Tagged: Captured Tracks

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Wild Nothing, “Golden Haze” MP3

In a lot of ways, Wild Nothing is our very own Peter Pan. Capturing childhood/teenage melancholy on infinite loop. Every bummer a world ender, every revelation the greatest of all time. Of course, he’s got … read more »

POSTED August 17, 2010 6:00PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (1) TAGS: , ,
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Tim Cohen, “Oh Oh Oh” MP3

It’s generally pretty hard to peg Tim Cohen‘s sound. Not because it’s especially out there or weird, but because dude must record an album a day under different names. They all have the same familiar … read more »

POSTED July 7, 2010 5:00PM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: , , , ,
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Wild Nothing, “The Witching Hour” MP3

There are times when music comes out at the exact right moment. It’s not often—so many things factor into that magical confluence of music and seasonal atmosphere. Sometimes the artist doesn’t care and we’re like, … read more »

POSTED May 28, 2010 4:00PM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: , ,
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Blank Dogs, “Heat and Depression” MP3

Blank Dogs‘ progression has been an interesting one, going from a one man band reluctant to play too many live shows, to a fully fleshed out project with other members and a serious stage presence. … read more »

POSTED April 6, 2010 6:25PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (1) TAGS: , , , ,

Dollars to Pounds: Dignan Porch

Dignan Porch‘s debut album Tendrils has an insidious way of grabbing hold of you. If it took you to the cinema it would pull one of those fake-yawn-to-arm-around-your-shoulder moves, but in a dorky, sweet way. … read more »

POSTED March 10, 2010 2:15PM IN DOLLARS TO POUNDS Comments (3) TAGS: , , ,

Fresh and Onlys, “Diamond in the Dark” MP3

“The Delusion of Man”, the last song on The Fresh and Onlys‘ previous album Grey Eyed Girls, was our favorite. It was epic in all the right ways. Taking all the now tired garage rock … read more »

POSTED March 5, 2010 3:30PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (1) TAGS: , ,

Dollars to Pounds: Veronica Falls

Veronica Falls‘Found Love In A Graveyard was one of the best conceived songs of last year. A sinister story told with the sweetest harmonies, and nothing to do with necrophilia or cruising for trade. It’s … read more »

POSTED March 3, 2010 3:30PM IN DOLLARS TO POUNDS TAGS: , , ,

Listen to The Procedure Club's "Artificial Light"

Procedure Club, why you gotta go and take a perfectly good pop song and ruin it by playing it through amplifiers made entirely of tinfoil?  “Artificial Light” sounds like these old comps of European cold … read more »

POSTED December 16, 2009 3:18PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: ,

Listen to Grass Widow's "Celebrate The Mundane" Live at WFMU

A few weeks back, San Francisco’s trio of surf, harmony and riot-grrrlllness visited my radio show at WFMU in their down time during a New York weekend jam-packed with performances along with Crystal Stilts, The … read more »

POSTED December 1, 2009 7:09PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , ,

FADER TV: A Gang of Videos from the Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival

New York labels Woodsist and Captured Tracks release so many songs you could listen exclusively to them for a week and A) not repeat any song once and  B) be pretty happy about the whole … read more »

POSTED July 7, 2009 5:05PM IN LIVE TAGS: , , , , , , ,