If you are a sucker for jangly retro garage surf bands, like I am, then there is a reason to celebrate this spring as The Pesos release their much anticipated new album "Laissez-Faire" (Lolipop Records). You might recall the Pesos released two EP's in 2017, Casual Encounters #1 and Casual Encounters #2. These two releases succeeded in broadening the sound of the Pesos, moving them beyond another band that fits seamlessly on another Beach Goth Festival lineup.
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Despite the fact that the ladies in La Luz are from Seattle, Washington they have always sounded as though they were a band from California. So what if the band relocated south and were finally entrenched in the kind of sun and surf vibes that their previous two full length albums represented so effectively? The answer would be Floating Features.
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In this day and age, with all the freedom at one's fingertip via computers and production equipment, to bring any song to life with the infinite amount of possibilities regarding overblown production and over-ambitious arranging, it's no wonder many bands end up twiddling and tweaking themselves into oblivion.
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Calvin Johnson is back on the wax after letting 13 years slip between solo albums. The heavy baritone voiced frontman for Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Dub Narcotic Selector, half of the duo Halo Benders (with Built To Spill’s Doug Martsch) . He is also founder of legendary K Records,
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