Great Lakes hail from Brooklyn and have just released new record Wild Vision. MAGNET’s got you covered if you’re a newbie to Great Lakes, since today we’re offering a free download and stream of “Bird Flying.” A dark and spinning rock tune, “Bird Flying” is the perfect introduction to the band’s intimate-yet-psychedelic style. Check it out… Continue reading Great Lakes at Magnet
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High Violets at Austin Town Hall
The High Violets are an act you have no business not being aware of, and their return with a new album should remind you just how important it is to have some longevity in a band’s career. Sure, some bands get lucky writing hits off the bat, but on this track, no punches are pulled,… Continue reading High Violets at Austin Town Hall
Witching Waves at Austin Town Hall
Okay, so if you’ve been following our pages, we’ve covered the band before, but if not, this might be your first introduction to the promising UK act,Witching Waves. It’s hard to place them in any particular genre; they combine dark elements of post punk with catchy rhythmic bouncing from the jangling pop arena. The vocals… Continue reading Witching Waves at Austin Town Hall
High Violets at Joy of Violent Movement
Currently comprised of founding members Clint Sargent (guitar, vocals) and Luke Strahota (drums), along with Colin Sheridan (bass) and Kaitlyn Ni Donovan (vocals, guitar), thePortland OR-based shoegaze quartet The High Violets can trace their origins to the breakup of The Bella Low, which featured Sargent, Strahota and another founding member Violet Bianca Grace (who left… Continue reading High Violets at Joy of Violent Movement
Antlered Aunt Lord at Pop! Stereo
The oddly named Antlered Aunt Lord is as shambolic and weird as their name might imply. Led by the one and only member, Jesse Stinnard, AAL is a crazy chaotic mess of a solo project. Stinnard is a hap hazard artist who cranks out songs as if doing so was as involuntary as breathing. I’m… Continue reading Antlered Aunt Lord at Pop! Stereo
Marshmallow Coast at Pop! Stereo
Despite the exceptionally cheesy cover art for Marshmallow Coast’s new album, Vangelis Rides Again is really quite good. This former member (Andy Gonzales) of Of Montreal and Music Tapes has always brought some fantastic stuff to the indie pop table and this album is no different. And while the record looks like some sort of… Continue reading Marshmallow Coast at Pop! Stereo
Bunnygrunt at Pop! Stereo
I have to admit when the new Bunnygrunt album showed up and it looked like Black Sabbath’sVolume 4 I was really, really hoping they did a twee pop cover record of the metal classic. I wasn’t disappointed that they didn’t because the songs that actually make up their version ofVolume 4 are pretty darn strong… Continue reading Bunnygrunt at Pop! Stereo
deardarkhead at Broadway World
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deardarkhead at Austin Town Hall
You should already be aware of Deardarkhead, the long-running act of warm noise makers (Captured Tracks) even threw out a retrospective a few years back). They’ve been going strong for the last several years, despite nixing their long-time singer and moving forward as an instrumental act. Oddly, they haven’t seemed to miss a beat, if… Continue reading deardarkhead at Austin Town Hall