Butcher Boy crafts incredibly sincere symphonic pop songs that call to mind Belle & Sebastian and Felt. Initially these influences may seem distracting, but by the time lead singer John Blain Hunt chirps “you shouldn’t be kissing with your eyes closed,” you’ll find your heart swollen and firmly in place on your shirt sleeve.
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Here’s a quick link for all you fans of posthumously digging up old shit the artist never intended to release:
Elliott Smith-I’ll Be Back (Beatles Cover)
Credit goes to Rawkblog for the find. Apparently they also have posted a zip file of bunch of outtakes from From A Basement On The Hill, however at the time of writing [...]
Attention all of you around the Greater DC area, this has just been announced: Blake Schwarzenbach is coming to DC to jaw (get it?) with admirers, critics, et al.
For those of you unfamiliar with the man, he was responsible for the seminal 90’s band Jawbreaker, as well as Jets to Brazil and the new Thorns [...]
Scottish chamber poppers, Camera Obscura, have released the title track from their forthcoming album My Maudlin Career. Tracyanne Campbell coos about “giving up on love” around guitarist Kenny McKeeve’s fuzzy lead guitar line. Be prepared to be heartbroken (or at least give up on eggs over easy).
The album will be out April 20th on 4AD.
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Personal fav, Brooklyn retro-poppers, My Teenage Stride are releasing digital singles throughout 2009. The band will release a new single, often with a b-side, available through eMusic & iTunes. You can listen to the band’s first single, “Cast Your Own Shadow” on their myspace page.
Download the My Teenage Stride Singles Series at eMusic.
As a bonus [...]
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