Category: Tunes

Green Buzzard Combine Lo-Fi and Alternative

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greenbuzzardWhen wading through all the fresh tracks on the internet sometimes you find some good tunes buried in the mix. This track, “Zoo Fly” from Green Buzzard, is a great example of such a find, and it combines that good old 90’s alternative sound with the lo-fi sound that’s become so popular as of late. These Aussies are getting ready to release this single as a 7″ on August 21st through Mermaid Avenue Records. You can watch the music video for this track here. 

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Fresh Indiepop from The Popguns

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popLast year the Popguns returned via Matinee Recordings, making a big splash with throngs of indiepop masses.  But, it looks like once that songwriting bug hit the band, they couldn’t stop, already prepping the release of a new EP.  The opening track, “Still Waiting for the Winter” should already have piqued your interest, having appeared on the aforementioned album, Pop Fiction.  But, there will also be three exclusive new tracks to reassure your fandom.  I’ve posted one of those new tracks below, and it’s perfect…no need for more words other than that.  Look for the Still Waiting for the Winter EP this July.

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Brilliant New Grave Babies Tune

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graveOn their last album, Grave Babies hit heavy and hard, busting the cones on many a speakers.  But, they’re readying a new album, Holographic Violence, and it’s set to be something entirely different.  Elements of darkness still pervade their latest single, from the warped tones on the vocals to the emotional draw that takes center stage.  Still, listen to the guitars that open the song; you’ll hear that wayward shimmering pop element that basically made bands in the early shoegaze era so intoxicating.  The band’s new LP will be out via Hardly Art on July 24th.

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Fresh Tunes from Tijuana Panthers

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tijuanaThe last time out for Tijuana Panthers I was totally in love.  I kept talking to friends about Wayne Interest, yet no one seemed to listen, sadly. But, if you listen to this song, I hope it encourages you to go back and check out the band’s work; it’s perhaps some of my secret favorite tunes.  There’s something about this song, be it the line “feel like a cowboy” or just the Western jangle rock approach of the guitars, but it has its hooks in me. I hear there’s more great news about more music coming our way soon, so we’ll get you that once it’s in our hands. For now…just enjoy.

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Missed This Cairo Gang Tune

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cairogangIt’s never fun to come home to a mass quantity of emails after a brief vacation, except for when you go through and find a gem like this tune from The Cairo Gang.  I’m pretty sure that their early success has built a broader audience thirsting for this new record. The track lives somewhere in the realm between Americana stomp and American power-pop, filled with this great vocal that I can’t get out of my head (does anyone else hear Pollard?). It’s the second single from the band’s new album, Gone Missing, being released on June 23rd on God?.

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Stuck on Mail the Horse

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maleIt’s interesting how musical tastes go in and out of our consciousness. Sometimes I delve into straight punk rock and don’t come out for days…then I fall into indiepop magic.  But, I always have a spot for the folk-leaning tunes, like this new one from Mail the Horse.  This might sound strange, but it truly sounds like Julian Casablancas got together with a bunch of his friends and made a stomping Western album.  There’s that grinding organ sound, and the guitar that filters through the hills of endless desert landscapes.  The group is preparing for the release for their album Planet Gates, which hits on June 23rd.

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Shannon and the Clams Return

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Shannon and The ClamsThis track has been everywhere the last few days, but I’m just getting back to civilization, so excuse my tardiness. It’s good to see that Shannon and the Clams are back at it, and they return with a sultry twang that should definitely put them on more people’s radar.  It’s a sound that falls right in line with the band’s nostalgic nods they’ve been making over the years; this time the group rolls through the track slowly allowing Shannon’s voice to be the superstar (it always was).  Their new album, Gone by the Dawn, comes September 11th via Hardly Art.  Check the video for the song HERE.

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Simplistic Yet Delightful Folk From Scott Bartenhagen

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scottCalifornia’s Scott Bartenhagen just signed to the roster over at New Professor Music of L.A., and in a few short weeks on June 30th, he’ll be releasing an EP called Black Dane. “Beacons,” the song below from that EP, shows the songwriters ability to spin a delightful folksy tune with very little outside of vocals, guitar, and minimal percussion, that is, until the track is almost finished. When the song starts it seems quite mild, and while that is essentially the case, where the heart of this track lies is in the vocal performance of Bartenhagen, whose voice is crisp until he pushes it to its bluesy brink. Though mild, the song takes off at the end and adds in other elements to fully bring it alive. Take a listen.

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Funky New Wave(ish) Pop From Paul Smith & The Intimations

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You may know Paul Smith from his frontman position in Maximo Park, but you probably didn’t know that this gentleman also puts out his own music as well (If you did know this, my apologies). He’s shared with us a track from a new record that he and his backing band, The Intimations, are going to be releasing on August 21st called Contradictions. This first song, “Coney Island (4th of July)” is a proper pop groove: the guitar sound twangs in as the new-wave vocals paint a picture of a time and a place in the past. I’m enjoying this combination of 80’s pop and modern elements. What do you think?

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Jesse Payne Gives You Post Folk

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jessepWhatever post folk is, I’m not one hundred percent sure, but Jesse Payne has been deemed thus. Citing origins in the Southeastern part of the U.S., his sound blends americana and folk elements as well as these subtle yet enticing vocals. I’m sharing this track with you today from Heirloom, Payne’s upcoming record which is set to be released on August 14th through Capture Music. “Origins,” opens with this infectious guitar riff that spirals out through the track and makes for a simmering folk track.

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