With a name which possibly references a Broadcast song, San Francisco’s Papercuts play a dreamy retro sort of mellow pop “touching on ’80s/’90s Creation and 4AD records, The Zombies, 60’s French pop.” Works for me. (via Stereogab / Aquarius Records)

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I’m rather curious about the timing of The Antlers review that showed up on Pitchfork on August 4th, 2009. Seems like a hell of a delay considering Drawer B posted about them in January after reading about them on Music for Kids Who Can’t Read Good, and even NPR did a feature in March ’09. […]

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My Bloody Valentine is going to pass out free earplugs to fans during its upcoming European tour. This idea is about two decades too late for many who have already witnessed the eardrum shattering noise this band emits live. Several friends of mine who have had the good/bad fortune of seeing My Bloody Valentine in […]

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I haven’t listened to The Raveonettes since 2002 when Eric reviewed Whip It On, featuring the following bit of hype deflation: “I’d probably be a lot more excited about this band were it not for so many untrustworthy people telling me how excited I should be.” Apparently, the hype is back. Here’s their newest single […]

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Via Tug

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Some promo company sent me a crappy cover of Kristin Hersh’s Your Ghost which reminded me of this utter magnificence by µ Ziq. Sure, it’s a sample, not a cover, but whatever.

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I’m late to this, but wow. just WOW.

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