This is the groups first album. It was released on Happy Happy Birth Day To Me Records (HHBTM) back in 2005. I got a repressing of the album with a different cover that was also limited to 200 copies. The repressing was done in 2009. I found out about this group from Odd Box Records.… Continue reading Cars Can Be Blue at PurelyHim
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Joanna Gruesome on Expressway To Yr Skull
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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
Luxembourg Signal at Magnet
Made up of previous members of Aberdeen and Trembling Blue Stars, the Luxembourg Signal readies for release of debut album on September 30. “We Go On,” the first single off the LP, is a dream-pop hit. Its soothing vocals add to the melodies and subtle electronics throughout the track, making for a smooth trip. Download the song below. [Link]
Tunabunny at Stereo Embers
Tunabunny records at #49 and #51 out of top 100 records of the decade! [Link]
Athens Intensified at Rebel Noise
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Hobbes Fanclub at God Is In The TV
Having waited years for the arrival of their début album Up At Lagrange, within a matter of days The Hobbes Fanclub have now also unveiled a brand new video. A suitably understated hand-held camcorder snapshot of the band as they visit les attractions touristiques de Paris, the video is a delightful accompaniment to ‘Stay Gold’, the second track on the new… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at God Is In The TV
Bastards of Fate at Dagger
Where else could a bent bunch like this be from, yup, Athens, GA. Never heard of the label but checked out their site and seems like they have some righteous artists. The band hail from Athens, GA and VAMPIRES ARE REAL …is all over the map. Opening cut “Winter of Our Discontent” is a piledriver… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at Dagger
Lunchbox at Magnet
Tim Brown and Donna McKean recently started a new band called Hard Left, but before that, they were Lunchbox. And now they’re back. Lunchbox has just released second LP Lunchbox Loves You via Jigsaw Records. “Give A Little Love,” a single from the new album, is dream pop at its core, equipped with “do do do”s and “oh oh… Continue reading Lunchbox at Magnet
Hobbes Fanclub at AllMusic
With the dramatic way that the shoegaze movement crashed and burned in the early ’90s, with the main players doing weird things like going country (Moose), turning into a terrible rawk band (Chapterhouse), or basically vanishing (My Bloody Valentine), one would have been hard-pressed to believe that 25 years later bands would still be gazing… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at AllMusic