It is both lazy and not useful to destil a band down to just one moment in one of their songs. But, despite this, it is hard to avoid finding some real capital “T” Truth in the second-half of Free Energy’s eponymous statement song, “Free Energy.” Perhaps they meant it as the “about us” section of their metaphorical …read more
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Last month, we fell headfirst into a pool of Penguin Prison pop radness, and we still don't want to get out! With a new song, Something I'm Not , continuing to rock our body, as well as his penchant for fine tuning a number of fixes for musical counterparts, the local tunester has solidified his spot in Beastonia. Yep…read more
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If Passion Pit was to mack it to The Supremes, Chicago group, The Dirty Diamonds , would be their offspring. They have released their their 2nd EP, Monster Ballads , produced by Supreme Cuts and Executive Produced Curt Cameruci of Flosstradamus . Surprisingly their sound works really well. Check out the soulful feel good first single, “Right Direction,” below. enjoY! The…read more
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If you're going to delay a video, hype it up so as to make it a multimedia affair across television and web portals and defy the status quo by essentially making it a near 10 minute mini-feature, then you'd best make good on the fact that this is THE video that sums up the ideation of young America…read more
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I took too many pictures last night. Overall, a damn fine show. We Were Promised Jetpacks have really, really grown as live performers since I first saw them at La Zona Rosa during SXSW last year. The songs are the same (mostly), but they really seem like a totally different band. And it’s weird to see the crowd singing…read more
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När SPIN Magazine fick tag på en tidig version av Don Diablo s Teen scream machine lät det så här: “one of the songs you need to hear”. Paus. Här har ni den remixad av Nightriders som gett den lite 80-talsfeeling, precis som vi vill ha det. Om ni inte riktigt får feeling ändå, kolla in fan-videon till låten…read more
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Doesn’t it feel like New Years was just last week? Well, thankfully this is not so. As we progress on through 2010, we are coming closer and closer to April 17th .. for all of you who are not in the know, this is RECORD STORE DAY ! I am thoroughly looking forward to moseying around NYC and its finest boroughs…read more
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There are plenty of fangs on Monster Island (but STILL NO fair trade laws) Fang Island – Life Coach Fang Island – Daisy As a music writer guy concerned primarily with indie-rock, of COURSE I get tired of pimping bands from Brooklyn. Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn. Fuck, man! I want to write about bands from Grand Forks and Saskatoon and…read more
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SPIN magazine already tipped ‘ Teen Scream Machine ‘ as ‘one of the songs you need to hear’, after an initial version leaked. Sounds like reason enough for you to check it out! Don Diablo ’s latest brainchild comes with a scary remix package that will send shivers down your spine. MOTOR, NT89, Nightriders and Don Diablo himself have all…read more
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The Catalogue
