Download: Infantree, ‘Fibber’
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San Fernando Valley-bred quartet Infantree are growing up fast. They arrived in 2010 with “Would Work,” an amiable collection of dad-rock with enough heart, soul and twang to make them a welcome addition to California’s folk-rock lineage. On their sophomore effort, “Hero’s Dose” (out June 26 on Vapor Records), the foursome of Alex Vojdani, Donald […]
Stream: Wild Nothing, ‘Shadow’
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Fans of Wild Nothing’s swirling, romantic dream-pop have had their heads in the clouds ever since the single “Nowhere” emerged in January as the first new music since the band’s highly regarded 2010 debut “Gemini.” Today, Jack Tatum and Co. announced that the follow-up, “Nocturne,” would be out Aug. 28 via Captured Tracks and Bella […]
Download: Bailterspace, ‘No Sense’
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So much new music these days is reminiscent of the golden age of shoegaze that my heart fairly skips a beat when one of the golden-agers actually turn up. So it was a moment ago, when the new single from Bailterspace (sometimes rendered Bailter Space) popped into my email. The New Zealand/New York rockers rose […]
Mp3-pack, Covers Dept.: Harlan, Tapioca & the Flea, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
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[Covers: Sometimes the songs don’t remain the same …] Harlan, “Dirty Laundry”– Few artists inhabit the late 1970s and early ’80s with such proficiency and zeal as Harlan, whose debut EP (and recent live shows, including the Echo residency, above) revealed him as a shredder/soul man who plays it so close to the vest you […]
Ears Wide Open: Louis Friend
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x x x x x x x x x x Ah, the sweet fruits of collaboration. Ken Oak and Ed Gorski (as Oak and Gorski) make “cello rock,” a strain of pop that features Oak’s big stringed instrument. Nicholas Ruth is the former guitarist/backup singer in Malbec (and now a composer, songwriter and producer) whom […]
Mp3-pack: The Tallest Man on Earth, Sea of Bees, How To Dress Well
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[New tunes from three artists rolling in to L.A this week…] The Tallest Man On Earth, “1904” – We get a glimpse of Kristian Matsson’s new material on the forthcoming “There’s No Leaving Now,” out Tuesday on Dead Oceans. Although the Swedish singer played up the bare-bones acoustic vibe as his strengths over the years, […]
