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TKTTSM: Plastic Fantastic

TKTTSM is the Brooklyn-based psychedelic rock duo comprised of Johanna Stahley and Owen O’Mahony. They are focusing on getting the word out about their debut self-titled album, which will be released on October 16th, 2012. The album’s first single Plastic…

North Highlands: Steady Steady

North Highlands—the place, not the band—is, as Brenda Malvini puts it, “a gnarly suburb trapped in time. It sounds like a beautiful name but it’s not a beautiful place.” Located just outside of Sacramento, North Highlands once housed a military…

Mountain Tamer: Sweet Screams

San Francisco area Mountain Tamer variously describe their music as “Psychedelic Fusion” and “Interstellar/Grunge/Funk”. Whatever the genre, it’s noisy and we like it. Check it out for yourself in today’s Dose, from their album The Glad, available from their Bandcamp…

Whitejacket: The Modern

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 sixties and…

Races: Big Broom

RACES (formerly known as Black Jesus) formed in the fall of 2009 after singer/songwriter Wade Ryff escaped the sweaty grips of multiple bands, the San Fernando Valley and a real life witch. Originally formed as an impromptu group assembled for…