Faris McReynolds , who also makes music as the minimalist avant-garde pop project One Finger Riot , takes a totally different songwriting approach as Exdetectives . McReynolds made the Exdetectives debut album Take My Forever (Feb. 14th, 2012, Post Planetary) in a quick two-week fit of recording and plays all of the instruments on the record himself, save for the drums, which were played by Ted Scarlett (who also mixed the album). "I'm paying tribute to the music of my youth," McReynolds says about the record. "Britpop bands like Blur, Ride, and Elastica, [...]
World Blanket 's third album 2012 is officially released April 3rd, 2012. And Here We Are (Again Maybe) " is the first single from the album. Download And Here We Are (Again Maybe) Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to the Daily Dose. World Blanket Links [...]
"The Seattle-based duo Lux has sewn a unique sleeve to wear its influences on. Inspired by some of the most essential artists of the era of indie and underground music, this boy-girl duo offers its own take on these sounds with the debut album We Are Not The Same , set for release on April 3rd, 2012." [Bio] Download Coroner's Office Free Music, Every [...]
My nine-year old son has started a band with three of his fourth grade buddies called The Fanatical Food Fighters. As far as I can tell this mostly means the four of them get together at recess and make jokes and sing. Song titles include "I'm Weird Guy Of The Year," and "Sugar Ruuuuuush!" This is what happens when schools ban dodgeball.
Usually on the Daily Dose we feature new music. But sometimes we come across a reissue of something which needs a re-airing. A case in point is today's track, from the reissue of the hugely influential album Kontiki by Austin, TX band Cotton Mather . The Band has reunited to perform this influential album live in Austin during several SXSW appearances this week. And you can look forward to more SXSW material on The Network this week. Download My Before and [...]
The Modern is the first single from the upcoming debut album Hollows and Round s by Whitejacket . Chris McDuffie , formerly in Apples In Stereo , has produced an album inspired by his admiration of the baroque pop of the late sixties and seventies. Download The Modern Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to the Daily Dose. [...]
The second single from their album Go Fly. We featured Think in Stereo back in July, and personally I think this is the better of the two. "Austin's Boy + Kite has released the second single from its critically praised debut album Go Fly. "Deciphering Static" is another example of the fine boy-girl vocal sharing that has become the band's signature." [Fanatic] Download "Deciphering Static" [...]
Boy + Kite ("Boy Plus Kite") was formed in 2009 in an an unlikely place - a hot tub. Back then, Boy + Kite 's Darvin Jones and Beth Puorro would often sneak into a spa on the outskirts of Austin to swim and pretend to be members of the bourgeoisie. With a debut album waiting in the wings, and the studio duo now a full-fledged live foursome, Boy + Kite is ready to hit the ground running. "I feel like we have recorded a very solid first album and produced it as well [...]
With what began as a childhood project that combined brothers Sean and Jimmy Galloway's first names, The Shimmies has now created a self-appointed genre for itself, lovingly referred to as "home school rock." First featured on the daily Dose in July 2010, they have released an EP called Growing Up Roanoke from which this track is taken. "Following up the success of To All Beloved Enemies , The Shimmies new EP features four of the 15 songs feverishly recorded during that withering 100+ degree Northern California summer of 2009. [...]
Metal Mother is the moniker of the newest musical undertaking of singer/soundmaker, Tara Tati . Shake is the second track we've featured from the album Bonfire Diaries . For the past ten years, Tati has been developing her piano and songwriting skills, and in 2007, in response to a sincere demand by some very close friends, she began performing live and recording in various Bay area studios. Tati's new album, Bonfire Diaries, was released last month. Download "Shake" [...]
Since 2003, Illinois-based singer-songwriter Dan Hubbard has released five albums and toured extensively through the Midwest and both coasts. In the process, he's built a strong fan base, become a refined songwriter and earned critical acclaim for his efforts. In 2008, The Humadors joined Hubbard on the road. That Fall, they released their acclaimed self-titled debut - a collection of songs showcasing graceful lyrics, vibrant melodies and innovative sound. Their 2010 release entitled See You Again received national airplay on over 120 radio stations, and landed on the Americana Music [...]
