I'll admit it. We fell into the same trap that every magazine and blog on the planet did. The self-indulgent, we-know-what-you-should-like-b etter-than-you-do Best Albums of 2010 list. Here at TDOA headquarters, we'd like to think that we've given you some names that weren't familiar and provided you with some surprises. But at the end of the day, who better to assess the state of music than the musicians themselves? So, we reached out to every band that we interviewed in 2010 and asked them to give us their favorite albums of the year. [...]
We've been running a playlist mix series all year that many of our regular readers are probably familiar with by now - Almost Missed Recent Releases. The purpose of this series is to play catch-up in a way. All of the songs in this mix were picked from singles, EPs and albums released in a [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Tears Run Rings released their sophomore album Distance back in August. Purchase the album here or here.
Stream the new (and rather dull) track Do You Love It by Mew over at Soundvenue . Included on the band's forthcoming compilation album Eggs Are Funny . The debut album Living and Growing by The Felt Tips will be out on Plastilina Records on November 15. + Dear Morrissey Your truly was mentioned on [...]
Stream the new (and rather dull) track Do You Love It by Mew over at Soundvenue . Included on the band's forthcoming compilation album Eggs Are Funny . The debut album Living and Growing by The Felt Tips will be out on Plastilina Records on November 15. + Dear Morrissey Your truly was mentioned on [...]
These are some of my favorite weekends of the year; the temperature has slipped into something more comfortable, the leaves are starting to change, and we're out doing things like apple picking, or making chili, or getting cider for a buck when we bring our own gallon container. (These are benefits of living in a [...]
Cinematic and washed out with instrumentation, the astronautic adventure video clip from indie pop outfit Tears Run Rings for their song "Divided" is all love songs and swirls, cooing female vocals and jangled mid-902s college alternative rock leanings. Add all of those elements up and what do you get? Something perfect, that's what. (mp3) Tears [...]
Here's the official video for "Divided" from Tears Run Rings' second album "Distance". Laura Watling fans take note as she's on lead vocals on this one. You can purchase "Distance" on cd/digital right now and the LP version is coming very soon - hopefully just in time for the December holidays. And speaking of Laura, her cd compilation "Songs From Dreams" is coming along nicely. We're getting close to a release date, promise! tearsrunrings.com [...]
Continuing our string of interviews with bands that will likely end up on our Top 10 albums of 2010, we bring you Tears Run Rings. While the comparisons to the great shoegaze bands of the past aren't inaccurate, they do a disservice to the beauty and originality of this band. Like eating the grandest layer cake ever, their music melts away to reveal endless tracks of beauty and melody. Guitarist Ed Mazzucco broke it all down for TDOA writer @aemccarthy . TDOA: My understanding is that the band doesn't [...]
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The new Tears Run Rings album "Distance" makes me remember all the good things about the late 80s/early 90s. The album starts with the song Happiness 3 and ends with Happiness 4, and that sums up my feelings about this record. It's an amazing album. Their lush, dreamy sound reminds me of old favourites like Pale Saints, Slowdive, Lush, Cocteau Twins and The Boo Radleys , and it's done so good that I'm almost shivering of joy. The vocals of singers Laura Watling and [...]
If there was one band I could wrestle to the ground and not let go of until they signed their recording lives away to Indiecater it would probably be Tears Run Rings. They unashamedly ape ye olde sound of shoegaze but do so with such verve (!) it's impossible to gripe. So far it's their take on Slowdive that has entranced us but with new album 'Distance' just over the brow of the hill they are revealing more of themselves. In the case of 'Reunion' it's a picture perfect postcard from the shimmering whirlpool containing an adorable version of Chapterhouse. [...]
One of my colleagues is on holiday, so I've been real busy the past couple of days. Do I have to say that work is overrated? It does help paying the bills I know, but still it's overrated! Happy birthday to long-time reader and contributor J.A. , who turns thirty-something (I guess) today! Busy or not I always try to squeeze in some time to listen to some music and this situation was no exception. So here's some of the stuff that's been keeping me company while I was toiling away. [...]
Stemming from a mid-90s twee pop project and now recording as a four-piece that live in separate cities along the west coast of the US (two in San Francisco, one in Portland and one in Los Angeles), the sunny shimmer act Tears Run Rings are releasing their second LP in two weeks, entitled Distance. Led [...]
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die erste single aus "calling all stations" nachfolgend, das garage und appalachian folk vereinende werk wird auf dem von apples in stereo leader robert schneider geführten label garden gate records am 24.08. erscheinen: terrapin pond - medicines and motions ihr gleichnamiges debut auf la société expéditionnaire wird erwartet (vrstl. spetember), zwei geschmacksanreger der zwischen cocteau twins und my bloody valentine changierenden truppe aus pennsylvania, wenn ihr eine bzw. zwei zeilen nachrückt: soars - throw yourself apart [...]
Tears Run Rings is a long distance relationship. In another life these old friends were in the breezy mid-90's indiepop combo The Autocollants and founded the renowned indie label Shelflife Records. Now separated by the cities of Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles they collaborate through the magic of the internet. The band records in 3 separate studios, transferring tracks back and forth over the wires until they are perfect. This all leads to hauntingly beautiful textures and pop melodies. In Distance , their second album on Clairecords, they have refined their lush, melencholy [...]
"The world is enduring the hottest year on record, according to a U.S. national weather analysis…" -Alina Selyukh, Reuters The third installment of our Sounds of Summer mix features tracks from Hard Mix, How To Dress Well, Eternal Summers, Tears Run Rings, Ducktails, Tooth Ache and Sam Prekop of The Sea and Cake. Stay cool from the sun and enjoy. mp3: Ducktails - Hamilton Road mp3: How To Dress Well - Ready For The World (Twins remix) mp3: [...]
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