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Survival Knife Don’t Mess Around

February 20, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

As if you couldn’t tell by their name, Washington based Survival Knife are not a band that plan on wasting your time with their musical delivery. These guys, and one gal, get right down to business from the get go with some very fast, loud, and in your face rock n roll that fits in extremely well with label mates like Obits or King Tuff. The new song I have for you below “Name That Tune” plays exactly how I just described the band; the guitars are loud and it’s full of non bullshit styles. I digs it.

This song appears on a brand new 7″ single coming your way on Sub Pop Records March 13th. A pre-order for the record is up now.

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Crushing on the Heathers

February 20, 2013 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

There’s an under-appreciated world of good pop music blogs out there, and one I can always trust is Skatterbrain. The site turned me onto the Heathers earlier this week, and I’m stuck jamming this track non-stop. There’s a brightness to the guitar sound, and the drums sound sloppily tight, giving a kicking groove that bubbles beneath the central hook. As of right now, this is the first recording from the LA group, but on this song alone, I have high hopes that they’ll do some more work soon, bringing many more casual smiles to music nerds like myself.

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Download: Heathers – Teenage Clothes [MP3]

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Say Hello to The Sweets

February 19, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

You won’t find much information about up and coming L.A. based band The Sweets when looking around on the internet, and apparently the band like to keep things on the mysterious side. I do know that the band make some incredible hazy, surf, lo-fi pop music that’s perked up my ears over the last few days. Our song sample below “Malts” is a perfect example of the band’s garage style take on mellowed out surfer music. If you’re into it, check out more of the band’s tunes over on their bandcamp page. Stay tuned for more information on The Sweets as it gets to us.

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Download: The Sweets – Malts [MP3]

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Throwback, or Is It? Casual Sex

February 19, 2013 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Just been jamming to this track by Casual Sex all day today, and I’m trying to decide if it’s too old school to be modern, or just a nod. Every time I listen to this, I think of Ian D and the Blockheads, but it has a little bit more of polish to it. The Glaswegian group will be releasing this single as a 7″ and as a digital download via Moshi Moshi Music on April 1st. I don’t know, this track just stuck out to me, and it wasn’t run of the mill, so I figured you all needed to enjoy it too. If you hate it, feel free to tell me!

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Catching Up with Jeremy Jay

February 19, 2013 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

After a prolific run, Jeremy Jay took some time off, but whilst checking in on the guy, I came across a new tune, which appears only in the demo form below. Interestingly, he seems to have lost a bit of his soul-influenced bent, leaving us with a more solemn track that works predominantly with just a pounding drum beat and light guitar work. You can hear faint accompaniment of the atmospheric/electronic sort in the background, so who knows where the track will end up in the long run, but this seems like a pretty good start for all us JJ fans out there. He also alludes to an up-coming 7″ that should come out soon, we think.

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Download:Jeremy Jay – Now Its Gone [MP3]

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New Jamz From El Sportivo & The Blooz

February 19, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

This here my friends is an old school rock n roll jam with some pop elements thrown in for good measure courtesy of El Sportivo & The Blooz. Now you might not know that the band features Lewis Pesacov of Fool’s Gold, but you’d probably pick up on it after a few spins of “Breaks My Heart”. It’s full of that jam style we grew used to from that aforementioned L.A. band and also has some great bluesy rock drenched vocals over everything.

A new album from the band entitled Nights & Weekends will be available on February 26th via White Iris Records.

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New Music from Twin Library

February 19, 2013 nathan.lankford One comment

I’ve been relaxing all day with a plethora of emails that I skipped over for a few days, and the one record that stuck out for me was the new release from Edmonton’s Twin Library, Lowways. It’s most folk, though there’s a quiet element to the recording quality that makes it extremely personal. But, while there are some really soft moments on the album, there are also experiments with noise, which provide a little bit of differentiation, giving the record more endurance from spin to spin. I chose the track below because it’s the first track that really builds your experience with Lowways. You can grab the whole album for the NYP option HERE.

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Download: Twin Library – The Surgery Never Left [MP3]

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Gritty Gem from The Living Eyes

February 19, 2013 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

I’ll continue my fascination with Australia today by tossing out this rad tune from The Living Eyes. On April 1st the group will be releasing their self-titled record with help from Anti-Fade and Z-Man Records. Unlike a lot of their Aussie peers, there’s more of a garage-rock, blues-oriented groove at play in this track. I like the control of the vocals, as I’ve seen many a band throw that wayward howl into similar sounding jams. Just goes to show you all that rock n’ roll is alive and gritty all around the good old globe.

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New Jam from Velcro

February 18, 2013 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

You people need to really turn your ears towards Velcro. I’ve raved about the Australian group for some time on these pages, but with the new Budding Teens EP set to be released via Terroir Editions, things are definitely shaping up to be huge. There’s a casual wayward twanging guitar, and the vocals have this relaxed vibe to them. But, like all things Velcro, it sticks in your head so quickly, and then its gone, forcing you to play the track over and over again. That’s not a bad thing now is it? Just go browse through the Velcro greatness, and enjoy one of my favorite acts that I wish more people knew about!

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Download: Velcro – Bong Lion [MP3]

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Contest: UMO & Foxygen @ Mohawk (2/20)

February 18, 2013 RayRay 16 comments

It’s contest time yet again here at ATH and today we’ve got some tickets for a show that we’ve really been looking forward to for a long time. Below you can find some deets on the contest:

Up For Grabs: One spot on the guest list with +1

Show Lineup: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Foxygen, and Wampire opening

Show time: Doors @ 6:30pm

How to enter: Leave a comment with why you should win and we’ll pick a winner at random on Wednesday morning.

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Download: Foxygen – Make It Known [MP3]