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The Big Moon - It's Easy Then
The Big Moon
It's Easy Then
Sounds like: Arctic Monkeys, PIXIES, Courtney Barnett
Following up their Mercury Award nominated debut album,Love In The 4th Dimension, was never going to be an easy task for The Big Moon. Two years on fr...
French Alps Tiger - Tell A Lie
French Alps Tiger
Tell A Lie
Sounds like: FIDLAR, Bass Drum of Death, Pixies
Did a bit of stalking on the website of South Wales band, French Alps Tiger, and found a beautiful description of their sound:FIDLAR on the streets, P...
Valley Queen - Boiling Water
Valley Queen
Boiling Water
Sounds like: Fleetwood Mac, My Morning Jacket, Pixies
Indie rockers Valley Queen have another single doing the rounds ahead of the release of debut album Supergiant. "Boiling Water" is "inspired by a pas...
Valley Queen - Chasing The Muse
Valley Queen
Chasing The Muse
Sounds like: Fleetwood Mac, My Morning Jacket, Pixies
LA-based quartet Valley Queen have this week announced they will be releasing their album this year, and in conjunction with the news have dropped sin...
Franz Ferdinand - Demagogue
Franz Ferdinand
Demagogue
Sounds like: The Jones Revival, Pixies, Kaiser Chiefs
Wow. Franz Ferdinand, dusting off their instruments for one-off return to the music sphere. To what do we owe this pleasure, you ask? Well, first and...
Pixies - Hey
Pixies
Hey
Sounds like: The Breeders, Frank Black, Sonic Youth
Violent Femmes - Love Love Love Love Love
Violent Femmes
Love Love Love Love Love
Sounds like: The Dead Milkmen, The Modern Lovers, The Replacements
Chances are you're under 30 years of age. And as such, chances are you don't know a whole lot about Violent Femmes (I know I don't). That is, of cour...
Surfer Blood - Miranda
Surfer Blood
Miranda
Sounds like: Cayucas, Smith Westerns, Wavves
Surfer Blood is a four-piece band from West Palm Beach, Florida, comprised of John Paul Pitts (lead vocals/lead guitar), Tyler Schwarz (drums), Thom F...
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Weezer
Buddy Holly
Weezerdoesn'tneed much of an introduction at this point.Rivers Cuomo (lead guitar/lead vocals), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (guitar/keyboard), ...
Veruca Salt - The Museum Of Broken Relationships
Veruca Salt
The Museum Of Broken Relationships
Sounds like: Breeders, Hole, Pixies
Who saw this one coming? 90s grunge-pop act Veruca Salt have reformed with their original lineup for the first time in over a decade. Fronted by guita...
Weak Nerves - Bedroom Rot
Weak Nerves
Bedroom Rot
Sounds like: Wavves, Surfer Blood, Pixies, Mudhoney
It's hump day Wednesday, so what better way to cheer you up than some slacker rock in the form of Weak Nerves? The London trio make music you want to ...
Champ - Piss
Champ
Piss
Sounds like: Minor Threat, My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies
When I lived in San Diego during college, I was introduced to a real, living and breathing punk and hardcore culture. I don't come from that world, bu...
Le Mutant - Barcelona
Le Mutant
Barcelona
Sounds like: Monotonix, Dead Kennedys, Pixies, The Residents
Le Mutant's "Barcelona" brings on wave after wave of tingling sensations. One moment you're blasting off into head-slam heaven, and the next you're sw...
Violent Soho - In The Aisle
Violent Soho
In The Aisle
Sounds like: Pixies, Sonic Youth, The Smith Street Band, DZ Deathrays
Violent Soho have always been on the cusp of greatness, and if "In The Aisle" is anything to go by, they might finally be reaching their full potentia...
Kid Cudi - Going To The Ceremony
Kid Cudi
Going To The Ceremony
With Amurica gearing up for fireworks and citizens piggybacking off the proverbial 4th of July tradition as an excuse to digest hots dogs and consume ...
Pixies - Bagboy
Pixies
Bagboy
Sounds like: The Breeders, Frank Black, Sonic Youth
Consider this a double dose of fresh air: not only is this a brand new song from the Pixies, but I've decided it deserves a slot as today's Song of th...
Porno Cave - Hearts
Porno Cave
Hearts
Sounds like: The Breeders, Adult, The Chromatics, New Look
Last week, I took some time to absorb the good vibes and good weather in the musical city of Nashville, TN. There, I met a few friends who introduced ...
Gingko - Ride It Out
Gingko
Ride It Out
Sounds like: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Pixies, Modest Mouse, Wolf Parade
Although Minneapolis rock band Tapes N' Tapes seem to be on a little of a hiatus, members Josh Grier and Jeremy Hanson are keeping things going with t...