This is a song you want to hear through headphones. Through headphones, "Hounds" seems to swirl around your head, a dreamy escape from reality. The song is off Valleys ' new LP, Are You Going to Stand There and Talk Weird All Night? , out now on Kanine Records . Pretty Much Amazing, who premiered the track a while back had this to say: Somewhere around the three minute mark, “Hound” stops being a bit of pop escape, and becomes something that instead makes [...]
Following our top EP of 2012, Portland duo (guitarist Daniel Hindman and keyboardist Sarah Versprille of Vetiver) Pure Bathing Culture returns with a new single called "Pendulum" off their forthcoming debut LP, Moon Tides . The new release will hit via the band's new label, Partisan Records . "Pendulum" seems to expand beyond the simple pop of the duo's self-titled EP. The track premiered yesterday on Gorilla Vs. Bear , who had this to say: The wistful “Pendulum” sets the record’s emotional tone [...]
The Tractor Tavern is in for a night of Indie Blues-driven Folk on Friday, May 31st. Seattle native, Tom Eddy (also Beat Connection vocalist), is playing along with openers Heatwarmer and Pollens . "Tractor booker Greg Garcia offered me the opportunity to put together a bill of my choosing. In my humble opinion, the resulting bill showcases some of the most amazing bands/musicians in Seattle," Eddy stated. Fans of Tom Eddy's music have no doubt been awaiting this next show. "We haven't played a show [...]
"I think I'm gonna buy me a gun / A nice little silver one / And in a crowd someday / you won't see it coming anyway..." sings Scout Niblett in her new song "Gun". Partly angst-ridden and bent on revenge, another part emotionless and cold, the song provides an eerie juxtaposition to a modern American society rampant with horrific and predominantly public violence. This surreal trait is heightened in Niblett's accompanying video for "Gun", which finds her wandering a fair dressed as Snow White. It poses the question [...]
Club 8 has released their second video for a song off their eighth LP, Above the City , this time for closing track and lead single "Stop Taking My Time". This video follows a somewhat disturbing one about animal cruelty for album opener "Kill Kill Kill". Throughout, Above the City is a return to the more dance-worthy beats Johan Angergård and Karolina Komstedt have sprinkled throughout Club 82s 18-year career. The one exception and outlier, of course, being the band's brilliant previous album, The People's Record . [...]
To accompany the official announcement of their forthcoming LP, White Lighter , Portland's critically acclaimed Typhoon has released a new digital single for their track "Dreams of Cannibalism". The new album will be released August 20 on Roll Call Records . Longtime fans of Typhoon will be pleased; "Dreams of Cannibalism" follows the band's penchant for changing up time signatures, adding plenty of horns, and featuring a chorus of singers. And there is plenty of that good ol' experimental folk-pop they seem so fond of as well. [...]
In 2010, Young Hunting released a single called Into Your Mind ; featuring the band at the time, I noted how the band was somewhat reminiscent of Swedish artist Moto Boy. The band also employed hints of The Beach Boys-style harmonies and had some Harry Nillson references too. Three years later, after a handful of additional singles, we finally have Young Hunting's debut LP, Hazel . I like this sound. It's more refined than the early stuff. Though "Into Your Mind" opens Hazel , the [...]
I've been getting into several new albums of late, and when that happens, I often want to play several songs from the same band on my radio show. I restrained myself, narrowing it down to a pair each; that's the theme of tonight's show - doubles. I'll be playing back-to-back tracks from each artist I play tonight, including new stuff by The Besnard Lakes, Wolf People, King Tuff, and Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa. We begin, however, with a band I originally covered way back in 2010: Young Hunting. Regarding [...]
San Francisco garage pop outfit The Mantles return with their sophomore LP, Long Enough to Leave . The band has given us a sneak peek from the new album with the psychedelic-leaning, garage pop track "Hello". For fans of their 2009 self-titled debut LP, this track is sure to please. With thick, fuzzy guitar riffs and vocal stylings that hint of the 70s, "Hello" finds The Mantles delving further into psych-pop while staying true to their garage-pop roots. It's no surprise that Kelly Stoltz recorded Long Enough to [...]
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks is set to release his sophomore album, How Far Away . Most out there will focus on the fact that the Freaks is a side band for Real Estate bassist Jackson Pollis, or that it features Woods' Jarvis Tanviere, but the focal point should be on the band's name: Alex Bleeker. It his with Bleeker that the direction is set and the project comes together. How Far Away opens with "Don't Look Down", which immediately sets the tone somewhere between an obvious [...]
