From the monthly archives:

September 2009

DD/MM/YYYY: Black Square Album Review, Cassette Release Tour, Digital Haircut (mp3)

09.08.2009

Digital Haircut [mp3] Punk-pop-metal, laden with hues of Metallica and even Jane’s Addiction, this song is a hard, alternately cacophonic and harmonic, adrenalin spiking, heart-stopping, jagged jumping, spraying, thumping aural assault. We like it. We’re stoked to have the Toronto bunch, DD/MM/YYYY, in the studio to slay and play in early October when they visit [...]

Glass Ghost: Idol Omen; Like a Diamond (mp3) and The Same (mp3)

09.08.2009

Like A Diamond [mp3] The Same [mp3] Super clear, Glass Ghost’s Like A Diamond is striking, chilling, profound, empty, beautiful. I’m equally blown away and solidly hooked. Eliot Krimsky’s natural-fit falsetto juxtaposed with Mike Johnson’s deep, tribal rhythm/percussion emphasizes the haunting feeling of beautiful spaciousness. Glass Ghost is Brooklyn’s Eliot Krimsky singing and playing keys [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Moondoggies, Live@Chessvolt Studios with Video and Mp3s

09.07.2009

The Moondoggies should come doctor recommended. I’ve been listening to their live session over the past few hours with a profound physiological result: truly, my blood pressure has dropped, my breathing has deepened and I feel dilated in general. The Moondoggies require me to slow down. Their music grows on me, warming from the inside [...]

Headlights: Wildlife out soon, Get Going (mp3)

09.07.2009

Get Going [mp3] Cherry Tulips [mp3] Get Going is the first track from Headlights’ upcoming 3rd album,  Wildlife (Polyvinyl Records, October 6th, 2009). Cherry Tulips comes from Some Racing, Some Stopping (Polyvinyl Records, 2008). Folk-pop with an itch, Headlights could be grouped near The Pains of Being Pure at Heart with a bent toward My [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Leopold and His Fiction, Live @Chessvolt Studios with Video and Mp3s

09.06.2009

Dishing out wicked, San Francisco style, old-schoolish rock’n’roll touched by psychedelic haze and even shades of folk, the lion-maned Daniel James on guitar and lead vocals, Micayla Grace on bass and John Sortland on drums and Farfisa are Leopold and His Fiction, a dedicated threesome determined to endear themselves to the masses, even if that’s [...]

Tom Brosseau, You Don’t Know My Friends (mp3) + Video

09.03.2009

You Don’t Know My Friends [mp3] We’re excited to have killer songwriter/singer, Tom Brosseau, in for a live Luxury Wafers Session in a couple of weeks. Satisfyingly wry, Brosseau keeps listeners on edge, rousing mild discomfort with strong and captivating lyrics, musical flow tinged with distortion and just enough dissonance – slightly twisted, stimulating and [...]

Roman Candle – They Say (mp3) from Oh Tall Tree In The Ear

09.03.2009

They Say [mp3] Earthy and Wilco-esque, Roman Candle rocks poetically inspired, Southern-soaked Americana as a family affair. Lead singer/guitar player, Skip Matheny and keys player, Timshel Matheny, are married (with 2 adorable boys). Skip and drummer, Logan Matheny, are brothers. Discovering Roman Candle is like uncovering treasure while digging in the ground. Immediately pleasing and [...]

Air Waves, EP. Knockout (mp3) plus Shine On (mp3)

09.02.2009

Nicole, Scott and Dan with some local basketball stars Knockout [mp3] Shine On [mp3] Busting out modestly in authentic expression, Nicole Schneit – who sounds like a teenage boy with her Harvest-influenced, hoarse vocals – does it, good. Kinda sad, her songs dig in and don’t let go. Knockout is exactly that. Especially warm, the [...]

Girls’ new album, Album, out Sept 22nd. Get it in your ears ASAP.

09.01.2009

Hellhole Ratrace [mp3] Simplicity works for Girls. Straight-forward, undisguised lyrics emerge raw and unfettered from Christopher Owens through his vocal character akin to Buddy Holly or an Everly Brother. Really. It feels entirely natural and sincere. Owens is actively alive and, upon close listen, disarmingly intense. JR White’s elegant production swings on a trapeze in [...]

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