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The Black Watch Share Mad Single

June 10, 2019 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

If ever there was a band I wish more people cared about, it would be the work of The Black Watch. The group, helmed by JA Fredrick has been consistently prolific and consistently changing. Here on their latest single, familiar sounds abound, but Fredrick feels steadier than before, somehow; it’s as if he’s achieved self-awareness, and yet continues to push himself (and the band) forward. However you want to look at it, listening back through the years and playing this track over and over, you just get the feeling that it’s all clicked, it’s all reached this pinnacle moment in the band’s discography. I can’t wait to add Magic Johnson to the collection when it drops in August.

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The Black Watch Share Get Me Out of Echo Park

April 19, 2019 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Of course, The Black Watch never hold back from writing material; for fans, they’re almost always on your mind, like the fuzzier pop version of Guided by Voices. Today they announced a bunch of cool things, like a new LP featuring the great tune below, but they also seem to have put together a couple of fun compilations, you know, for the collectors out there trying to polish off their collection (one even has the band’s entire catalog on a USB). The guitar sound here is phenomenal, giving plenty of space for Fredrick to cast his hallowed croon while the rhythm section works beneath it all. This song appears on Magic Johnson, which will be released June 21st via Atom Records.

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New To You: Smooth Ends

June 26, 2015 nicole.baumann 2 comments

Friday’s are all about celebrating; the end of a work week for some, an excuse to get out and into town for others. Whatever your weekend has in store for you, do yourself a favor and take a listen to this sweet sweet jam from Smooth Ends below. It’s not a brand new track, but when I heard it I knew I had to share the kid jangle-jazz pop track with you, as it just simply screams summer. This group is a four piece based out of London, though formed by two gentlemen from Argentina, and they’ve recently put out an EP of five tracks called Magic Johnson. You can listen to the rest of that summer perfect EP here, and look out for these guys.

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