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New Jam From Holy Esque

January 17, 2014 RayRay Leave a comment

Holy Esque is a Scottish band we discovered a couple of years ago after hearing their irresistible tunes on the interwebs. Luckily for us, the band has decided to stop in for our little SXSW festival in March AND are giving us this new single “Silences”. It’s yet another tune where you can feel the emotion and power behind every guitar note and vocal yell. I’ve already got these guys near the top of my festival to watch list. I recommend you do the same.

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New Single From Bass Drum of Death

January 14, 2014 RayRay Leave a comment

Bass Drum of Death head out on a short tour soon (sorry not coming to Texas) and a celebration is in order with this new single “Black Don’t Glow”. It’s about what you’d expect from the band, and that’s a good thing of course. Garage rock sounds, washed out vocals, and wailing guitars are all here, and badass. Hopefully we’ll be hearing about the workings of a new album sometime soon.

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We Like The Men

January 9, 2014 RayRay Leave a comment

Yeah we like The Men so let’s just move on here. This new track was floating around the interwebs quite a bit yesterday, and we haven’t had the time to get to it until now. We apologize for our tardiness, but I think you’d agree that the track is just too good to not post. Of course it rocks, it rolls, and it leaves us desperate to hear more from the new album.

Pick up new album, Tomorrow’s Hits, on March 4th via Sacred Bones.

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Rock Out With The Noise Figures

December 10, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

When a band resides in a country across a major ocean, in this case Greece, it is obviously difficult for we Americans to catch on immediately. Such is the case with Greek rockers The Noise Figures. These guys just released their new self-titled album last month via their countryman’s label Inner Ear. Though the band is from the other side of the world, their sound is eerily reminiscent to the current California punk/noise rock scene that the ATH crew has consistently supported.

You can buy The Noise Figures new album digitally on bandcamp or try and get a physical copy shipped your way from Inner Ear Records.

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Great New Tune From Angel Olsen

November 20, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

I hope you’ll enjoy this great new tune called “Forgiven/Forgotten” coming your way from female rocker Angel Olsen. Now at times, some might try to say that the ladies can’t rock with their male counterparts, but I’d say that this tune begs to differ. It’s a great, washed out, rock n rollin’ number that’s worthy of repeat listens.

New album, Burn Your Fire For No Witness, is due out February 18th on JagJaguWar Records.

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Rowdy Rock From White Lung

October 25, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

When your Friday is dragging along and seemingly never ending, have yourself a listen to this new joint “Down with You” from White Lung. It’s sure to put a pep in your step with it’s loud, fast, and fun rockin’ style. Pay attention though, because it’s over after a short 1:48 run. Plenty of time to brighten your day and lead you into the weekend.

This track appears on a new 7″ coming your way on October 28th via Deranged Records.

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Noise Rock From Young Mammals

October 10, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

Somehow Houston band Young Mammals has yet to be featured on this here website, and that’s just a shame when such a talented band is living in your backyard. These guys craft their very own stye of noisy, distorted guitar heavy, rockin’ music. What I’m sure is many reader’s first exposure to the band, “Build a House”, can be found below. You’ll find that’s equal parts catchy and gritty all at the same time.

This track appears on a new 7″ coming out on November 5th via Odd Hours

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Download: Young Mammals – Build A House [MP3]

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Shark? Mellow Us Out

September 19, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

Brooklyn based Shark? is a band who have become well known for their interesting take on the updated garage rock/loud guitar genre. As Rocky once said however, everyone can change right? This new track from the band, “Wither”, is certainly a bit of something different sonically when compared to other songs. Personally, I think it’s a great little acoustic based ballad that will surely fit in nicely with all the other rockin’ tunes on the band’s upcoming album Savior. You can pick that one up on October 1st via Old Flame Records.

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Rock Out With The Callas

September 18, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

Here’s a great little rock n roll number from Greek rock band The Callas called “Anger”. The song title is appropriate, as the song seems to have a bit of power and anger driving the force through the song. Who knew the Greeks could rock?!

New album Am I Vertical? is due out November 19th on Inner Ear Records.

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Summer Rock with The Denzels

July 2, 2013 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

I’ve posted on the Denzels, so it only seems fitting that I’m running their new single. Almost from the get-go you can feel the energy, as they blast off into a quick-paced jam that speeds through in less than 2.5 minutes. The vocals have a nice bit of grainy darkness to them, which really shows that you can blend the line between lo-fo garage rock and pop sensibility; this is definitely the rock of the future. As of now, the band’s working on new material after last years Easy Tiger EP. We’ll keep you posted as more news comes our way.

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