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Music Go Music (Highland Park, CA) [MP3] Music Go Music - Warm In The Shadows Thanks to The Tape for this one . Music Go Music - the new project of David and Meredith Metcalf of Bodies Of Water have a new live video out. The project is heavily influenced by dance music and dare I say it - disco. A lot of blogs have stated the band has an [...]

Erinnert sich noch jemand an die US-amerikanische Indie/Shoegaze/Wave-Band Mezzanine Owls , die ich anno 2006 vorstellte ? Ihr Hit «Lightbulb» (den es zu meinem großen Erstaunen immer noch legal als mp3 im Netz gibt) war damals hoch in meinen Jahrescharts, so dass ich mich seitdem immer mal wieder gefragt hatte, was die Jungs inzwischen wohl so machen. Nun, vor einigen Monaten haben sie endlich neues Material veröffentlicht, und zwar eine 7"-EP, die es derzeit bei Insound zu kaufen gibt (bei Eingabe des Codes mezzaninieowls10 sogar mit 10% Rabatt). Und den Track «Snowglobe» [...]

Last year, in one of the earliest BFD posts I mentioned the California band Mezzanine Owls, they of the shoe gaze jams. Their eponymous album was released this past spring. While they are not Jesus & Mary Chain or any other notable shoe gaze bands, they have a great sound. "Snow Globe" in particular is a great song. Feed back from guitars, sing-song vocals and all rock. MP3: Mezzanine Owls - Snow Globe [ purchase album ]

Sunday is here and I've decided to start a weekly Sunday Playlist. Why not? It will be a good mix of new and older music... pretty much just whatever I feel like listening to. Enjoy! (Hint: If you click the title of the post, Yahoo! player will only play the songs from this post in its playlist) (Sunday bonus hint: right-click, save target as... works wonders) 1. The Prostitutes - Sunshine 2. The Uglysuit - Chicago 3. [...]
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How last month of me....However, since I sleep on the hometown scene all-too-frequently, consider this mild penance. 10. Dengue Fever - Venus on Earth ( M80 ) Dreamy and druggy psychedelia built on a bedrock worship of 60s Cambodian pop, and the ethereal buoyancy of Chom Nmol's voice. Adorned with a filagree of B-movie spy scores, Dick Dale surf strut, and the occasional sax-a-ma-phone [...]

I'll be at Darker My Love tonight. It's sort of a homecoming for the quintet so I'm anticipating a super-tight set. As previously stated, they released my favorite L.A. album this year. Other strong local acts playing out and about are timeless rockers The Moon Upstairs at Spaceland and my new favorite darlings VOICEsVOICEs bring [...]

Mezzanine Owls-"Snow Globe" Because it never snows in Los Angeles, we're forced to romanticize it. The first draft of "White Christmas," originally chided a spoiled Angeleno,"longing to be up North on December 24," surrounded by sunshine, green grass and swaying palms. The closest you get to white winters are weekend trips to Big Bear, truckloads of artificial snow carted in for winter wonderlands, and the bathroom stalls at Hyde. [...]

Tweak Bird (Los Angeles, CA) My first experience with Tweak Bird came on a warm December night at The El Rey. Mezzanine Owls and The Valley Arena were playing an event for LA Weekly . At the time Tweak Bird was the only band on the bill I did not recognize. When they started playing they ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED. Ever since I've been a huge fan. Yesterday the bros released [...]