Not one to conform to the “norm”, the dudes in the Athens’ band Muuy Biien follow the beat of their own drum. Throwing all caution to the wind they refuse to make generic sounding “radio friendly” music that is force fed to the masses. Doling out music that is loud, raw, in your face and at times sounds unfinished… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Examiner
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Muuy Biien, Tunabunny, Luxembourg Signal, and Bastards of Fate at Collapse Board
All mentioned in a half-year review of 2014. [Link]
Close Lobsters at SoundsXP
Close Lobsters were one of the indie jangly bands that featured on NME’s C86 cassette, released a couple of classic albums in the late 80s (Foxheads Stalk This Land and Headache Rhetoric) and then gave up as the world pulled on the plaid and went grunge. They only broke their musical fast of 23 years… Continue reading Close Lobsters at SoundsXP
Muuy Biien Video Premiere at Performer
See the new video for ‘DYI’ at the link. [Link]
Close Lobsters at Fear and Loathing in Long Beach
I was pretty stoked when I placed the new single by Close Lobsters on my turntable. Two songs of Love Spit Love and early Alarm catchiness with a brooding intensity well worth repeated listening. It conjured a memory of my awkward junior high days back in the late 80s and the cool mix tapes I… Continue reading Close Lobsters at Fear and Loathing in Long Beach
Bastards of Fate at Rebel Noise
Tucked into the mountains of southwest Virginia, Roanoke is a city of shadows and mist. The Bastards of Fate didn’t move there to become famous—they were born there, to grow up obscure. But as the release of their 2nd album, Vampires are Real and Palpable, approaches, the band’s reputation continues to spread like a well-executed… Continue reading Bastards of Fate at Rebel Noise
Bastards of Fate at Underwater Explosions
Track preview at the link. [Link]
Muuy Biien at Stereo Embers
Put these two elements together: Rabidly exciting young Athens GA band Muuy Biien whose recently released second album D.Y.I. (on HHBTM Records) is either charming critics or terrorizing them (in the very best way, of course) with its mix of off-kilter ambient tracks fronting an all-out, relentless punkiness that sounds like Pink Flag-era Wire had they been unruly… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Stereo Embers
Close Lobsters on BreakThru Radio
Check out the playlist at the link. [Link]
Close Lobsters at The Finest Kiss
“Things will never will be the same” sings Andrew Burnett on the A-side of the Close Lobsters‘ new single. Maybe not quite the same, but the more things change the more they stay the same. The seminal C-86 compilation that the band appeared on has just seen a reissue that extends that cassette into a three CD set and… Continue reading Close Lobsters at The Finest Kiss