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Dean Wareham adds more Galaxie 500 shows, played a porch in Phoenicia w/ Mercury Rev members (video)

5212 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Sunday in Phoenicia, NY Dean Wareham (with help from Britta) is about to kick off the first dates of his upcoming sorta-tour where he'll be "playing Galaxie 500". The August 19th Bowery Ballroom show, and the secret show at The... more info

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This week's festival news

5243 days ago

Guardian Music — Belle & Sebastian's much-anticipated ATP Bowlie Weekender 2 (10-12 Dec, Butlins, Minehead, atpfestival.com) has now added Foals, Crystal Castles, Edwyn Collins, Steve Mason and Dean Wareham playing the influential dream-pop of his former band Galaxie... more info

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Band of Horses | Live music review

5277 days ago

Guardian Music — The Roundhouse, London"In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins is one of those ludicrous 80s soundtracks whose true brilliance only dawns on you in later years. Back then it sounded ghastly. In fact, "In The Air Tonight" is a superb piece of synthetic di... more info

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Hey, what's that sound: Musical saw

5282 days ago

Guardian Music — The sharpest tool in the box can also cut it as an instrument of spectral, shivering beautyWhat is it? Those big metal things with teeth you use to carve up wood? Add a violin bow and an ear for pitch and you can make farm tools sing.Who uses it? The... more info

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[MP3] Common Prayer: "Us vs. Them"

5293 days ago

I Guess I'm Floating — I don't know much about Common Prayer aside from what the band sent to me an email this week. They're a young group from Brooklyn headed by Jason Russo, a talented musician some may know from his previous exploits in bands Hopewell and Mercury Rev. ... more info

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THE SILENT LEAGUE - NEW VIDEO - YOURS TRULY, 2095

5296 days ago

Altsounds — The Silent League is a difficult band to trace. Formed in 2004 in Brooklyn by Justin Russo (at the time, keyboardist for Mercury Rev during the classic Ã‚Â“Deserter's SongsÃ‚Â”/Ã‚Â”All is DreamÃ‚Â” era), The Silent League ... more info

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the first saturday batch of updates

5306 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — mp3 said... Hey Fuzzy Folks, Jerry Riopelle - Saving Grace 1974 Mood Jga Jga - Mood Jga Jga 1975 White Plains - White Plains 1970 Murray McLauchlan - Hugh's Room, Toronto 2005 Kenny Rogers And The First Edition - Transition 1971 The Humblebums - The ... more info

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Truck America announce full line-up details

5328 days ago

NME — Mercury Rev, White Rabbits and The Joy Formidable all set to perform more info

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Avi Buffalo: Avi Buffalo | CD review

5328 days ago

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)Anyone who feels the world of music has become too jaded and cynical could do worse than peruse the Twitter feed of 19-year-old Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg, frontman of California-based quartet Avi Buffalo. It offers 140-character bursts of enth... more info

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