, so that a new generation of kids can be affected by them as some of us were 20 years ago." Read on at Under The Radar.
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Bivouac,
Chesterfield King,
Jawbreaker,
Reissue,
under the radar
Friday, January 4, 2013
Patt Hull's New Video “Mother Mary" Shared On Fender!
"California by way of Connecticut singer/songwriter Pat Hull is set to release his latest album, Shed Skin,in February 2013. Until then, fans can get a taste of his music with a video for the song “Mother Mary.” The eerie clips shows Hull playing the song all by himself in the 1078 Gallery in Chico, Calif., just a man and his guitar." Watch the video now over on Fender.
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