Walter Sickert & The ARmy of BRoken TOys have a few traits that I sometimes frown upon, more to my own undoing than anything else. The dual capital letters in ARmy of BRoken TOys bugs me; I'm one for proper capitalization, spelling and punctuation, and it just reminds me a bit too much of the people WhO wRiTe LiKe ThIs. Second is Mr. Sickert's dreadlocks. The things just creep me out - on anyone. Then again, he does have a somewhat George Clinton vibe going, which is a plus on the appearance side. [...]
Every so often an album drops that makes you freak out a little bit inside; enter Seattle-based Rose Windows , my latest obsession. Their new album, The Sun Dogs , will be released June 25 via Sub Pop and, after spending a few glorious hours with it today in the sun, I am excited to say I have a fourth contender for best album of 2013. The band just released their first single off the LP, "Native Dreams". The song opens with a flute solo before giving way [...]
I love bands that have only a few hundred fans on Facebook and a sound that begs to be heard. The latest to come to my attention is Portland-based Lubec , who boasts four members, three of which provide vocals. On their new track "Local Celebrity", male-female vocals front a sound that Portland Mercury calls "fuzz-drenched guitars to give it a charming shoegaze-twee feel." This shoegaze-twee thing is spot-on, and it's not the first time the band has delved into this realm; their three-song EP from [...]
German Error Message returns with their first newly recorded material since a May 2011 single called In Comforting . The album, The Lifting , features seven new tracks and is available as a limited (to 25, so hurry!) cassette from Tent Revivalist Records and digitally from the same German Error Message bandcamp page. FensePost is excited to premiere "There's a Place" off the new album. It's hard to believe that my introduction to German Error Message came two years ago. On April 25, 2011, I [...]
FensePost is excited to debut the new Nick Jaina track "These Fair Hands" off his new LP, Primary Perception , out now on Portland label Fluff & Gravy . His sixth album overall but his first for Fluff & Gravy, Primary Perception promises a more theatrical sound from Jaina, full of additional instrumentation. And "These Fair Hands" is no exception. Actually, "These Fair Hands" takes an approach more along the lines of mid-era Decemberists, with heavier guitars, a trifle more story-telling, and hints of an [...]
I picked up a new toy a few hours before my show. My bike had been in the shop for a few days with a broken spoke and to get a new chain and cassette (the latter of which was a special order item), and I decided to try out a 2012 model Trek. Ended up using my old bike as a trade in and coming home with the new ride pictured above. With this kind of reckless spending, I needed a garage/psychedelic rock kind of night. Here's my playlist for [...]
I love that astral, swirling hypnotic sound of bands that create deafening psychedelic rock. You hear it in Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, and now in LA band JJUUJJUU . This duo consists of Andrew Clinco (Incan Abraham) and Phil Pirrone (Moon Block Party), creating a monumental, energetic sound in "G 4 A G" off their new three-song EP, Ancient's Future . Featuring clashing cymbals, occasional tambourine, echoing vocals and the sonic drone of elongated guitar riffs, "Ancient's Future" is, at nearly eight minutes, truly brilliant. Impose had this [...]
I've been living in Skagit County for nearing five years now, and I have yet to truly crack the Bellingham music scene. For non-locals, which is likely 99% of you readers, Bellingham is 30 minutes north of the town I call home. This means that it, for the most part, the vast majority of Bellingham's burgeoning music scene has gone unnoticed to me. This is something I hope to change, a desire that long preceded my discovery of Spokane-originated, now-Bellingham band SoccerMom . Local publication What's Up Bellingham [...]
Alright, so I was sent a sweet slab of vinyl: Black Rabbit by The Hague . My first impression of this band came with the song "Everyone", which is somewhat reminiscent of early stuff by one of my favorite bands, Seattle's sloppy pop band BOAT (minus the slop). Then there's the angular guitars that hint of an early Minus the Bear. In its truest form, The Hague can be classified as a pop-rock band, but they add a surprising layer of strings throughout Black Rabbit that gives it a unique edge that [...]
"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" is not a song you'd expect Black Lips to cover, but alas here it is, on the A side of this year's Record Store Day split 73 single from Saddle Creek with Icky Blossoms . And it works very well. Originally by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, the song is remade slightly here with what I can only describe as a slightly drunk swagger. Black Lips propel the song along nicely with a little slide guitar and a southern drawl. It's [...]
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