August 8, 2012

Blonds: The Bad Ones

Blonds come across loose- like they only care half as much as they should, but it works for them in some blasé, cool factor, lo-fi lovers, garage lust way. Their elongated vocals and slow beats create a sound similar to Beach House. There is also some modern ambition and grunge of the Dum Dum Girls. The past is a prominent influence in The Bad Ones. The duo draw on 1930's histrionics, '40's jazz, '50's poise, some old Southern backbone, and '60's motown. In short, Blonds is a pair of old souls living in a modern world making music for the artsy, the cynical lovers, and all those scheming dreamers.

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Big Gigantic Announce 45 City Fall Tour

Boulder, CO-based electronic act Big Gigantic–-saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken–is set to bring their breakthrough sound of DJ-based music with live instruments to over 45 cities throughout North

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Paul Simon: Graceland – 25th Anniversary Edition

The 25th anniversary CD also features a number of alternate takes and demos, as well as an audio interview with Simon, that give further insight to the creative process behind Graceland, but the real accomplishment of the re-release is to remind everyone why they still care about this album all these years later. And if you don’t care, I challenge you to listen to it and still feel that way. 

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