Check out the first single release from the San Francisco-based The Dodos. Don’t let the song “Confidence,” fool you with it’s slow-winding river beginnings, because soon enough it becomes roiling white-water and you’ll be pulled under and reeling. It’s been a minute since we last heard from these guys, their righteous No Color EP (2011) was the bomb. Look for their forthcoming LP Carrier, it drops August 27th via Polyvinyl Records.

However, you can get the, “Confidence” digital single via iTunes. You can also pre-order the full LP now. As always, I recommend getting vinyl, which you can get at the Polyvinyl Merch Online Store, but you should hurry the 180-gram blue vinyl LP is limited to 700. I got mine. Peace.

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for STRFKR‘s third full-length album group helmsman Josh Hodges retreated to the wilds of astoria, oregon and went to work. the result the lp ‘Miracle Mile’ and is said to be the band’s …”biggest and brightest to date…” expect the album to drop february 19th 2013. also, you can pre-order it via Polyvinyl Records. peace.

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Total Dust is the debut album from Dusted- Brian Borcherdt of Holy Fuck fame and producer Leon Taheny. The ten songs on this compilation is the result of several years spent touring and writing, fleshing out the beautiful sounds which are the bones and sinews of one of the best albums of 2012. Total Dust will be released via CD / LP / MP3 worldwide July 10th 2012. Peace.

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Without a doubt one of my favorite rock duos the Japandroids are back just in the nick of time to ensure that Summer 2012 will have it’s share of all out rockin’ musical fare. Check out what else Japandroids’ Brian King and David Prowse are up to at Polyvinyl Records. Peace.

“The House That Heaven Built” from the Japandroids forthcoming June 5th release Celebration Rock

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It’s just one of those days… You know, a day where the universe speaks to you in muted tones of soul whisper and putting on Casiokids seems like the perfect reaction to all possible actions. Check out their latest Mixxxtape 5 and just chill. Peace.

Mixxxtape 5 Casiokids

Peaking Lights – Amazing & Wonderful from Not Not Fun on Vimeo.

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Although I am posting the latest visuals for “Bury Us Alive” know this, the mega-acid drop that is Starfucker is so much more than meets the ear. I’ve been addicted to these guys for a few years now and they never disappoint. And just case you haven’t had the good fortune to listen to them before I got both the March 2011 release Reptilians and the November 2011 Jupiter. So, get ready to become an instant fan, and make sure to check out Starfucker‘s bandcamp for more. Peace.

starfucker – “bury us alive” from Josiah Burns on Vimeo.

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When it comes to selecting the music for this music blog, I can only attest to having but a single criteria. Does the music touch me? If it doesn’t then that’s ok too. I’ll leave it where I found it without casting a disparaging word. But for those songs which appeal to me, well then I’m all ears (and heart). Loney Dear hits me right there in the solar plexus, no other way to put it really. Like many, your introduction to the music of Loney Dear will come with this song “Loney Blues” and it will touch you in unexpected places. The song is quiet, almost a whisper full of lament. You’ll turn it up to better understand the words, and what words they are by the way. This is a song which begs you to listen in solitude, without distractions. It is a song so forlorn and shrouded in mendicant black, so much so, it covers one’s heart completely and compels you to admit to bouts of loneliness and despair. This song will reward you on so many levels. I know nothing about Loney Dear other than I like it… a lot, and for now it will suffice. I’ve immersed myself inside of it cocoon like, and it is my hope to emerge out of the other side, if not a butterfly then perhaps … buoyed. Peace.

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Back from a seemingly endless void, we can finally drop to our collective knees and say, “Thank you!” For those familiar, Xiu Xiu is a band, but to me its the metaphorical maladjusted step-child from the dark uncomfortable regions of your psyche. The neighbors in your mind will shun him, and try desperately to keep their own pristine children away. But unbeknownst, those overly clean children will gravitate towards him. Not because he is cool, but because he’s interesting, and tells the most wonderful stories. Yes, he’s slightly damaged, but wondrously resilient and resolves to never play the victim. He corals them one and all, and out into the world they go. He leads them into the darker parts of town. He learns their secrets and shares his as well. Each child learns things they should never be privy to, and divulge family secrets never previously told. Into the wide wilds of the underworld they trail tears and laughter, and he plies them with nothing more than daring. His arm about a shoulder, gives them song enough to house their pain and lift their chins to the sky. This is the world of Xiu Xiu and the long-awaited album Always will soon be among us, to light up everything. And make us uncomfortably curious for more. Peace.

The LP Always drops March 6th 2012. Pre-Order and get the “Hi” download free!

Always tracklisting: 1. Hi 2. Joey’s Song 3. Beauty Towne 4. Honey-Suckle 5. I Luv Abortion 6. The Oldness 7. Chimney’s Afire (Mickensian Suicide) 8. Gul Mudin 9. Born to Suffer 10. Factory Girl 11. Smear the Queen 12. Black Drum Machine

“Hi”

 
“Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl” from 2003’s A Promise

For more, check out Xiu Xiu on Soundcloud.

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