Secret Note features Chastity Belt’s video for “Seattle Party”!
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Daikaiju on Suburban Apologist
The Peculiar Pretzelmen perform in-studio at WBEZ in Chicago
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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The Peculiar Pretzelmen on the cover of South Bend Tribune’s “In The Bend”
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Borrowed Beams of Light on Das Klienicum
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 Chastity Belt & Pony Time in Omaha
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 405 debuts new Borrowed Beams of Light single “Songbird Bouquet”
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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Elekibass on Roanoke Times music blog
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
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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Elekibass on One Way Richmond
One Way Richmond previews Elekibass in Richmond at Steady Sounds.
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Newcity Chicago features Pony Time
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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The Peculiar Pretzelmen in Rochester City Newspaper
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
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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RVA Playlist features Elekibass
RVA Playlist features Elekibass in advance of their Richmond show at Black Iris & in-store appearance at Steady Sounds:
Elekibass is celebrating the release of its new EP, “Garden Party,” a collaboration with Robert Schneider of The Apples in stereo. If you like bands like Of Montreal, The Kinks, Os Mutantes and The Beach Boys, you’ll fall in love with Elekibass.
Read the piece here!
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The Peculiar Pretzelmen article in The Kingston Times
Kingston Times interviews The Peculiar Pretzelmen in advance of their stop at The Anchor during their fall tour. Here is an excerpt:
“There is no well-tread path that actually gets you anywhere. Get the machete, hit the jungle and walk towards something that smells good…We’re living on the road banging drums and hollering for dollars hoping for the crowd to decode some of our signal. We are always reaching into every nook and cranny of this country. We won’t stop ’til our voodoo is on every frequency in every dimension.”
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Elekibass spotlight in Chattanooga Pulse
Chattanooga Pulse features Elekibass, in Chattanooga at Sluggo’s during their U.S. tour!
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Borrowed Beams of Light on Magnet Magazine
Magnet Magazine features Borrowed Beams of Light’s new single “On The Wings Of A Bug as today’s MP3 at 3PM!
Borrowed Beams Of Light creates a balance of pastoral folk, experimental textures and catchy power pop on forthcoming album On The Wings Of A Bug, due out November 5. The title track off the LP is a breezy jam, punctuated by falsetto bursts.
Check it out here!
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Pony Time in Boise Weekly
Boise Weekly previews Pony Time and Chastity Belt’s upcoming show at The Neurolux:
The novelty of the White Stripes was in the amount of sound the duo produced. The staying power of the band came from that sound: raw and visceral, but still totally listenable. Seattle-based duo Pony Time follows that same formula, creating layered garage-y punk tunes that belie the band’s small membership. The tracks on 2013’s Go Find Your Own probably sound recorded much as they do live—up-tempo tunes pummelling the listener with singer-guitarist-bassist Luke Beetham’s sing-shout style and drummer Stacy Peck’s machine-gun fire percussion. If you don’t at least tap your feet when listening to Pony Time, check your pulse.
Read the piece here.
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KDHX Song of the Day – Borrowed Beams of Light’s new single
KDHX features the new single by Borrowed Beams of Light “On The Wings Of A Bug” as Song of the Day!
There’s no getting around it: “On the Wings of a Bug” by Borrowed Beams of Light (Adam Brock and friends of Charlottesville, Va.) sounds a lot like vintage Lindsey Buckingham; there’s also no getting around how enthusiastically Brock channels that influence into something fresh and fetching.
Read the post here.
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The Peculiar Pretzelmen in Larryville Chronicles
Larryville Chronicles previews The Peculiar Pretzelmen show in Lawrence, KS at Replay Lounge:
Sober up before 6:00 pm on Sunday because this weekend’s matinee is a solid triple-bill of rootsy/Americana sounds featuring Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy, Cowgirl’s Trainset, and very special guests (all the way from California) The Peculiar Pretzelmen!
Read the whole piece here!
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