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Portland band A Weather gives away lovely, quiet tune from sophomore album

Talk about a grower: On first listen, we were bored 3 seconds in to “Giant Stairs,” a song from A Weather’s new album, “Everday Balloons.” Ten seconds later, we were riveted.
There’s a slow-burning quality to the tune as it moves from a spare guitar intro to hushed harmony vocals from Aaron Gerber and drummer Sarah [...]

Garage-rock duo the Pack A.D. brings fuzzy riffs, knife-point attitude on mp3

Cool bands often come with cool back stories, and the Canadian duo the Pack A.D. is one of them.
Singer and guitarist Becky Black was working in a gas station in East Vancouver, so the story goes, where she met drummer Maya Miller, who declines to say what she was doing (though the pair’s press bio [...]

World Atlas previews upcoming debut with free song, ‘The Winter Stories’

Few things in life beat a well-constructed pop song, and we’re not talking about hollow Top-40 jams written with mass consumption in mind. We’re talking about songs like “The Winter Stories” by World Atlas.
It’s from the New York band’s self-titled debut, due March 9 on Magic Marker Records. The group started in 2006 as the [...]

Austin’s Dana Falconberry gives away mp3, readies for SXSW and spring tour

There’s more to cool new music than jittery indie-rock. There’s also Dana Falconberry.
The Austin, Texas, singer and songwriter has a captivating voice on songs with a spare, rootsy feel. She cites the influence of, and has been compared to, the likes of Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch, and while there are some surface similarities, Falconberry [...]

Swedish duo Club 8 plans May release for seventh album, ‘The People’s Record’

After a career based on introversion — six records, few interviews, no live performances — Swedish duo Club 8 is throwing things wide open on its seventh album, aptly titled “The People’s Record.”
Due May 18, their first album since 2007’s “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Dreaming” features a Cuban percussionist and the unmistakable influence of [...]

Acid Washed punches up Wolfmother’s ‘White Feather’ with bright remix

Confession: Listen, Dammit, has never really understood the hipster obsession with remixes. It’s cool when Kanye does it and you get a sweet verse from Jay-Z, but remixed indie-rock songs have always seemed like overkill — “Last Night” by the Strokes is pretty good on its own, you know?
Now we’re starting to get it, thanks [...]

First listen: ‘Born Under a Bad Sign’ from Swedish soul-punk Moneybrother

Sweden’s Moneybrother has won hearts and Grammys overseas, now the solo project of former Monster singer Anders Wendin is gearing up for his full-length U.S. debut with “Real Control.”
Due in April on CD and vinyl, “Real Control” is a catchy throwback to the sound of ’60s and ’70s soul, with a healthy dose of punk [...]

Trail of Dead offshoot Borrowed Eyes and the Blood Red Road explores Americana

Austin, Texas, noise-rockers … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have never been known for subtlety, so it may take a minute to wrap your head around the sound of Borrowed Eyes and the Blood Red Road, the new band from former Trail of Dead member Danny Wood.
It’s more akin to [...]

Burned-out house leads to inspiration for Strand of Oaks singer Timothy Showalter

Love gone wrong is a pretty regular song topic, but not this wrong: After a relationship gone sour, Pennsylvania singer and songwriter Timothy Showalter returned home one day to find only the charred ruins of what had been his house.
Showalter, who teaches at a Hebrew dayschool and, his publicity material says, even drives the school [...]

Alaska duo the Wagner Logic previews new album with ‘Waiting for Snow’

The first song on the sophomore album by the Wagner Logic is called “Waiting for Snow.” Given that the band is from Alaska, we’re guessing it’s never a very long wait.
Snow jokes aside, the Alaska thing is significant: the song is like a photo negative of that psychedelic California sound from the ’60s, with reverb-heavy, [...]

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