February 2012
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Hungry Cloud Darkening
“Dark Cloud At Water”
LP Fontee Fount
Mellow Brooding Indie
Dark Cloud At Water begins and ends with tracks that channel the military march and reverb tank sound of Roy Orbison’s Running Scared. Not a bad way to bookend a record. That’s not to say this is some kind of doo-wop revival album. In fact, I don’t think they were even going for Roy Orbison, but...
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WatchCheck out this live video of Holiness Church Of The Valley.
GDP Interview
My second post ever was about GDP’s newest record Useless Eaters (not to be confused with the band of the same name) here’s an interview with him that appeared in Birmingham’s own Forge zine.
diybirmingham:
This interview is also available in issue four of The Forge. Pick up a copy at the release show.
Five years after dropping his debut EP GDP continues to gain momentum and...
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Catnaps
“Boys Drool”
digital only
Just in time for Valentines day, here are two new Catnaps jams! With this digital only EP they’re moving away from the twee of Why Don’t You Whisper and trying on a kind of garage-rock meets 90’s girl grunge sound. If you like Tiger Trap, The Breeders, or That Dog go check out Boys Drool!!!
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Here’s a song from the Nightmare...
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Iji
Yerself
LP Wizards of the Ghost
Indie Rock Funky Pop
This has honestly been one of my most anticipated releases in months. Records like this are the reason I do the blog. Yerself is Iji’s follow up to their stellar 2010 full length Cool Dream. While Cool Dream’s beachy rock sound entered some interesting territory (and was my favorite record of the year) Yerself extends Iji into...
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Megabog
Some UFO
Digital Wizards of the Ghost
Mellow Indie
Megabog’s new EP consist of four shorter and harder hitting jams than the spacey romps that appeared on 2011’s Freaky Dawn. It’s not that this record is arena rock, but there aren’t any atmospheric noise parts to be found here. The straightforward nature of this release really shows off Birgy’s songwriting...
