Check it out. Solillaquists of Sound just got back from a few weeks of performances in France, and are celebrating their return to the States with a welcome-home present for you. They’ve dug up some of their earliest, self-released albums – which haven’t been available in, like, forever – and thrown them up on their...
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Two brand-new songs each from two of Orlando’s best bands? Check. Luscious 12-inch vinyl? Check. Fantastic artwork by Dimitri Simakis? Check. Limited to just 500 copies? Check. Out in September on New Granada? Check. Available TODAY for pre-order and your order gets you one track from each band? Check. DO. IT. NOW. (You can preview...
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Jacksonville punks Whole Wheat Bread (they of the constant touring) and L.A. rapper Murs (he of the amazing hair) have been circling each others’ orbits for a few years now, and even got together back in ’08 to record some tracks for Murs for President (that remain unreleased). Well, they eventually made a for-real band...
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According to Sean: “‘Help’ was recorded in one take using a micro-cassette recorder on October 9th, 2011. This particular method of recording harkens back to my 2007 lo-fi solo release, Tone Poems in Low Fidelity. This track may lead to another full-length record of similar proportions. But for now, it...
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So, this thing bubbled up the other day: a Telethon remix of seven songs from Yip-Yip‘s new album: And that was pretty cool. Local-on-local action is always sweet, but it’s even sweeter when it’s cross-genre local-on-local action. And then Telethon’s mad genius Matt Kamm sent me an email making sure I had...
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Total. Fucking. Devastation. Again, for those who don’t know, but should, Mr. Pussy is Max Green (Great Deceivers), Eric Pitman (VRGNS), Andrew Lacour (Khann), and the almighty Phil Longo (your favorite band, at some point or another).
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This is nearly a month old, and for that … apologies. We’re So Hip is a new solo project from ex-Diocious drummer Partin Whitaker (also of Mobella and the Savi Fernandez Band), and the six-song, self-titled EP he’s gone and made is a pretty far cry from the noodle-rock you may associate with his other...
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Howling Owls have a new song up to preview their upcoming Purple on Purple EP. Check out “Spirits to Lift My Spirits”: “Financial Children” is a brand-new track from Estate Sale Boat, from their long-in-progress album. (Hurry up guys!) It’s gotten some very nice press, even from as far...
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The new single from ATTACHEDHANDS:
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In case you didn’t know, our very own Garbo’s Daughter accompanied Paul Collins’ Beat on some West Coast tour dates recently. In honor of that successful run, the band issued a limited-edition, tour-only, four-song cassette on Burger Records. Including, duh, a take on “California Sun.” Six bucks. Buy it now. And then go see Paul Collins’...
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