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Alta Mira is the Salt

Kirk Maltais — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:19:41 +0000

If the name of their new release I Am the Salt is anything to go by, Albany-postpoppers Alta Mira are the ones trying to add flavor to your usual musical diet. Not only that, but judging by the uptempo pace of their song "Good Enough," Alta Mira wants to raise your blood pressure in the same way Paula Deen wants to raise it with extreme butter use.

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Alta Mira - Good Enough.mp3

Black Polygons: Black Polygons

Esmail Hamidi — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:58:25 +0000

Black Polygons unveils a mysterious, crackly, dusty treasure of an album.

Black Polygons is a Frenchman named Cyril Rampal.

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Black Polygons - Black Polygons - 04 Prism.mp3

Loomis: Melt Away EP

Zach Krawczyk — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:55:00 +0000

Lo-fi artisans: Loomis kindle a tickle to the back of your spine with low fidelity dream worlds.

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Loomis_Monsters_Are_Due.mp3

School of Seven Bells: Ghostory

Nick Arnemann — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:25:30 +0000

School of Seven Bells rocks a lovely ‘80s shoegaze vibe with the kind of finesse that many modern electronic bands today could stand to learn from.

Retro-fandom is in general a dangerous thing, but from our place in time, ‘80s retro-fandom is near deadly.

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01 The Night.mp3

Sleigh Bells: Reign of Terror

Joseph Bogen — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:51:12 +0000

On Reign of Terror, Sleigh Bells dial down the sonic assault, resulting in a great pop album.

Sleigh Bells’ debut album, Treats didn’t provoke a lot of mild reactions.

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Sleigh_Bells-Comeback_Kid.mp3

Elika: Always The Light

Ralph Reed — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:50:46 +0000

Elika's new album has all the right ingredients, but none of the right outcomes.

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01 Stay Beside Me.mp3

Girls of Porn, HESTER, Sea Glass

Ground Zero — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:46:05 +0000

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Acts:

Girls of Porn -- [http://www.myspace.com/thegirlsofadultfilm], HESTER -- [http://punkrockhester.bandcamp.com/], Sea Glass -- [http://jaggedseaglass.bandcamp.com/]

Event Date:

Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 8:00pm

Location:

Ground Zero (Nugent Hall @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Troy, NY)

Frontpage Description:

KILLR PUNK SHOW at Ground Zero and it's TOTALLY FREE!

Attend the Facebook event here>>> http://www.facebook.com/events/186481388124004/

You're in the Virtual Jungle, Baby

Kirk Maltais — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:24:20 +0000

Instead of making a direct comparison between other acts and what "Virtual Jungle" by Mist Glider sounds like, let's start with what this song is tagged as on SoundCloud, namely, "Chill Out." That is as good of a description as any, and with the animal sounds the track opens up with, it's as if the listener is being enticed to lay back, enjoy their substance of choice, and take an aural safari with eyes half-closed.

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Virtual Jungle.mp3

First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar

Zach Krawczyk — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:07:21 +0000

The heart of Nashville in the soul of Stockholm. Swedish sisters deliver a country-folk masterpiece with second album: The Lion's Roar.

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01 The Lion's Roar.mp3

Sunbears!: You Will Live Forever

Amanda Ressler — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:14:16 +0000

SUNBEARS! offers a refreshing take on the familiar Beatlesesque psychedelic indie-pop sound. Their lyrics depict a view of love and life that is both joyous and tumultuous, as "You Will Live Forever" examines many of life's fundamental questions.

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06 Strung Out! On My Own!.mp3

08 They Think They're Soooo Philosophical.mp3

FINS Release New Single

Lily Palmer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:54:49 +0000

The Sudbury/Newton, MA FINS is a band in its infancy. They've yet to reach their one-year mark as a group, and still they've begun to show progression and a lot of promise with the release of their second single "Transatlantic Tryst."

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FINS - Transatlantic Tryst.mp3

Rusko @ The Mullins Center

Derek Duoba — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:03:59 +0000

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Rusko played a nearly sold-out show at UMass' Mullins Center last Friday. Although his set was notably less brosteppy than when we last caught up with him in 2010 (perhaps signaling a transition to a more mature production technique), Christopher Mercer's performance was no less frenzied than ever before.

Plug: Back on Time

Esmail Hamidi — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:06:14 +0000

Luke Vibert's drum-and-bass side project resurfaces with a "lost" album of remarkable tracks.

British electronica producer Luke Vibert has always been known as a chameleon of sorts, mixing-and-matching aliases with genre shifts and prolific experimentation.

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07 Back On Time.mp3

Yalls Brings the Funk on "Settle Down"

Lily Palmer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:22:51 +0000

"Settle Down" is the wonderfully energetic new track from Yalls, off of his upcoming 3 song Fantasy 7" vinyl from Gold Robot Records.

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Yalls - Settle Down.mp3

Exclusive: Hyena's latest Never Enough

Sarah Wilson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:38:04 +0000

West coast based electo-dance duo Hyena are garnering a following on the east coast too and for good reason. They create tracks that build a layered sound you can get lost in and don’t soon forget. To prove it check out the new beats they’re previewing with us: “Never Enough.”

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05 never enough.mp3