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New releases by Adult Jazz and Spoon this week
Adult Jazz – "Gist Is" The quartet hailing from Leeds debuts with "Gist Is" a critically acclaimed and compared to Frank Zappa by one NPR writer. Contemporary, free forming and as erie as Nessie of […]
New Musicsinger-songwriter
This Week: We see "The Voyager" Through a "Hypnotic Eye"
New releases by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Jenny Lewis are dominating my playlist Tuesday, July 29. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have returned to the studio for a loose and bluesy 13th album. […]
Music Reviewsindie-rock
Fanfarlo shows evolution with 'Let's Go Extinct'
"Let's Go Extinct" by Fanfarlo.
Fanfarlo takes listeners on a musical and philosophical journey into the future with its third third full-length album, "Let's Go Extinct." The album is an adventurous leap in the time machine both back to 80s by incorporating synth melodies and into the future with progressive, futuristic themes by the London folk quartet.
Released Feb. 10 on the Fanfarlo's own New World Records label in the United Kingdom and by The Orchard in the United States, the 10 tracks of "Let's Go Extinct" were enjoyable and weird. I fell in love with the eclectic band after hearing the heavily trumpeted "The Walls Are Coming Down," from its first album, "Reservoir" released in 2009. Although I didn't find "Rooms Filled WIth Light" from 2012 until late last year, Fanfarlo has held a warm spot in my inner-ear.
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"So Long, See You Tomorrow" is an enjoyable ride with Bombay Bicycle Club
The members of Bombay Bicycle Club with a poster announcing the release of "So Long, See You Tomorrow." (Courtesy of the artist.)
With the bitter chill of February rattling windows throughout the northeastern United States, there is a hopeful reprieve found in "So Long, See You Tomorrow," the latest album by Bombay Bicycle Club.
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Music Reviewsrock
Dawes keeps rolling on 'Stories Don't End'
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/images/stories/00-downbeach/Shaun_Cassette-Logo.jpg The retro sound that Dawes developed on the band's first two albums is more refined and authentic on "Stories Don't End," released April 9. Since the band's 2009 debut release "North Hills," Dawes has […]
Wavves is fearless on new album
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/images/stories/00-downbeach/Shaun_Cassette-Logo.jpg Full of crunchy power chords, youthful lyrics and unabashed energy, California-based Wavves is leading the grunge revival with "Afraid of Heights," released March 26. The psychedelic stripped down surf punk sound perfected by the […]
Music ReviewsFolk-rock
'Be the Void' doesn't lose appeal
By SHAUN SMITH
Blogger-in-Chief
Dr. Dog unleashes its potential on the band's latest record, Be the Void. The Pennsylvania-based folk-rock band's sixth album (released Feb. 6 on Anti-) reaches deep with a beautifully woven arrangement of songs showcasing blues, roots, and acid-rock jams that create a unique, bombastic folk-rock sound.
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