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We are both teachers and next week is our last week of work. We are ready for summer break and anxious to get out on the road and play some shows.
If you are interested in booking The Grizzly Owls contact either:
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DOWNLOAD: Mrs. Magician - Hours Of The Night
Cory Stier from Cults has a new band called Mrs. Magician and they’ve recently put a record out on Swami. Want to hear some of it? Yeah you do! “Hours Of The Night” is a prime example of the band’s killer San Diego sunburnt rock mentality. There’s a still a bit of the ‘60s structure you might expect from Stier’s nimble drumming, but the sing-song f-bomb-dropping vox, reverb silt and rickety riffs are firmly situated in the now. Also, maybe the ‘90s. But the ‘90s are now again, so we’ll stick with now. Whatever, it’s good and you should buy the rest.
DOWNLOAD: Sleigh Bells - Demons (Diplo Remix)
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(Photo: Patrick O'Dell)
No rest for weary ears when best buds and former tour mates Sleigh Bells and Diplo have their assault sights set on you. Death metal pop, water bubbles, slasher synths and big bass artillery ahead on this remix of “Demons” from current album Reign Of Terror. Put on a helmet and get on in there.
PREMIERE: Choir Of Young Believers - Paint New Horrors
(Photo: Nina Mouritzen)
Choir Of Young Believers is on some alternate universe, orchestral ‘50s prom tip on their latest, “Paint New Horrors” and we are so into it! Cold Danish crooning, powder blue strings, straining guitars and an utterly soaring breakdown paint a world that tragically does not, nor ever could, exist (other than in your eardrums). So go ahead, plug in Rhine Gold over on Ghostly and take a sonic trip into the The Twilight Zone.
DOWNLOAD: The Tallest Man On Earth - 1904
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How can Swedish-born singer-songwriter The Tallest Man On Earth capture Americana so well? Don’t know, and it don’t much matter. “1904” gives us a glimpse into the wonder that will be June 12’s There's No Leaving Now; intimate strumming, feather-weight backing and a wonderfully pitched yelp spinning a reminiscent tale so lovely you could pull it around your bony shoulders and walk bravely into the sun.
The Tallest Man On Earth - 1904 [Rolling Stone]
PREMIERE: She's So Rad - Confetti
Hell yeah, new New Zealand ‘90s-flecked shoegaze! Ladyhawke openers and peppermint indie rockers She’s So Rad have really won us over with “Confetti.” Remember that time when you went to a concert at some crappy stadium in, oh I dunno, Hartford, with a million kids packed into the car and you sat next to your ninth grade crush and your elbows touched the whole time, and then during the show you kept accidentally brushing each other too? And you spent the car ride home wondering if you’d kiss and your stomach was flipping and you wanted to throw up in euphoria? That’s what this song sounds like. The moment before you stepped out of that car, stalled in front of your house, waiting for that kiss.
DOWNLOAD: Julia Stone - It's All Okay (Active Child Remix)
Julia Stone is one half of Angus & Julia Stone, whose long list of accolades includes five Aria awards (Australia’s version of the Grammys), platinum status and a soundtrack spot on the last Twilight movie. In layman’s terms? Massive, moody, black forest pop that you should know about. Here, lead song “It’s All Okay” from her upcoming solo effort is given a dip by angel-cum-ethereal-musician Active Child, whose subtle take is all organic swells, tinkling choir strains and cathedral-shaking bass. All okay, indeed, especially when By All The Horns comes out on May 29.
DOWNLOAD: Meiko - Leave The Lights On (Morgan Page Remix)
(Photo: Leigha Hodnet)
The forces that be will not let Meiko’s singer-songwriter boat glide swiftly into the night. Instead, they want her to tumble and drown in a sea of remixes. On this refit, Morgan Page goes hypnotic house on the joint with a sugary bout of wistful trance that flows seamlessly into Meiko’s indie gem and then into a firewall of synths and jackhammer drums. And then? The bass blows the entire vessel to bits. More destruction on Page’s third club album here, while Meiko’s LP is available here.
