Posts Tagged ‘The Walkmen’
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Stream: The Walkmen – “We Can’t Be Beat”
The Walkmen realize music fans can be an impatient bunch, especially in regard to anticipating an album. So it’s great they haven’t been reluctant in streaming new material off their upcoming album Heaven, out May 2...
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MP3/Video: Black Manila – “Fiasco”
London-based Black Manila cite hardcore early garage, specifically The Pretty Things, as a major influence, but "Fiasco" touches on ferocious art-rock and sneering punk as well. Over repetitively hypnotic guitar strums, nasally...
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Stream: The Walkmen – “Heaven”
The Walkmen's seventh LP, Heaven, will be released June 5th via Fat Possum/Bella Union. One of its tracks, "Heaven", premiered today. It will sound very familiar to those who heard it live, but now we finally get a glimpse at t...
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Free Okkervil River EP
Okkervil River have given fans a Christmas gift a few weeks early. The Austin-based rockers released a free covers EP, Golden Opportunities 2, today. Download it here. The sequel to their 2007 covers collection of the same name...
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The Walkmen Readying New Album, Tour
Our coverage of The Walkmen‘s impeccable show at the hMag Music Fest on 10/16 proved two things to me: they’re one of the best indie-rock groups – live or otherwise – in the business today, and they̵...
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Swells
Swells are a quartet residing in San Francisco. Their self-titled debut EP is a collection of laid-back indie-rock with relaxing West Coast vibes akin to The Morning Benders and Surfer Blood. The EP is packed with four varied a...
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The Walkmen Live @ hMag Music Fest
If you weren’t in Hoboken this past Sunday, you missed a great live performance. The Walkmen played for free as part of the hMag Music Fest 2011. The backdrop was breathtaking; the Manhattan skyline at night was on full display...
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Santah
Hailing from Chicago, Santah put catchy, no-frills alternative rock back on the main stage. The five-piece fuse the ambition of all members into a cohesive and successful album, White Noise Bed – a group courtesy of GroopEase, ...
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The Elliots
The Elliots evade traditional Swedish pop stereotyping, exchanging key-led twinkles and exuberant string-soaked choruses for moody ambience. The strings and keys remain, as seem the Swedish custom, but are presented with bleake...
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Art Imperial
Like perhaps the most famous of surf-rock innovators (Brian Wilson), Arthur C. Imperial does not surf. Rather, the sights and sounds of witnessing the act provide ample room for his musical talents to emerge. The Toronto-based ...
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