I'd probably enjoy reading legendary music critic Lester Bangs even if he wrote about kidney stones or golf tournaments. He was just that good...Every so-called Lester Bangs of what-have-you below should be flattered.
The Sand Pebbles – The Day Summer Fell PROTIP: if you're a cult-ish Australian psych band with a crush on Tom Verlaine and a half dozen underrated albums under your belt, it's a great idea to get Galaxie 500 founder Dean Wareham enthused about your music so he puts out a retrospective of your stuff on his label. I have no idea how Dean Wareham found out about The Sand Pebbles, but nice work, Dean, because these guys are kind of the shit: snaky, slinky psych meets folk cascades and flower-punk freakouts. The really [...]
Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips are New York City's most effortless mod couple, a duo whose sleek, icily romantic pop can serve as both sophisticated art-gallery soundtrack and lovey-dovey fireplace music. In the four years since the breakup of former band Luna, Wareham and Phillips have pursued boutique careers in the best possible sense: in [...]

Aqui ficam os destques da última semana, que pelos vistos foi bem generosa. Adicionei também um link para se fazer download do album inteiro, é sempre de grande ajuda podermos ouvi-lo na totalidade antes de comprar, se for esse o caso. Boa semana! =) Alela Diane To Be Still [...]
The first non Dean & Britta release on the couple's Double Feature Records is out now. A Thousand Wild Flowers is a compilation of previously released but difficult to get hold of tracks by Australian band Sand Pebbles . The album can be ordered from Dean & Britta's online shop or can be bought in CD and digital format from all the usual outlets. Buy mp3s from Amazon.com
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