Tidelands re-teams with Magik*Magik Orchestra on new album We’ve Got A Map out August 7th. Exactly a year after we first featured Tidelands, here is a single from their new album, their follow up to last year’s...
ExDetectives: The La...
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Faris McReynolds, who also makes music as the minimalist avant-garde pop project One Finger Riot, takes a totally different songwriting approach as Exdetectives. McReynolds made the Exdetectives debut album Take My Forever...
World Blanket: And H...
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World Blanket‘s third album 2012 is officially released April 3rd, 2012. And Here We Are (Again Maybe)” is the first single from the...
Lux: Coroner’s...
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“The Seattle-based duo Lux has sewn a unique sleeve to wear its influences on. Inspired by some of the most essential artists of the era of indie and underground music, this boy-girl duo offers its own take on these...
Cotton Mather: My Be...
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Usually on the Daily Dose we feature new music. But sometimes we come across a reissue of something which needs a re-airing. A case in point is today’s track, from the reissue of the hugely influential album Kontiki...
Whitejacket: The Mod...
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The Modern is the first single from the upcoming debut album Hollows and Rounds by Whitejacket. Chris McDuffie, formerly in Apples In Stereo, has produced an album inspired by his admiration of the baroque pop of the late...
Boy + Kite: Decipher...
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The second single from their album Go Fly. We featured...
Boy + Kite: Think In...
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Boy + Kite (“Boy Plus Kite”) was formed in 2009 in an an unlikely place – a hot tub. Back then, Boy + Kite’s Darvin Jones and Beth Puorro would often sneak into a spa on the outskirts of Austin to swim and...
The Shimmies: Friend...
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With what began as a childhood project that combined brothers Sean and Jimmy Galloway’s first names, The Shimmies has now created a self-appointed genre for itself, lovingly referred to as “home school rock.” First...
Metal Mother: Shake
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Metal Mother is the moniker of the newest musical undertaking of singer/soundmaker, Tara Tati. Shake is the second track we’ve featured from the album Bonfire Diaries. For the past ten years, Tati has been developing...
Dan Hubbard and The ...
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Since 2003, Illinois-based singer-songwriter Dan Hubbard has released five albums and toured extensively through the Midwest and both coasts. In the process, he’s built a strong fan base, become a refined songwriter and...
Moonlight Towers: He...
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“Austin, Texas band Moonlight Towers (taking its name from the tall vintage streetlights that illuminate Austin’s nights) is a genuine band that does what comes naturally: writing, recording and playing real rock...
Sleepy Vikings: Calm
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From their album They Will Find You Here. “The six sleazy Tampanians (a real word according to Urban Dictionary) of Sleepy Vikings have braved an infernal Florida sun to write the weird songs about stalkers, dead...
Sunshine Factory: Lo...
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Sunshine Factory are a band from Palmdale, taking their name from a preschool in the town, in California just outside of Los Angeles. They comprise Tony Hammons, Jordan Judge, John Karwoski and Corey Judge. “Sunshine...
Batwings Catwings: E...
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The members of the band Batwings Catwings hail from all over the US and converge upon the wasteland of Southern California to give underground dwellers a reason to shake and sweat. Comprised of members from some of LA’s...
The Shondes: Lines a...
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Brooklyn-based band The Shondes released the latest single from their My Dear One album in November in the form of an EP. “Lines & Hooks +3” contains the title track culled from the band’s second album along with...
Midnight Spin: In Th...
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“Midnight Spin is a five-piece rock outfit from Williamsburg, Brooklyn who bring high-energy guitar rock for the 21st century to the NYC music scene. Formed in late 2008, the band immediately established a sizable...
Metal Mother: Billy ...
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“Billy Cruz” is the first single from the upcoming Metal Mother album, Bonfire Diaries Metal Mother is the musical project of Oakland-based singer-songwriter, Tara Tati. Her debut LP, Bonfire Diaries will be released...
Wake Up Lucid: Sugar
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The title track from L.A. band Wake Up Lucid’s new EP to be released Feb 15th. L.A.’s Wake Up Lucid started as a vision of singer/guitarist Ryan Baca’s father, who had passed years earlier. In the dream,...
Eric & Magill: ...
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Ryan Weber and Eric Osterman are Eric & Magill. The album also features Kimberly Burke (of Shearwater), Angel Deradoorian (of Dirty Projectors), Ryan Rupperchett (of Faux Fir) and Craig Montoro and John Thomas Robinette...
Crushed Stars: Eyeli...
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“Eyeliner” is the new single from “Convalescing In Braille” by Crushed Stars Convalescing in Braille, the latest album by Portland, Oregon’s Crushed Stars (aka Todd Gautreau) was released November 16th,...
Invisible Hand: Coy ...
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Coy Trap is the latest single from the self-titled debut by Invisible Hand. Adam Smith and his Invisible Hand have been producing some of the best punk-laced pop gems and quietly experimenting with home-recording under the...
Oars: Karats
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In the spring of 2008, the unassuming duo Oars (David Bratton and Earl Muehlenbach) began an intensive six months of recording, song crafting and experimentation in a closet-sized Greenpoint [Brooklyn] studio across the...
The Wagner Logic: Ye...
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The second track from their latest album to be featured on the Daily Dose. A 20 date US tour is under way. Melodic, psychedelic, and inventive lo-fi guitars blend with whispery, multi-layered vocals, and sensible pop...
The Wagner Logic: Wa...
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Melodic, psychedelic, and inventive lo-fi guitars blend with whispery, multi-layered vocals, and sensible pop melodies on The Wagner Logic, the self-titled sophomore follow-up to The Wagner Logic’s 2007 debut release...
Terrapin Pond: Medic...
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From the album Hello All Seasons available on August 24th Neo-psychedelic mastermind / producer Craig Morris (Thee American Revolution / Ideal Free Distribution / Apples in Stereo) presents an innovative fusion of garage...
TV Buddhas: Let Me S...
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Their new self titled EP was recorded in one hour using one microphone and a field tape machine. TV Buddhas are the self proclaimed kings of geek bubblegum, the kids who prefer to stay at home and watch “Lord of The...
Julius C: Don’...
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From their full-length album OK, OK, to be released 06 October 2010. The four track OK, OK EP is available now NYC band Julius C doesn’t go on the kind of tour most bands go on. For the last several years, the band has...
Red Wanting Blue: Wh...
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The first single from These Magnificent Miles Red Wanting Blue has been called the hardest working rock band in America. This isn’t surprising considering leader Scott Terry’s decade-long dedication to the road. His...
Once a Pawn: Waiting
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“Waiting” is the irresistible first single from Once A Pawn’s new album Mission Accomplished, on Queer Control Records High school gym class brought Catherine Balta (drummer/vocalist) and Eric Scrivens (guitarist)...