Kick Kick Snare features “Songbird Bouquet”, the second single from Borrowed Beams of Light’s forthcoming album On The Wings Of A Bug:
“Songbird Bouquet” is a short and sweet 2 minutes of light hearted indie rock complete with hand claps, bells, horns, and awesome lines like “How can you fit all that song in one bird.” It’s bright and easy to take in but makes you want to pump your fist and singalong all the same.
Check it out here!
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The Vinyl District has a full stream of the new album by Borrowed Beams of Light, out November 5th on Hibernator Gigs Records. While you’re taking in the record, check out Adam Brock’s beautiful essay on Borrowed Beams of Light’s long love affair with vinyl, and pre-order the wax here!
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The Sound End interviews Chastity Belt and Pony Time in advance of their show in Detroit – get some insight into their formation, their friendship, and what drinks you should buy them after the show.
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Tokyo’s Elekibass have posted a remix of the title track from the recently released Garden Party EP. “Garden Party” was written with Robert Schneider of The Apples In Stereo and Elephant 6, and remixed by Hierophant Green.
Check it out over at Nerdy Frames!
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Brooklyn Vegan recommends tonight’s Chastity Belt & Pony Time show at Shea Stadium, and features full album streams from both bands!
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Creative Loafing Charlotte previews upcoming Daikaiju’s show at The Milestone:
“Daikaiju can bring it live, their shows a wrecking ball of crowd participation and guitar feedback freak-outs.”
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Columbia Free-Times previews Daikaiju’s show:
The quartet’s surf-rock onslaught hits like a B-movie monster (“daikaiju” loosely translates from its original Japanese to “giant monster”): Drums pound with the might of Anguirus and bass lines hit with the power of Gigan; boingy guitar riffs soar like Rodan and split in multiple directions like the hydra-headed King Ghidorah. The yin to Man or Astroman?’s yang, Daikaiju always hits at full impact characterized by muscular prog-metal riffs, percussive complexity and exotic reverb-drenched shredding. All you can do is hope to survive.
Check it out here!
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The Peculiar Pretzelmen perform in-studio this morning on WBEZ in Chicago!
The slightly sinister sounds of the Peculiar Pretzelmen: In the dark corners of a smoke-filled bar live the Peculiar Pretzelmen. Part Tom Waits, part Zydeco, the Pretzelmen provide fun and fright all in the span of a single song.
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Das Klienicum features Borrowed Beams of Light’s single “On The Wings Of A Bug”. Google roughly translates a sample:
The orientation is refreshing, juvenile, almost infected by exuberance. Hookline eats his way through the dense harmonies and entablature… You will find an album that alternates between the tides, the movements of eyes that would otherwise operate in opposite directions. Here they draw in quiet concord with the extrusion of a truly balanced with love music. Folky elements can be found, sometimes cloaked in the hymnal, but also first-class popmomente, where succulent rock ‘ n’ roll was highlighted.
The entire review in the original German can be found here.
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Lazy-i previews the Chastity Belt & Pony Time show in Omaha:
House of Loom is hosting a very cool indie/garage show featuring PNW band Chastity Belt. The band’s latest album, No Regrets, carries on the spirit of ’90s college indie (i.e. early Liz Phair, etc.) and is pretty fantastic. Also on the bill is Seattle garage duo Pony Time (Per Se Records).
Read the whole piece here (also reprinted at Hear Nebraska).
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The 2nd single from Borrowed Beams of Light’s forthcoming album On The Wings Of A Bug is up over at The 405 – check out “Songbird Bouquet”!
Melding ominous wedding bell chimes with slick harmonies, ‘Songbird Bouquet’ is a delectable marriage of pop and rock…It’s a delightful mixture of instruments, and is a bit like they’ve tamed the atmospheric indie-rock of Grizzly Bear into a big, huggable teddy.
Read the whole piece here.
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Roanoke Times music blog Cut n Scratch posts about Elekibass in its Top Tix extra helpings feature in advance of their show in Roanoke Friday at River Laker Cultural Center.
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The South Bend Tribune interviews The Peculiar Pretzelmen in advance of their tour date. Here’s an excerpt on why they build their own instruments:
“You can’t walk into Guitar Center and ask them if they have something that sounds like a robot’s heart exploding. They’ll say, “We have these drum machines.’ No, no, no. I want a bicycle wheel!”
Read the interview here.
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One Way Richmond previews Elekibass in Richmond at Steady Sounds.
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Newcity Chicago features Pony Time and recommends their show at Township with Chastity Belt:
Beetham’s willingness to poke fun at both himself and rock-bro sexism impressed me, and I was equally impressed with Pony Time’s bouncy, buzzy single “Lori + Judy.” As a two-piece, Pony Time manages to use the minimalism to their advantage with short songs that play up Stacy Peck’s pulsing drum work and Beetham’s nasal, sneering vocals, like a Fred Schneider who can actually sing.
Read the whole piece here!
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Rochester City Newspaper features The Peculiar Pretzelmen show:
The Peculiar Pretzelmen is the sort of band that you could imagine drinking absinthe or traveling along the bowels of the carny circuit with. The LA-based duo draws its musical influences from Depression-era barn-burning blues, throwing in an edgy punk ethos. The Peculiar Pretzelmen churns out the devil’s blues as competently as Elmore Leonard cranked out “Pulp Fiction.”…The Peculiar Pretzelmen invokes images of “Murder Ballads”-era Nick Cave or Tom Waits inside a speigeltent. The pair infuses minimalist primal energy into its tunes and makes an occasionally stale genre sound gothic and spooky.
Read the whole piece here!
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Sounds of RVA features Elekibass in advance of their Richmond show at Black Iris & in-store appearance at Steady Sounds:
Elekibass is a Japanese band which plays tunes along the lines of the Beatles or the Kinks – sunny songs with great multi-part vocal harmonies with an extra lift…This show will go down in the books as one of the best of 2013!
Check it out here!
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