This album starts with a mellow Joy Division vibe and washy vocals that have some sort of weird harmonizing effect or possibly someone singing every line along with the singer but a 7th or 5th above the root vocal notes…
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UNDERLINED PASSAGES: LNG TRM XPSURE | REVIEW & PLAYLIST By Sam Lowry
Lng Trm Xpsure is the second single from Baltimore Indie Rock band Underlined Passages’ new record “Neon Inoculation”, out in early 2022 on Mint 400 Records. Like the last single Couples Therapy, Lng Trm Xpsure wrestles with experiences during the…
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Pass Away : Thirty Nine
Finding adequate wording to review Pass Away’s Thirty Nine is about as difficult as resisting the urge to make a joke about what may be in Brooklyn’s water supply. The borough generated remarkable works this year from the ranks of…
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THE NEW COLORS: MANY MOONS
The New Colors have an interesting sound that mixes indie folk a little country twang and general Pavement / Wilco type studio noise. The band definitely doesn’t write straight-forward pop. On the first single “Idiocy” it’s like classic country gets…
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VONAMOR - ‘Take Your Heart'
Ok, this one is a little creepy in a Marianne Faithfull meets Nico meets Siouxsie kind of way. By the time this song is halfway done, you know you’ll need to hear it again so you can thoroughly process what…
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HAILING FROM COLOMBIA, METADONA RELEASE "GOTH" FROM THEIR NEW ALBUM, "MORAL PANIC"
The Colombian band, Metadona, have released their first single "Goth" from their new album, "Moral Panic". The single is accompanied by an equally goth styled video over on Youtube, if you're looking to mix your goth metal up…
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Adi Sun’s ‘Twin Flame’
Fuck. I needed this. Longing but poppy and melodic, Adi Sun forces you to nod your head to the darkest yet also very sweet and vulnerable lyrical exploration into the impossible: attempting to explain what it feels like to be…
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Premiere of Citified "Sleep Sound"
North Carolina's Citified is back with "Sleep Sound", their new single from their upcoming record Lie Like a Painter via Fort Lowell Records due out December 10th. BMN is stoked to host the premiere, which is consistent with their…
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Strange Monsters : “Pro” Single/Video Premiere from “The Thing That Named Itself” LP
“I’m a pro and all you guys are noobs.”
Pittsburgh’s Don Strange returns with his band Strange Monsters on their latest full length “The Thing That Named Itself” (just released 11/11 via Pyrrhic Victory Recordings), and Don and the gang…
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BLOODMAKESNOISE PLAYLIST: MINT 400 RECORDS SPOTLIGHT (TOM BARRETT, GUILTY GIRAFFE, REESE VAN RIPER, THE CAST BEFORE THE BREAK & AT THE MOVIES II) 11/20/21
So full disclosure I run a record label and I’ve come to an agreement with Blood Makes Noise to let me promote releases every week (but we have been swamped so we skipped some weeks). The idea is every week…
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