Richmond-based noise luminaries White Laces will release in late October a stirring, self-titled 12" EP. The short set is being released by Whole Ghost/Shdwply and it can be pre-ordered right here . Those who pre-order the 12" will receive digital versions of the EP's five tracks as well as other unspecified bonus stuffs. White Laces will tour to support the release of the EP, but then get right back to releasing new music. A single is expected on the recently commissioned Richmond indie label The Acme Thunderer, and an unspecified number of music videos to [...]
If you harbored some concern that the nascent Virginia noise-pop scene we chronicled last year with these features on Cinemasophia and Lubec had fallen fallow, fear not. Cinemasophia is no more, but band principal Landis Wine has been hard at work churning out compelling music with his White Laces project (more on that soon). And now we have word that self-professed Lilys disciples Lubec will return this fall with a new, self-produced record and new label. The label, The Acme Thunderer [...]
>> The muse has led indie rock veteran Joe Pernice from the damp, nicotine-stained Americana of Scud Mountain Boys through lush and crystalline New Order -influenced territory and into the singer-songwritery companion album to his charming 2009 novel "It Feels So Good When I Stop." Little did we expect that the Toronto-based artist -- who once called Massachusetts home -- would come roaring back with the rocker posted below, "Jacquline Susann." The tune, from the forthcoming fifth Pernice Brothers set Goodbye, Killer is long on organ drone and jangly guitar and [...]
LISSY TRULLIE TO ROCK OUT AUSTIN It's been a hot minute since we reported on the activities of one of our favorite discoveries of the year, NYC garage-rocker Lissy Trullie and her company of dashing Boho-rejects and art-school dropouts. Seems as if LT and the gang will be swinging through Austin next month at Emo's in support of another Cannibal Cheerleader fave, the Virgins . It's a genuine New York City meets Lone Star State affair, so be there people! Here's [...]
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2009, here is your headphones-required record. After what seems like years of preparation, Richmond, VA-based dreampop quintet Cinemasophia returns next month with its third long-player. Fits & Cycles , as its name somewhat suggests, is a feverish collection of mid-tempo rockers appointed with dizzying compositional and production flourishes. To steal a line from Radiohead , Fits & Cycles talks in math, buzzes like a fridge, and is -- on occasion -- like a detuned radio. It is the most sonically sculpted set we've heard this year, and repeated listens reveal greater and greater dimension [...]
>> We were very impressed by The Hush Now 's record release show last Thursday night, and only work and a trip over the weekend kept us from offering something more like a proper review. There are a couple important things to note that underline the fact that The Hush Now is a band to watch. First, this was technically the band's live debut. And we don't just mean this particular line-up of the band, we mean it was their first gig, and The Hush Now was very convincing: no muffed cues, no noticeable botching of anything, [...]
It is no secret we love the band Lilys , so we generally sit up and take notice when we get an email from a band that leads off with something like "we love Lilys ." Which is basically what Richmond, VA-based shoegaze/psych-pop quintet Lubec did, and so here we are today to share with you their excellent de facto single "Gang Knife Battles." We like to feature new and upcoming bands at :: clicky clicky ::, but we think Lubec may be one of the newest, as it hasn't yet released anything. But [...]
mp3: the foreign press - dutch flowers mp3: cinemasophia - halls of black eyes on the band's myspace page , the foreign press list "the old sense of the word" among their influences. that alone would've been enough to get my attention, but it turns out they make some good music too. you can check them out at the galaxy hut tonight at 9 along with cinemasophia .
Netterweise haben mir Cinemasophia eine Promo ihres im November erscheinenden selbstverlegten Erstlings zur Rezension überlassen, und ich muß sagen, daß ich es zunächst sehr schwierig fand diese dann auch zu schreiben. Beim ersten Screening blieb nur wenig hängen, was allerdings an meinem Aufmerksamkeitspotential gelegen haben wird. Aber anstatt die CD beiseite zu legen, hörte ich sie mir nochmals an und mußte mir eingestehen, daß ich nicht hingehört hatte. Das ist ein richtiger Grower! Hier sind Leute am Werk, die es wirklich ernst mit guter Musik meinen. Da enstehen Songs mit Überraschungen und wunderschönen Momenten, die sich zum Teil erst bei [...]
This week, the Broken Dial mp3 Mixtape features new music from: Apes, Cass McCombs, Castanets, Cinemasophia, Cut Off Your Hands, David Singer,...
In two short weeks, I'll officially be reporting from the new Rock Sellout headquarters in the tiny town of Kaukauna. If the name sounds familiar, it's probably because you've had Kaukauna Cheese grace your taste buds a time or two. Kaukauna is minutes away from Appleton, WI. I've made an official decision this afternoon: The batch posts in this section will feature 5 songs from promos I receive. Based upon your feedback, I will feature the 1 artist [...]
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