The band to get Battles’ most talked band award from last year is Oxford’s Foals. One of the most hyped and busy bands this year, they’ve managed to get over 2 million listens on last.fm with their debut “Antidotes” which recently secured a Sub Pop distribution deal for US and got featured on NME as [...]

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Hello all, promotion mail from artists and labels have been collecting in my mailbox for some time, unfortunately with my busy schedule I haven’t been able to reply or feature them here. Today I found some time to check a good portion of them. Here are some that garnered my attention. Most [...]

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For all you guys & gals who aren’t in the know, Deerhoof is playing today in Istanbul courtesy of Bant Magazine. I don’t know if it means something for you but they’re currently #1 on my last.fm after 2 years and more than 60.000 listens overall and I still think that they’re one of [...]

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I got to spill my guts, NYC’s Marnie Stern is my new obsession with her furious debut “In Advance of the Broken Arm” on Kill Rock Stars. Just as you think every musical aesthetic has been covered, someone comes along and shows you that the human creativity has no bounds. [...]

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Thrill Jockey mammoth Trans Am has a new album out named “Sex Change”. Arguably one of the most prominent bands of the 90s alongside Tortoise and Labradford, their new album is interestingly radiofriendly somewhat opposed to their eclectic musical tastes. Frankly I’ve never been a huge fan of synth + rock, or new wave, or [...]

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I’m flat out sure that Field Music will be one of the bands you’ll be hearing a lot in 2007. In fact it’s become quite the sensation till now as I’m definitely not the first to feature them. I’ve been enjoying “Tones of Town“, their second effort on Memphis Industries, thanks to a review on [...]

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