Wavves
That Ghost, aka Santa Rosa youngster Ryan Schmale, puts together a different sort of one-man California lo-fi. Vocally, think of a 19-year-old Robert Pollard (with everything that connotes, good and bad). His approach to pop is fuzzy and spacious, but he wanders in a different direction with “The Red Bow,” a song placing Schmale squarely [...]
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Black Lips have broken up their recent bloglines dominance in helping Wavves turn indie rock into high school with this new video from their ‘09 LP 200 Million Thousand. “Let It Grow” hits its bloodshot-eyed stride early and does little to shift course over three minutes of ramshackle gutter punk, but its Matt Dilmore-directed video [...]
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There were no survivors. Probably. The Daily Swarm reports on the aftermath.
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Some 90 acts descended upon Champaign-Urbana, IL this past weekend, performing across 14 venues and four days for the fifth annual Pygmalion Music Festival. We sent photographer John Gitchoff to circle the fest, and he delivers this spread including shots of Low, Iron & Wine, the Antlers, and the Zach Hill-ified Wavves. Enjoy.
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In its sixth year, Fuck Yeah Fest had the explicit intention of benefitting California’s state parks, and implicit intention of scaring away media outlets afraid of things with “Fuck” in the title. (Well OK: this year did bring the family friendly name change to FYF Fest, which is pronounced Fuck Yeah Fest Fest I think.) [...]
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Thee Fair Ohs are a UK trio who seem to be into puns. Judging from “Summer Lake,” they’re not into wasting time. After lulling us with a 25-second drum roll, tambourine, and pretty arpeggios, they barrel into one of the most immediate (and addictive) summer anthems we’ve heard in a while. It’s all over in [...]
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Some 30,000 people over two days crammed into the six-block area in San Diego’s East Village that hosted the 25th annual Street Scene this past weekend. That’s a strong number, albeit down from last year when people weren’t scrambling for money to put food on their families. Still, those who made it witnessed a righteous [...]
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Last week you got a listen to “Cool Jumper,” which served as the debut of Nathan Williams’ collaboration with Zach Hill as well as his new, seemingly unpopular haircut. In a studio clip posted by Terror Eyes then reposted by Williams, we again see the new Hill-backed Wavves go for it, this time live and [...]
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