So Ian MacKaye might have founded some some amazingly influential bands in his sleep, but Dennis Lyxzén just might be Sweden’s answer. After starting the hardcore band Refused and establishing punk rockers The (International) Noise Conspiracy as a world power, Lyxzen released ’solo’ albums as The Lost Patrol Band.
Quite simply, The Lost Patrol Band […]

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I’d like to start this post as a shout out to my relatives who are no doubt reading this. You see, not only do my parents read my blog (hi mom and dad!), but they’re overly proud of me for everything I do. So today is my mom’s side family Thanksgiving, and she’ll no doubt […]

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This post over at I Rock, I Roll lead me to The Changes (ps: I got 1181 on the Kitty Cannon game!). But yeah, The Changes are some great pop music. Great instrumentation and frequent uses of vocal effects punctuate their elloquently produced songs. And, if you dig these songs, they’ve got two new demos […]

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In the spirit of thanksgiving, I decided to do a little mini post about blogs for which I am thankful. Please add other blogs in the comments that you love or run.
Gorilla vs Bear
I was reading GvB before it was cool….HA! Oh man, sorry, I had to take that opportunity. Forgive me, Chris. Anyways, GvB […]

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It’s amazing what the addition of one ‘la’ will do to a song title. Ashlee Simpsons’ “La La:” completely terrible. Parks and Recreation’s “La La La:” grrreat! Like most of the west coast bands I write about these days, I’m at a loss for a good comparison, so I have to go with The Lucksmiths. […]

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Those delightful brits, The Earlies, are jumping the pond (it’s obligatory to call it that in any write-up about a british band) to tour in America in November and December. Not only that, but they’ve also got an amazingly trippy video for their wonderfully strange ditty, “Morning Wonder.”
MOV: The Earlies - Morning Wonder
MP3: The […]

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So can we all just come together as a people, and admit once and for all that the Futureheads are better than Franz Ferdinand? They out-rock, out-sing and out-snazzy FF in nearly every song. The only thing they don’t have going for them is a huge PR blitz and magazine covers (maybe they do in […]

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Saturday Looks Good To Me’s album All Your Summer Songs LP with a Bonus 7″ is being reissued on Polyvinyl. While I’m familiar with SLGTM only through assorted downloads, I was impressed with this song that PV posted.
MP3: Saturday Looks Good To Me - Meet Me By The Water
More MP3s at SLGTM’s website
Bonus MP3: […]

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