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TL Talks Rapid Success & Songwriting With PoliçaBUY HERE Poliça is not even one year old yet, but has 30k Facebook “Likes,” been named the best band at SXSW of 2012, featured by Rolling Stone Magazine, described as “the best band I’ve ever heard” by Bon Iver, and booked back-to-back shows around the nation for their new-found, yet solid fan base. [...]
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Jagwar Ma: What Love?BUY HERE The marriage of electronic and psychedelic mischief in progressive rock have not always ended happily ever after, but Australia’s Jagwar Ma chops too finely to be taken for granted. Lead by former Lost Valentinos member, and praised producer, Jono Ma, the group remains in their cloud of mystery–providing little information via social outlets [...]
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Bodies of Water: Open RhythmsListen to “Open Rhythms” here BUY HERE Bands come and go. Bodies of Water, however, is a newborn band reincarnated from its past life as a foursome including founding members, Jessie Conklin and Kyle Gladden who bowed out leaving the band to husband and wife pair, Meredith and David Metcalf .
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Tourist: Placid AcidListen to “Placid Acid” here BUY HERE A song can sing a thousand words, but Tourist‘s “Placid Acid” has to sing for itself. Not one lyric reaped could sow such a stammeringly psychedelic vibe:
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Portugal. The Man: So AmericanListen to “So American” here BUY HERE Man, oh, Portugal. The Man. Is it the Alaskan air you were bred in? Is it the small town musicophilia? Is it your hippie roots? I don’t know what gives you that stand-out flair, but if you can’t tell, I’m more than smitten with your newest single, “So [...]
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Monster Rally: Color SkyListen to “Color Sky” here BUY HERE Don’t be scared. Monster Rally breaks it down nice and easy for you with mellow waves of psychedelic surf-pop. In fact, the monster himself, Ted Feighan, doesn’t snarl, growl, or even speak a word on any of his records from what I’ve heard. Although the Deep Sea EP–his [...]
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Mini Mansions: MonkListen to “Monk” here BUY HERE Psychedelic garage band, Mini Mansions, is an American modern-day Beatles, if you put aside their ethereal, grunge-goth sound not too far from a more pop-inclined Pink Floyd. “Monk” shows the whimsical side of their many catchy tunes off the LA threesome’s self-titled debut album. Although, “Kiddie Hypnogogia” is a [...]
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Chad Valley: Ensoniq FunkUnited Kingdom’s Chad Valley is an upcoming group with sounds compared to Washed out, Neon Indian, and Million Young. The infusion of psychedelic and indie sounds is what makes Chad Valley so recognizable and hard to turn your ears away from. Lead singer Hugo Manuel really draws you in with his soothing and melodic voice, [...]
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Low Sea : AlexThe unsigned duo known as Low Sea (currently based in Ireland) just released their album Las Olas in Feb of 2010 and there is definitely something to be said about their unique indie-psychedelic sound. They are relatively new on the scene but evidently have had no problem finding their own niche and their own distinct [...]
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Song of the Day : [10/09]Flying Lotus : Tea Leaf Dancers Addictive beat production by California’s Flying Lotus combined with sultry soulful U.K. female vocalist Andreya Triana relents to a unique flavor of hip hop. It is heavy yet smooth; a space-age lounge-type track that is very easy to listen to on repeat. Though the Reset EP was released back in 2007, Tea Leaf Dancers remains a classic to ears of every aural-walk of [...]