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School Knights return with a brand new, infectious alt rock tune titled "You Read Books?" which is set to be released on a split cassette through Crash Symbols . The other side of the cassette is taken by Colorado's Pacific Pride . The cassette is set to ship out around the beginning of May and can be pre-ordered and streamed here . School Knights - You Read Books? Pacific Pride - Machu [...]
Yes! School Knights next release is finally here. The incredibly titled The Fred Durst Sex Tape sees them split with fellow Coloradians Pacific Pride. Having heard two-thirds of School Knight's conribution to this casette tape (which will hit you via Get Off The Coasts' Crash Symbols label) - I'm pretty qualified to say that this [...]

MP3: School Knights - You Read Books? More effervescent riffing from Colorado rockers School Knights. On their latest release, a limited run cassette with the perfect title of The Fred Durst Sex Tape (out soon through Crash Symbols ), they team up with locals Pacific Pride for some high-grade '90s throwback exuberance. One of the most enjoyable things about School Knights is their willingness to embrace of the poppier side of alt rock, and that holds true here: you can hear shades of Third Eye Blind among the drug [...]
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Early this month a new EP was released from Pacific Pride on label Fire Talk Records . "Yankee Soda" rounds off the 5 track EP which is very reminiscent and represents why we all loved the 90's. Get the EP here Yankee Soda mp3[ via ]
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Pacific Pride is a pack of musicians ranging from yacht-pop to psychedelic and experimental, namely Tennis drummer John Barone, Robert Ballentyne from Tjutjuna, Germaine Baca from Old Time Relijun , with the main songwriting duties taken by Paul Garcia. There are certainly influences of yesteryear from bands like Silver Jews and Pavement . Even the song title "Yankee Soda" looks like a track off American Water, but where Berman/Malkmus remained uniform, Pacific Pride jams out. Pacific Pride - Yankee Soda Vamping In The Key Of Niche 7-inch EP [...]

From last year's Hot IQs farewell barbecue show, here's Pacific Pride 's set. Pacific Pride 8.02.2009 Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO Source: Microtech Gefell M3002s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave Taped by: Lance Stack Setlist: 1. Virginia 2. Shake Me Ups 3. Topic of Meow 4. How Would I Know? [...]