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Beach Day are sort of like a musical episode of Three’s Company produced by Phil Spector. Beach Day are a trio hailing from “Hollyweird,” Florida… a retro-vibing town whose quirk would seem to be the band’s biggest influence (It’s been described as resembling an R. Crumb drawing.) Kimmy, Natalie,...
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Earlier this week I got a chance to hang out with (recently “featured” band) Blessed Feathers, who told me all about the Wisconsin music scene… something they have recently departed from, currently dedicating themselves to an ongoing life on the road. However they remain quite fond of the scene,...
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Even though she’s seemingly “all growed up,” Rachel Trachtenburg, of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, is still Supercute! Well… she’s in Supercute! Supercute! is Trachtenburg’s latest musical project, a brilliantly juvenile, tongue-in-cheek, tie-dyed take on a girl group, which Trachtenburg has described as “psychedelic-indie-bubblegum.” This June sees the release...
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This Thursday sees the first in a brilliant string of weekend shows at our very own Johnny Brenda’s: Little Green Cars on Thursday (the 21st), San Cisco and Chaos Chaos on Friday (the 22nd), Sky Ferreira on Saturday (the 23rd), and Kate Nash and Supercute! on Sunday (the 24th)...
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My favorite album of 2013 is, without a doubt, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside’s Untamed Beast (on Partisan Records). The band’s sophomore effort is a blend of classically great musical movements almost too brilliant to even fathom its existence… okay, so maybe it’s not quite as revolutionary as The...
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“There are loads of really cool sister bands at the moment – Haim and First Aid Kit – there’s something to be said for blood harmonies,” Emily Staveley-Taylor tells me. Emily is one-third of English sister trio The Staves (along with Jessica and Camilla). I had just asked her...
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Blessed Feathers are definitely my kind of people… The duo share a 10-year-old cell phone and have to make a trip to the nearest library if they want internet access (Okay, so I’m told that management forced them to get a new cell phone for SXSW… but they still...
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“At night, 6th street kind of feels like the Apocalypse, like there are no rules, anything can happen. It’s madness.” Katrina Jones is musing about her inaugural trip to SXSW. Katrina is the pianist, backing-vocalist, and one-fifth of Vancouver’s The Belle Game, an indie pop outfit that manages to...
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“I’m a synth singer/songwriter… whatever that entails,” says Ariana DiLorenzo, mastermind behind Ariana & the Rose, who was recently kind enough to take some time out of her day to discuss her debut album with me. Ariana and the Rose’s 6-song, debut EP, Love Me, Love Me Not, will...
Beach Day are sort of like a musical episode of Three’s Company produced by Phil Spector. Beach Day are a trio hailing from “Hollyweird,” Florida… a retro-vibing town whose quirk would seem to be the band’s biggest influence (It’s been described as resembling an R. Crumb drawing.) Kimmy, Natalie,...
Earlier this week I got a chance to hang out with (recently “featured” band) Blessed Feathers, who told me all about the Wisconsin music scene… something they have recently departed from, currently dedicating themselves to an ongoing life on the road. However they remain quite fond of the scene,...
