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Emotional Response at When You Motor Away

Punk popping Boyracer has had a long career in the creases of the indie world.  Their work has been released by Slumberland, Sarah, Jigsaw, HHBTM and others, and the band has released over 800 songs sing 1991.  Apparently, that golden pension plan available to all indie rockers have vested, because the Pete Shelly EP is said to be their… Continue reading Emotional Response at When You Motor Away

Luxembourg Signal at When You Motor Away

Shelflife Records is one of the most reliably delightful little labels in our universe, so we are always willing to pay attention to one of their releases.  Their latest nugget is the self-titled debut album from The Luxembourg Signal, and guitar pop fans may well judge it to be one of the best releases this autumn.… Continue reading Luxembourg Signal at When You Motor Away

Lunchbox at When You Motor Away

Listening to Lunchbox Loves You can be compared to opening an actual lunchbox packed by your mother without consulting you beforehand.  You know that your mother loves you, because she is your mother.  You know that Oakland, California’s Lunchbox loves you, because they told you so in the title to the album.Lunchbox Loves You .  But the core question is… Continue reading Lunchbox at When You Motor Away

Hobbes Fanclub at When You Motor Away

Someone must have been under the impression that I had a landmark birthday on the close horizon (I’m still 29 and holding firm, thank you).  How else to explain finding in my inbox Up At Lagrange from The Hobbes Fanclub?  This is an album that seems to be an ingenious distillation of three of my favorite groups: The… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at When You Motor Away

Eureka California at When You Motor Away

Crunch marks the 2nd Eureka California album in 18 months. Their previous album was Big Cats Can Swim – WYMA post here. Like that one, this one has plenty of guitar fuzz and in-the-red vocals from Jake Ward and features the excellent drumming of Marie A. Uhler. They sound like kids who got a lot out of the time they spent… Continue reading Eureka California at When You Motor Away

Close Lobsters at When You Motor Away

Of course I’m passionate about music, or I wouldn’t be writing for an indie music blog (no, the salary and stock options are not sufficient by themselves).  But some genres and bands extract an extra measure of my passion.  And in the upper strata is the Close Lobsters.  The Paisley, Scotland band issued two albums and… Continue reading Close Lobsters at When You Motor Away

Tunabunny at When You Motor Away

Athens, GA’s Tunabunny has released Kingdom Technology, their followup to last year’s Genius Fatigue (WYMA review here).It’s a very good record, and it’s all over the place… there’s dance-rock, guitar-based postpunk, intensely focused krautrock, and throughout, in selected spots, the soaring vocal harmonies that first attracted most folks to their previous records. I get the sense that Tunabunny (Brigette Herron &… Continue reading Tunabunny at When You Motor Away

Muuy Biien at When You Motor Away

Athens punks Muuy Biien are back – following up on last year’s This Is What Your Mind Imagines (WYMA reviewhere) with an even better, more fully-realized album. D.Y.I. has the bouncing rhythms, slashing guitars and guttural vocals that made their first album so memorable, but the ambient interludes (this time entitled “Cyclothymia” I, II and III) are better, and the music… Continue reading Muuy Biien at When You Motor Away

Luxembourg Signal at When You Motor Away

It is excusable to not be familiar with The Luxembourg Signal, but it should interest you to know that the band brings together members of Aberdeen, Fonda and Trembling Blue Stars.  With members in London and Los Angeles, band practice may be a little tougher to arrange than is normal, but the results crafted by Johnny… Continue reading Luxembourg Signal at When You Motor Away