Video: Wax Idols “Gold Sneakers”
Even if you didn’t make it out to the Bay Area release party celebrating debut LP No Future from San Francisco’s Wax Idols, you can still check out their latest video for dynamic new track “Gold Sneakers.”
Hot Track: Jacuzzi Boys, “Bricks or Coconuts”
If you’ve happened to see the new cancer-comedy film 50/50, you may have wondered what Joseph Gordon-Levitt is listening to as he jogs through the streets of Seattle in the opening scene.
Q&A: Patrick Brown, Different Fur Studios
We sat down recently to chat with Patrick Brown, sound engineer and owner of Different Fur, a Mission District recording studio that has been in business for over 40 years.
Album Stream: Big Troubles “Romantic Comedy”
One of the best new shoegaze dream pop acts of 2010, Big Troubles, was discovered by Matt Mondanile of Real Estate & Ducktails. Their killer home-recorded debut “Worry,” released on Old English Spelling Bee, is an ethereal and balmy aural experience that bathes the listener in layers of toothsome reverb.
Preview: Bass Drum of Death at Hemlock
Bass Drum of Death make music that’s far less ominous than their diabolic-sounding moniker suggests.
Hot Track: “Bad Feeling” by Veronica Falls
A brand new 7″ single from Veronica Falls, released in anticipation of the London quartet’s full length debut on Slumberland Records, recalls the bright pop harmonies and interspersed foreboding that characterized previous singles “Found Love in a Graveyard” or “Beachy Head.”
Preview: Craft Spells at Rickshaw Stop
Craft Spells, the pseudonym of Justin Vallesteros of Stockton, started off initially as a solo bedroom project, so it should come as no surprise that a morose sense of isolation underlies the synth-laden dream-Balearic pop soundscapes he creates. He returns to San Francisco for a show at Rickshaw Stop on August 25.
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