For those contemporary minded kitty cats and present-day motivated dreamers who are not afraid of grasping new concepts nor reliving their fashionable tastes amid those (sometimes) chartable / familiar sounds.. then begin your quest here by casting your ears & creative aural patterns over NoiseTrade’s Summer Sampler of 33 popular & dynamic flows - and start wondering your mind through a bed of eleven rock-lickin’ beats and eleven alternative watered refreshes. Supplying enough mixture for everyone, we pick 11 of this sampler’s best. MARC SCIBILIA – Bright Day Coming [...]
We all love lists, and we all love sarcasm. Though, I think its important to reflect upon the last year of music, I’m going to do so through the use of a list. It was a fantastic year full of awesome albums, and I’m going to count down a bunch of my favorites, and give you something to listen to while reading. 15. The Middle East - I Want That You Are Always Happy The Middle East - Jesus Came To My Birthday Party Darkly toned [...]
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire Admiral Fallow – Boots Met My FaceDownload “Squealing Pigs” Alcoholic Faith Mission – And the Running with Insanity [EP]Download “Running with Insanity” Alessi’s Ark – Time TravelDownload “Maybe I Know” Apex Manor – The...
[It's Buzz Bands LA staff writer Seraphina L's turn to share a year-end list ...] By Seraphina Lotkhamnga Choosing one's favorite albums of the year is always a daunting task, and it’s even worse when you have to whittle your list down to 25. Here are my thoughts on 2011 albums (local and non-local), and I’ll go ahead and say that it’s been a really great year for L.A. bands to break out. My special mentions [...]
Here comes the third installment in my countdown of my favorite 20 local albums of the year. Did you miss the first two? Here they are: Nos. 20-16 ; Nos. 15-11 . 10. Army Navy , "The Last Place" (Fever Zone) Jangle-pop doesn't get much better these days than the sophomore album cooked up by Justin Kennedy, Louie Schultz and Douglas Randall. With Kennedy waxing forlornly about a breakup, "The Last Place" stands [...]
Apex Manor – The Year of Magical Drinking. Download “Under the Gun” (mp3). Ross Flournoy fronted the band The Broken West. After that band disbanded and Flournoy dealt with a bout of writer’s block, he has returned with a new band, Apex Manor. The album sounds like an extension of the previous group’s releases. With Flournoy’s propensity for power pop, these catchy songs are effervescently layered with guitars and keyboards.
I remember just two weeks ago, the first of September and how the air already felt different. We've had some warm days but it's not the sun of the summer beating down. Instead, it's gentle, refreshing, and makes you look forward to fall. Having misplaced my usual ipod, I've had to use my backup that is synced with an older itunes library. I haven't listened to much of that music that resides on a back up hard drive, so it was a nice change of pace when I went [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Gardens & Villa, Apex Manor, Generationals "Voxhaul Broadcast - Leaving On The 5th" What's so good? When it comes to the Northern-Southern California battle, I weigh in firmly and decidedly on the Northern side of the state. However, I will concede that over the course of this summer, Southern California bands have been turning out some truly [...]
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Gardens & Villa, Apex Manor, Generationals "Voxhaul Broadcast - Leaving On The 5th" What's so good? When it comes to the Northern-Southern California battle, I weigh in firmly and decidedly on the Northern side of the state. However, I will concede that over the course of this summer, Southern California bands have been turning out some truly [...]
Ex members of The Broken West come together to create fun rock music that doesn't make you think too hard.
We’ve sifted through our musical archive and put together this years summer mix consisting of mostly new stuff - including some West Michigan artists. Feel free to throw this in the car stereo roll the windows down and head towards destination unknown. Go . Please share with your friends. . . 1. Summer Light - The Cave Singers 2. P. Diddy - Little Village 3. Sunlight - The One AM Radio 4. Wastin' - The Wildfire 5. Deadbeat Summer - Neon Indian 6. Amor [...]
Frank Yang What's in a name? If you were at The Drake Underground on Friday or Saturday nights, possibly a lot. Over those two nights the marquee outside the front doors read Jonny and Apex Manor , as the two acts were kicking off their North American tour with a two-night stand in Toronto, but had the top billing read Teenage Fanclub and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - as Jonny is the collaboration of those two bands' Norman Blake and Euros Childs - then maybe there'd have been a little [...]
Tonight's recommendations, and more: ► The Henry Clay People , last spotted working up an afternoon sweat at Coachella, return to the cozy confines of the Satellite for the first of two nights celebrating the release of their new EP "This Is a Desert." The great supporting cast includes Shadow Shadow Shade , Apex Manor and the Dig . ► The Kills , behind their new album "Blood Pressures," play the Music Box, with Cold Cave opening. ► Billy Corgan-endorsed Urge Overkill is back [...]
THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES @ THE ECHO - 5.5.11 Riverside's The New Division Thanks to everyone that came out to last week's RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES party at The Echo and to all the bands that performed. Riverside, California's THE NEW DIVISION opened up the evening with the kind of refreshing enthusiasm that is sorely missed these days - the band was genuinely happy to play and sounded great despite the loss of their guitarist, who got stuck tending bar for [...]
Here is Apex Manor from earlier this year in Austin at SXSW performing their song "Teenage Blood" from their album The Year Of Magical Drinking . Related posts: Apex Manor - "My My Mind" Video, Spring 2011 Tour Dates Announced New Music Tuesday [January 25, 2011] - Destroyer, Apex Manor, Deerhoof and More Apex Manor - Live Session, Interview at Rolling Stone Apex Manor - The Year Of Magical Drinking
THE RUMBLE: LOS ANGELES - MAY 5TH @ THE ECHO - FREE! Featuring Apex Manor, The Fling & The New Division + DJ Hallow Eye Apex Manor headline The Rumble LA tonight APEX MANOR Ross Flournoy has risen from the [...]
[It's not only Cinco de Mayo, but it's Adele's birthday. Best wishes, and here's what's up tonight ...] Great night ahead: ► It's that time of the month: The Rumble hits the Echo tonight, topped by two SoCal bands who released fine debut albums already this year. Apex Manor's pop-rock gem "The Year of Magical Drinking" came out in January on Merge; the Fling's harmony-laden "Then the Madhouses Appear" is just out [...]
The set featured: Teenage Blood Under The Gun Southern Decline The Party Line Enjoy the full playback here. Apex Manor recently chatted with Noisevox. Purchase Apex Manor items via Insound. MP3: Apex Manor - Under The Gun
We’re going big for Cinco de Mayo when The Fling head to home base for The Rumble LA at The Echo with Apex Manor and The New Division . Long-Beach-bred, The Fling hark back to the glory days of those infamous Laurel Canyon jam sessions of the 70’s with their brand of psych-infused alt-country folk rock. They're joining us for the entire West Coast run of The Rumble Tour in support of the re-release of When The [...]
The Rumble welcomes The Fling down the West Coast in May Long Beach bred, THE FLING harken back to the glory days of those infamous Laurel Canyon jam sessions of the 70's with their brand of psych infused alt country folk rock and their joining us for the entire West Coast run of THE RUMBLE TOUR in support of the re-release of When The Madhouses Appear (Dangerbird Records) on May 3rd. This quartet comprised of brothers, Dustin and Graham Lovelis, Justin [...]
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