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of information about MC Fanatical AKA Fanatical AKA ... who knows ? The only real piece of audio information I've been able to dig up is the nerdcore masterpiece below. I'm pretty sure its about Doctor Doom, but it could really be about any masked supervillain. MC Fanatical - Sexy Supervillain
"Austin, Texas band Moonlight Towers (taking its name from the tall vintage streetlights that illuminate Austin's nights) is a genuine band that does what comes naturally: writing, recording and playing real rock n' roll (with a hearty pop kick!) It's really that simple. "On Day Is The New Night , the band's third long-player, the foursome delivers its finest and richest offering yet. Such superlatives become viscerally tangible the moment the band steamrolls into "Heat Lightning," the disc's aptly named lead track. The timeless potency of two mighty guitars and muscular bass and drums bring [...]
From their album They Will Find You Here . "The six sleazy Tampanians (a real word according to Urban Dictionary) of Sleepy Vikings have braved an infernal Florida sun to write the weird songs about stalkers, dead kings, summer, presidents and teenage loitering that make up the debut album, They Will Find You Here out May 10th on theNew Granada record label." [Bio] Download "Calm" Free Music, [...]
Sunshine Factory are a band from Palmdale, taking their name from a preschool in the town, in California just outside of Los Angeles. They comprise Tony Hammons, Jordan Judge, John Karwoski and Corey Judge. "Sunshine Factory creates ethereal yet playful songs that bring a fresh interpretation to dreamy music" This track Lower Away is the A-Side of their first offering, a 7-Inch single titled Lower Away/Tidal Waves . (Culdesac Kids, Out Now) Download "Lower Away" [...]
The members of the band Batwings Catwings hail from all over the US and converge upon the wasteland of Southern California to give underground dwellers a reason to shake and sweat. Comprised of members from some of LA's most distinctive DIY bands (TPF!, Puppy Dog, Luna Is Honey), Batwings Catwings is fronted by the tiny, yet fierce dance commander Dana Poblete, an everygirl with the ability to entrance audiences from LA to the hellmouths of Mexico's border towns with her frenetic energy and deceptively powerful howl. Backing her is guitarist and UCLA professor Pepper Glass, a [...]
Brooklyn-based band The Shondes released the latest single from their My Dear One album in November in the form of an EP. "Lines & Hooks +3" contains the title track culled from the band's second album along with three previously unreleased tracks from the My Dear One sessions. In addition to making political art and melding influences as disparate as classical and traditional Jewish music and punk rock, The Shondes work for justice on many public levels. Download Lines and Hooks [...]
"Midnight Spin is a five-piece rock outfit from Williamsburg, Brooklyn who bring high-energy guitar rock for the 21st century to the NYC music scene. Formed in late 2008, the band immediately established a sizable following in the city, selling out premier venues such as Manhattan's Mercury Lounge and quickly expanding their horizons beyond their Brooklyn crib. "The group's groundwork had unknowingly been laid a decade prior by the grade school pairing of frontman Mike Corbett and drummer Danny Scull, with the remaining lineup solidified by the collection of college friends/craigslist all-stars Ben Waters, Jim Terranova, and Jeremy Cohen." [...]
"Billy Cruz" is the first single from the upcoming Metal Mother album, Bonfire Diaries Metal Mother is the musical project of Oakland-based singer-songwriter, Tara Tati. Her debut LP, Bonfire Diaries will be released March 7th, 2011 and is the follow-up to the EP "In The Bones" released on 2010 on the artist's own Post Primal label. The album incorporates an experimental mixture of electronic and live world drums and percussion, to form a booming and trance-evoking foundation for Tati's haunting, celtic-inspired vocal layers to lounge upon. [...]
The title track from L.A. band Wake Up Lucid's new EP to be released Feb 15th. L.A.'s Wake Up Lucid started as a vision of singer/guitarist Ryan Baca's father, who had passed years earlier. In the dream, they wrote a song together, and the name of the song was "Wake Up Lucid." Since that fateful night in 2008, Ryan and his two cousins Ian Baca (bass) and Jamie Baca (drums) have quickly burned their names into the rock and roll conscience of Southern California with an old school brew of savage blues and heavy rhythm. [...]
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