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Avi Buffalo – What’s In It For?

Avi Buffalo is an indie-pop four-piece based around the infectious ideas of teenage songwriter Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg. The group is from Long Beach, California, and their debut album will be out on Sub Pop sometime in the spring. Worth keeping an eye out for. Continue Reading »

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Beach House – Norway (Live)

A third album from Beach House is on the way and after a couple of listens, I can already tell that there are some future classics on there: namely ‘Zebra’, ‘Norway’ and ‘Walk in the Park’ (songs you’ll have heard if you’ve seen Beach House in the last six months). In fact all the strongest tracks come in the first half, which will make for a great Side A, before the momentum slows and tapers off somewhat into the band’s template of old. In that sense Teen Dream is more of a renewal than a departure, but this one might be their best yet. Continue Reading »

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Obits – Pine On

When A bootleg of Obits’ first live show made its way on to the Internet, Sub Pop were so impressed on first listen that they pursued the band for a record deal. You can still hear a couple of those recordings on MySpace – which sound utterly indebted to The Stooges – but the studio material sounds sharper, distinctive and yet still retains that hammering ferocity. The band hits SXSW next week, just days before their debut I Blame You is released. In the meantime, this mp3 can be downloaded for free here.

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The Helio Sequence – Shed Your Love

I’m liking everything I’ve heard from Keep Your Eyes Ahead, a 2008 release by Portland duo and sub-pop artists The Helio Sequence. This isn’t in keeping with the feel of the others songs I’ve been listening to and it’s not even in keeping with what I would normally post on a Saturday, so if you’d like to hear them take on a bubblingly upbeat sound, head over to their MySpace where the title track has notched up an impressive 157,000 listens. As for this one, it’s just too beautiful and tender not to share right now. Continue Reading »

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The Ruby Suns – ‘Tane Mahuta’

This is a gorgeously sunny song from a record chock-full of them – perfect for that Friday feeling.

I had been hearing nothing but good things about Sea Lion for some time yet some niggling and seemingly unexplainable waver of cynicism made held me back. I’ve been giving it a few spins this week and can finally add to the streams of gushing praise. In fact, there’s not a bad song on there. Continue Reading »

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