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Furcast: All For Me [mp3]

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Furcast paints an intricate and dreamy picture with their opening guitar part that is merely heightened with the entrance of vocals funneled through a megaphone and mysterious electric guitars echoing on the cliff’s edge of feedback. “All For Me” has all the eccentricities and obscurities of a dream – it’s part neurotic A.D.D. and part warped genius, mashed into the subconscious and recounted during a hypnotic session with a therapist. Read More »Furcast: All For Me [mp3]

The Go Find: Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight [mp3]

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Morr Music is known for giving us great bands that fit the electro-folk or electro-pop classification and The Go Find is no exception. In the title track of their third release, Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight, The Go Find create a middle ground between ethereal atmospheric heights and cloudy oceanic depths.  They extend electro pop from the standard laptop meets soft guitars to include real instruments like a saxophone that swirls around the instrumental bridge dominating the latter half of the song. Read More »The Go Find: Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight [mp3]

Retribution Gospel Choir: Hide It Away [mp3]

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Duluth Minnesota’s Retribution Gospel Choir is about as real as it gets in the world of pop-rock. They have enough energy and vibrancy to power Vegas for at least a few minutes. RGC has been riding off the success of their self-titled debut album recently (touring with Wilco, Meat Puppets, & more), but as always, their progression is never ending. Their sophomore release, 2, will be out January 26th on Sub Pop, and it features the stunning single “Hide It Away”. This track is damn solid. It’s an echoing indie rock love affair with the mistresses of 70’s rock. It has that sort of power that can have you throwing two fists is the air, closing your eyes, and drinking-in 3 minutes of bona fide musical bliss. Read More »Retribution Gospel Choir: Hide It Away [mp3]

The Album Leaf: Falling From The Sun [mp3]

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It’s been a few years since we last heard from The Album Leaf, but they’re back. “Falling From The Sun” renews the band’s focus on vocals. Looking back at In A Safe Place and Into The Blue Again, those albums emphasized The Album Leaf’s ability to create a dreamy, atmospheric tune. “Falling From The Sky” lapses into those areas, but the true emphasis is on lyrics and vocals, and that in itself is a substantial change. Read More »The Album Leaf: Falling From The Sun [mp3]

The Dandy Warhols: Little Drummer Boy [mp3]

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The Dandy Warhols use their electro-fused, almost Beatles pop sound (one of their many styles) to recreate one of the best Christmas songs ever, “Little Drummer Boy”. And it couldn’t have worked out better. This cover is, too say the least, far better and more energetic than when Bright Eye’s tried it out for size. Yes, rockers doing holiday songs is one commodity that shall never grow old. The Dandies have been releasing this one for free download for a number of years. It’s a quite perfect way to enjoy these annoying jingles that used to bring you so much joy when you still believed it would be a good thing for a fat bearded guy to sneak in your house late at night and eat your cookies. Bless these Portland rockers for bringing back the joyous feelings we seem so often to forget. Read More »The Dandy Warhols: Little Drummer Boy [mp3]

Bears: I’m A Snowman [mp3]

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Is it just me or is there an overabundance of indie Christmas tunes being released this year? As in, substantial quantities more than usual. Maybe I’m just paying attention this time ’round. Anyway, one of the better ones I’ve heard as we approach the holiday season is “I’m A Snowman” by Ohio’s best pop group Bears. Read More »Bears: I’m A Snowman [mp3]

“Won’t Say Anything” by Hello Seahorse! [mp3]

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Hello Seahorse! creates honest, lovable pop in the vein of Mates Of State. The trio from Mexico City is centered around light, clean keyboard riffs, soft bass lines and female-fronted vocals. The music is ingenuous and unassuming. There’s no typical pretensions here, simply pleasant pop songs. “Won’t Say Anything” will surprise you with its purity, and abash you for your lack innocence. Read More »“Won’t Say Anything” by Hello Seahorse! [mp3]

Drew Andrews: Suitcases, Bandages [mp3]

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Drew Andrews comes from The Album Leaf fame, assisting Jimmy LaValle with dreamy pop that sifts between instrumentals and soft vocal melodies. You can hear select traces of that influence in the music Drew Andrews creates solo, albeit less dreamy and filled with more folk sensibilities. “Suitcases, Bandages” capitalizes on these traits yet finds Andrews pulling influence from his other group for a sound that is entirely pleasant, leading one to proclaim his ability to craft a genre that can only be dubbed as dream folk. Read More »Drew Andrews: Suitcases, Bandages [mp3]

Feral Children: On A Frozen Beach [mp3]

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“On A Frozen Beach” finds Seattle’s Feral Children traveling a slightly different path for their upcoming sophomore release, Brand New Blood. Where their debut Second To The Last Frontier featured ferocious yells and wild erratic percussion quite true to their given moniker, “On A Frozen Beach” is in comparison quite tame. Those early elements remain, but they are now masked by a so-called return to civilization. Read More »Feral Children: On A Frozen Beach [mp3]

Dead Leaf Echo: Half-Truth [mp3]

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Dreamy shoegaze pop never sounded so sexy as it does on Dead Leaf Echo‘s “Half-Truth”. That consistent machine gun snare and those sleepy seductive vocals mesh almost too perfectly with the atmospheric guitar, which at times even borders an angular Smiths-like jangle. It’s as if The Smiths and The Dears formed an unlikely union and the resulting brainchild was Dead Leaf Echo. You can also hear traces of select collaborators like Ulrich Schnass and Depeche Mode. “Half-Truth” is one of those songs that wears its influences on its sleeve, but still contains the ability to impress. Well done. Read More »Dead Leaf Echo: Half-Truth [mp3]

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