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[STREAM] Shook Foil – “Little Significance”

Shook Foil are worth keeping an eye on.  The 5 songs on the Little Significance EP show a confident band finding room to breathe within the overworked boundaries of guitar/bass/drums indie rock.  This is slippery, dynamic guitar pop, packed with big, dynamic shifts and an excellent sense of restraint.  Their flexible jangle is paired with genuinely [ READ MORE ]

[STREAM] Nomen Novum – “Briar Hills”

The collision of caffeinated loops, bright guitar lines, and oddball lyrics produces some truly singular moments on If You Look For It, It’s There, the latest full length from local pop alchemist Nomen Novum. The songs are incredibly detailed, built brick by brick with sampled snatches of sound that add up to a shiny, dizzying [ READ MORE ]

This week’s shows (2/7/12-2/12/12)

Thurston Moore, San Agustin - Wednesday (2/8), The Goat Farm, $15. With the future of Sonic Youth in jeopardy, it’s good to see Thurston Moore keeping busy.  Last year’s Demolished Thoughts is probably the quietest album he’s ever released, but it’s far from the pensive strum of most acoustic singer-songwriter efforts.  He approaches his instrument much the same [ READ MORE ]

This week’s shows (1/30/12-2/5/12)

Jeff Mangum - Wednesday (2/1), Variety Playhouse, $36 (sold out). What’s left to say about Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum at this point?  He disappeared, and now he’s back.  Rumors of his return were obsessed over for years, and his re-emergence has been dutifully covered in all corners of the internet.  It’s a good story, particularly [ READ MORE ]

[STREAM] Mice in Cars – Good Men Are Monsters EP

There’s a healthy amount of aggression on Good Men Are Monsters, the new two track EP from local post-punk outfit Mice in Cars.  It’s just not always on the surface.  Opener “Exit Interview” is mostly sustained menace, drawing tension from a muscular rhythm section that threatens rather than pummels.  It sounds a little like June [ READ MORE ]

[VIDEO] Book Club – “Cold Cold Year”

  Book Club just released a video form “Cold Cold Year,” one of the best tracks from last year’s excellent Ghost.  The footage was shot in Paris at the end of 2011, but the grainy black-and-white makes many of the images feel well-worn, like they could have plausibly come from decades past.  It’s a good [ READ MORE ]

[MP3] Solitude – “Roll On”

Solitude throws a lot at the wall on the twelve tracks that make up the recently released I Have to Stay Out. Not all of it sticks, but the stuff that does makes quite the impression. The appropriately named project is mostly just the solo endeavor of Atlanta’s Jordan Kadrie, and the music he records [ READ MORE ]

This week’s shows (1/23/12-1/29/12)

Order of the Owl, Mind Powers, And That Is Why - Friday (1/27), The Cottage, $5. I’m presenting this show, so my recommendation is admittedly biased. Honestly, though, this lineup would have drawn my attention anyway. Order of the Owl is one of my favorite live bands in town right now. They deliver thunderous doom [ READ MORE ]

[STREAM] Warning Light – “Blacked Out”

When Warning Light (aka Atlanta’s Drew Haddon) recorded and released the “Blacked Out” digital single earlier in the week, there was some scary shit lurking on the horizon. The single’s two songs were written to protest SOPA/PIPA, which has thankfully been tabled for the time being. Both tracks are appropriately dark, and the context transforms them [ READ MORE ]

[STREAM] Wowser Bowser – “E Dialeda Ho”

Wowser Bowser traffics in fun. There’s a high level of craftmanship in everything they do, but the end result is a distilled shot of dance-pop bliss. It’s not something that should really be overanalyzed. “E Dialeda Ho” is the fourth single to surface from upcoming debut To the Pleasant Life!, which is looking like it [ READ MORE ]

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