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01.25.2012

[LP] Sky White Tiger – ELECTRA (w/ “Awaiting Instruction” & “It Flows”)

the flames we
have framed with our burning reaction, the planes stuck in planes we’re fighting for action

♫ Sky White Tiger – Awaiting Instruction

  • Who: A former member of The Polyphonic Spree and his bandmates.
  • What: Dreamy indie rock-scapes, kinda like David Bowie, Rufus Wainright
  • Where: Brooklyn + Facebook / Bandcamp / Amazon
  • When: Debut LP Electra is out now.
  • Why: When
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01.20.2012

[MP3] Fast Years – “Young Heart”

you are worth the wait, i’ve got the time

♫ Fast Years – Young Heart

  • Who: Liam, Micah, Bill, & Chris
  • What: “punk/garage/indie/surf”, kinda like Wavves, The Denzels
  • Where: Brooklyn + Facebook / Bandcamp / Amazon
  • When: An EP is coming spring 2012.
  • Why: Because slightly scuzzed garage rock love songs with mega-catchy choruses will never get old. I
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10.06.2011

[MP3] Class Actress – “Weekend”

you make me late for work, you make me late for church, so hard to leave

♫ Class Actress – Weekend

Class Actress has been buzzing around the blogosphere for over a year now and I’ve tried to get down with her jams before but even an impressive performance at last years Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival didn’t quite blip the highly …

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07.23.2011

[MP3] The Denzels – “Slow Death” & “Montrose Next Door”

i said it’s tuesday, let’s go out and paint the town red, yeah so what we’re broke let’s do it

♫ The Denzels – Slow Death

Just cause it’s rainy and gloomy here in Warsaw doesn’t mean that those of you who live in places having a real summer can’t get your shades/brews/tunes combo platter on and bask in the good …

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07.13.2011

[LP] Arpline – TRAVEL BOOK (w/ “Fold Up Like A Piece Of Paper” & “Amplify”)

it gets on top of you

♫ Arpline – Fold Up Like A Piece Of Paper

Brooklyn’s Arpline is one of those bands that I heard about when some friends of mine directed the video for “Fold Up” a couple years back. However, in my infinite wisdom I didn’t get into the song back then. Fast forward to their debut album …

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05.23.2011

[MP3] CASSETTES WON’T LISTEN brings us a PERFECT DAY with his side project THE FREEZE TAG. Dude has got THE HUSTLE!

you can’t see my face as i start to wave, as i start to fade, as i drift away

♫ Cassettes Won’t Listen – Perfect Day

Bleeps, bloops, and hazy poppy music that makes you want to drive into sunsets. Must be a new jam from TBE favorite Cassettes Won’t Listen! “Perfect Day” originally came out back in 2009 but I’m just catching …

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04.07.2011

[MP3] OVERLORD KEEP taking IT FROM the mellow to THE feisty, BABY

if i can’t save you no one can save you

♫ Overlord – Keep It From The Baby

Spring is bubbling just around the corner and this kind of hyper indie-pop is just the thing to get me pumped for warm summer evenings of music and mirth. I can imagine all kinds of caught-on-camera summer hi-jinks being edited at double speed …

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03.31.2011

[EP] BUILT BY ANIMALS have an ANIMAL of a track followed by a brief PARADE of further goodness

it’s so strange what people do when you wake up somewhere new

♫ Built By Animals – Animal Parade

“Animal Parade” may start with sounds of birds and the seaside but things quickly evolve into the kind of poorly-lit and meandering basement rock that Built By Animals excel in. You can almost feel the musty sweat in the air as the track morphs …

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03.23.2011

[MP3] GUNFIGHT bring some BROOKLYN HEAT on a jam I WOULD BE stoked to play for YOUR MAN

and if i was a preacher man, i’d preach the word the best i can

♫ Gunfight – I Would Be Your Man

Gunfight and their ramshackle jangle-jam “I Would Be Your Man” are just the kind of rough-around-the edges good time that make Slang Chickens so enjoyable. It’s like the track was born for the jukebox, just begging to played in a dingy …

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07.14.2010

DOPPELGANGER BREAKS the silence with a jam that putting rocking memories in MY HEAD

this is the last chance you have to make me a man

♫ Doppelganger – Breaks My Head

This Brooklyn trio has exactly the kind of sound you want to wander into a small venue and find being nailed by the unknown band on stage. Makes me miss the ol’ BK. Brewski in one hand, other hand flailing away while …

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