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Wax Idols live session + interview on WFMU
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Cuddle Up - Possibly the best B-side ever!! God bless Dennis Wilson x #vinyl #beachboys #denniswilson
Posted on May 22, 2013 via RURAL RADIO with 3 notes
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Focus On: Wax Idols
Following on from the 2011 release of No Future, California’s Wax Idols are currently preparing to release their sophomore album Discipline + Desire. So during the wait for the album’s release, next month, we plugged in with Hether Fortune, the leader of the post-punk quartet, to talk about the new album. Here’s what she had to say.
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Stream: Spectrals, “Sob Story” « The FADER
The FADER is streaming the title tune from Spectrals’ upcoming new album, and what a grand tune it is. “Sob Story” the song is a full-on country weeper, with a lovely melody and gorgeous pedal steel courtesy of SF player Tom Heyman. “Sob Story” the album was recorded with and produced by JR “Chet” White from Girls and is a thing of beauty from start to finish.
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Almost forgot how awesome the color vinyl edition looked. props to Shaun Durkan for his excellent art direction.
Posted on May 16, 2013 via Shaun Durkan with 14 notes
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Weekend Frontman Shaun Durkan Talks About The Turmoil That Ultimately Inspired Sophomore Album Jinx
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‘Spinning’ by Loop
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Wax Idols' Hether Fortune Performance in Studio [ARCHIVE]
Hether from Wax Idols recorded this fine acoustic session for East Village Radio a few weeks ago. Hearing these amazing songs played on a 12-string is a revelation. Ace Soft Cell cover too.
Host Jeff Conklin plays some great records, and the interview is a hoot too. Good stuff.
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English Singles: "Ordinary Girls" posted on Pitchfork
The English Singles have a fine new 7” EP out now, and Pitchfork has posted the a-side. Digging the term “pub-punk” — too right!
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they’ve got the wrong idea…
Posted on May 9, 2013 via dream boys with 4 notes
Slumberland began operations in 1989 as a collective effort consisting of members of DC area bands Velocity Girl, Big Jesus Trash Can/Whorl, Black Tambourine and Powderburns. We were inspired by such musical happenings as C-86, early Creation, Postcard, K, Bus Stop, lower East Side noise, and also the renegade art aesthetics of people like Cage, Burroughs and Duchamp. We were complete musical neophytes but so pumped-up about all the amazing things going on in post-punk independent music that we just had to jump in.
The explosion of punk had left behind a thriving network of 'zines, labels and distributors and we felt that there was room for our noise-loving, pop-obsessed aesthetic. While there were loads of US indie labels releasing a steady stream of 7"s, there wasn't much pop going on. Notable exceptions included Bus Stop, K and Picture Book, and we hoped to join that group and help chisel out some space for melodies amongst the noise.
Early releases from Velocity Girl and Black Tambourine struck a note, and we found like-minded popsters getting in touch from all over the world. As we expanded the label roster and our own horizons, the goal was always to bring you great songs and interesting sounds from a range of styles. And so it continues over twenty years later and 150+ releases later. We still get excited about listening to and sharing new music, and hope to be delivering sublime slabs of pop beauty for many years to come.
