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Levitation Interviews: Pissed Jeans

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Wow, hard to believe that we are already about to roll into November and it is once again time for Levitation Festival in Austin. Now this crew stands with the opinion that this is the best fest in town as we love the peeps who put it on, dig the venues, and generally vibe with the bands on the bill. This year is no different as our hype builds and things look to set off in downtown next week. We would of course fail at life if we didn’t try to prep you in some way so a few Levitation “Getting to Know You” interviews seems like a fitting kick off. Also more fitting, is getting to jumpstart this thing with one of my top bands of the entire weekend – Pissed Jeans. Hit the jump for band insights, tunes and set times.

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Premiere: Sunnsetter Shares Yet Another Jam

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Man if Andrew McLeod isn’t just killing it this year with his stunning new solo work under the recording moniker Sunnsetter. Back in April, the Canadian songwriter shared what may be in my Top 10 by the time the year ends with his track “I Actually Don’t Wanna Die.” Since then, new tracks have come in, album previews have been sent, and I can tell you that the new album will truly be something to behold. Prior to the release of Heaven Hang Over Me next month, McLeod has dropped this beauty called “I Feel Everything” found below. This album is packed with so many emotive moments just like this one, and I can’t wait for the masses to get ahold of it.

The aforementioned new Sunnsetter album, Heaven Hang Over Me, is due out on November 15th via Paper Bag Records. Pre-orders are of course live now.

Premiere: Dear Francis Drops Godhead

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Yes, we still out here. While all of us pray for some form of Fall here in Texas, Jennifer Clavin is out in L.A. gracing us all with some new jams under her solo recording moniker dear francis. If you’re unfamiliar with Clavin and her previous work, you should be, as she’s been fronting the now legends in the indie L.A. punk scene Bleached for near on 15 years. You can obviously hear a bit of that influence in her new song “godheads,” but it also brings forth this new vibe of an acoustic lightness playing nicely between the higher energy moments. This is definitely a creative direction I can get behind. Stay tuned as more comes our way.

Premiere: Palomino Blond Drop Plain View Single

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Miami based upstarts Palomino Blond have already released a couple of singles this year leading to some organic buzz building around the band (see “Left” here and “Understand” here). Prior to an album drop on Friday, we are pleased to share this brand new single with you all called “Plain View.” If you know me, my new music tastes trend towards something unique or a refreshing take on an older genre. Both things are true for me on this track as the band take a sort of late 90’s grunge sound and twist it up with heavier, emotional lyrics and a hint of bright shoegaze. I think you’ll dig it.

Palomino Blond will release this as part of a new album entitled You Feel it Too which drops this Friday via Kanine Records. Pre-orders are live now.

Coldwave Shares Double AA-Side

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I’m still here! At times I have been known to write about music and today the music oversharer in me had to drop this double AA-side release from Australian based upstarts Coldwave. A video for the track “The Ants” can be found below which has a very post-punk focus with some lovely horns to give it a sort of edgy meets Beirut vibe. For further listening, also check out the lengthier, and more contemplative track called “Italia ’06.” Both have something different and unique to offer and should get the band on your radar for good.

 

Black Doldrums Deliver Another Hit

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London based Black Doldrums came onto my musical radar last month with the fuzzed out, post punk single “Hideaway.” As many know, once a band gets on my radar, I tend to save all new singles and albums as they come in. Such is the case with this new single “Summer Breeze,” which offers a hint of brightness underneath the sort of dark wave sound I originally vibed with. You’ll find lots to like here.

Black Doldrums have a new album entitled In Limerence due out on October 18th via Fuzz Club Records. Pre-orders are live now.

Our Girl Shares Emotive New Single

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Brighton based upstarts Our Girl have really been dropping some heat this year with a ton of new singles including the jams “Relief,” “Something About Me Being a Woman,” and “The Good Kind.” While you take a listen to those stellar tunes, go ahead and queue up the band’s next single called “What You Told Me” below. It’s rare you can find a band nowadays who pull off the combination of twee pop with dashes of shoegaze sort of like stalwarts Slowdive used to do (and sort of still do I guess). Truly a lovely body of work for this new album.

Our Girl will release new album The Good Kind on November 8th via Bella Union. Pre-orders are live now.

Sam Blasucci Returns With Witching Hour

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Sam Blasucci really caught my ear around this time last year with the release of his debut solo LP Off My Stars, which was a heavily spun piece by me. Blasucci doesn’t have any plans to slow down with his new solo work as another new album of material entitled Real Life Thing is due out on November 1st via Innovative Leisure. Prior to the full album, Sam was kind enough to send along a preview of the new material with this single “Witching Hour.” It turns a little bit, and delivers a more piano driven, slight Elton John undertone of inspiration, sound. I am here for it.

Surf Trash Drop New Banger

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Prepping for another trip away and I was needing a bit of a boost in the ‘ol brain with some sunny and positive vibes. Luckily I have Australian upstarts Surf Trash to give me a little inspiration with their new single called “Tappin Into Magic.” You’ll find it gives off these great, sort of SoCal meets garage type vibes perfect for anyone wanting to get out and get some sun. I’m sure these dudes are plenty familiar with sunshine vibes.

This track is part of a new album from Surf Trash entitled The Only Place I Know which is out this Friday, September 13th. You can order it, along with some cool merch pieces over on the band’s website.

Dane Schumacher Shares New Track Timebomb

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Dane Schumacher is a name you might know from his time spent in the Los Angeles based indie rock band Subtle Orange as the primary songwriter and singer. While his previous band had a fairly straight rock focus, Dane recently stepped out on his own and has been creating tunes still in an indie rock genre, but with a more bedroom, or even dreamy pop focus. His latest single, “Timebomb,” shows this mixture of genres as you can hear a hint of garage rock intertwined with a more dreamy beat throughout. You can definitely see the influence of producer Teenage Priest on the song as it is equal parts mellow and sort of joyful at the same time.

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