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Music: The Black Angels
"Doves"listen
From deep in the heart of Texas, armed with the home-grown mantra "Turn On, Tune In, Drone Out," THE BLACK ANGELS ring real and rugged like a crimson full moon-lit night. The band's new album for Light In The Attic Records is called Directions To See A Ghost.
www.theblackangels.com www.lightintheattic.net
Music: No Age
"Eraser"listen
NO AGE has been turning heads with the lo-fi, stripped down rock included on Nouns, their debut full-length record for Sub Pop. The band cut its teeth at LA dive The Smell, to which they remain fiercely loyal. "The music is an invitation and rallying call for individuals to get involved in a community which celebrates art and experimentation," explains guitarist Randy Randall.
www.myspace.com/nonoage www.subpop.com
Art: The Art of Quiksilver
Almost from its beginnings, Quiksilver embraced the art of beach culture, and has never stoppped trying to redefine it. From Polynesian-influenced pareo prints thru geometric grids, harlequins and polka dots to tribal motifs and scenes from the urban jungle, the look of Quiksilver is in constant flux, and its artists have created a rich tradition of the unconventional expression of the board-riding spirit.Read more...
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4/11/2008
The Happening Laforet Museum Harajuku: Tokyo, Japan.
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Black Lips
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"Cold Hands"listen
Atlanta's THE BLACK LIPS are kings of the psychedelic garage rock underground. Secret parties, basement shows, outlaw festivals, the odd tour opening for Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Be Your Own Pet, plus three classic albums, countless 7"s, a couple DVDs, and their own seminal garage rock label Die Slaughterhaus have cemented their reputation. Their new album is Good Bad Not Evil, out now on Vice Recordings.
www.black-lips.com www.vicerecordings.com
The Night Marchers
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"I Wanna Deadbeat You"listen
THE NIGHTMARCHERS is the latest musical endeavor of John Reis (aka Speedo), leader of the much-missed Rocket From The Crypt and a multitude of recent (and surely future) hard-rocking combos. On their debut LP, See You In Magic, Reis and his fellow Marchers lay down blistering garage rock with a hint of jangle. We can only guess what he'll do next.
www.myspace.com/thenightmarchers www.swamirecords.com
Les Savy Fav
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"Patty Lee"listen
Brooklyn's LES SAVY FAV returned late last year with their long-awaited new album Let's Stay Friends. Featuring contributions from a number of indie rock celebs, including Eleanor Friedberger from the Fiery Furnaces, Nicholas Thorburn from Islands/Unicorns, SNL's Fred Armisen, Emily Haines from Metric and Joe Plummer from Modest Mouse/The Black Heart Procession, the album has put the band firmly back on the map.
www.lessavyfav.com www.frenchkissrecords.com
Pinback
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"From Nothing To Nowhere "listen
Hailing from San Diego, PINBACK is comprised of two principal players: Armistead Burwell Smith IV (Zach) and Rob Crow. Since its beginning as a part-time endeavor back in 1998 (when Zach's band Three Mile Pilot went on hiatus and Rob found time away from Thingy and Heavy Vegetable), the band has taken its signature, super-melodic indie pop to higher and higher levels. Their latest creation is Autumn of the Seraphs.
www.pinback.com www.tgrec.com
The Heavy
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"Coleen"listen
THE HEAVY come from a little town just outside of Bath, England called Noid. Their sound? Picture Tom Waits fathering RZA while John Bonham and The Parliaments host a garage sale for Chester Burnett, Willie Mitchell and the Stooges. The band released their long-awaited debut full-length, Great Vengeance and Furious Fire, late last year to international acclaim.
www.myspace.com/theheavy73 www.ninjatune.net
We Are Scientists
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"After Hours"listen
The roots of WE ARE SCIENTISTS date to the fall of 1997, at Pomona College, in Claremont, California, when Keith Murray and Chris Cain met at a viewing of Dawson's Creek. Over a decade later the band has just released its sophomore effort, Brain Thrust Mastery, the follow up to debut album With Love & Squalor, which sold a remarkable 150,000 copies in the UK alone.
www.wearescientists.com www.astralwerks.com
Clinic
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"The Witch"listen
CLINIC formed in Liverpool just over 10 years ago. Their first, oddly-named single, "IPC Subeditors Dictate Our Youth," set the template for their unique sound: pounding rhythms, heavily distorted organ and intense vocals; a cryptic mix of surf punk with a mutant garage beat. The band returned in May with a new album, Do It!, on Domino Records.
www.clinicvoot.org www.dominorecordco.com
Leopold & His Fiction
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"She Ain't Got Time"listen
LEOPOLD & HIS FICTION is an honest and transcendent San Francisco-based rock 'n' roll band built on a moody-pop frame derived from distant genres and unwavering imagination. The band's self-titled debut is an attempt to reinvent what each member feels has dissipated from the greater measure of music.
www.myspace.com/leopoldandhisfictionFuture Pigeon
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"She Ain't Got Time"listen
FUTURE PIGEON is an 8-piece Punk/Dub outfit with a live sound operator. They draw on elements of Dub, Reggae, Afro Beat, Death Disco and Psych Rock to create a sound that's somewhere between Lee "Scratch" Perry, Can and The Clash. The band's most recent album is The Echodelic Sounds Of Future Pigeon.
www.futurepigeon.com www.recordcollectionmusic.com