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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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I think I just blanked on these guys at first due to their name (bad habit I know), I would see White Rabbits popping up here and there, but never took the time to check them out. Then the other day I was on Future Sounds and Larry really seemed to dig them, and I don’t why that got me to check them out (since my taste and Larry’s don’t coincide that often), but I did. And damn if I ain’t thankful that I did.
White Rabbits are from New York and make a kind of shuffling and rollicking rock n roll that off the bat reminds me a bit of The Walkmen (who I am actually not a fan of, go figure) and The Nurses. The two tracks below are good, but they are just the start, Fort Nightly gets better as goes along.
White Rabbits hit Los Angeles next week, playing Cinespace Tuesday June 12th and Spaceland on Wednesday June 13th.
Download “The Plot” (mp3) with the undeniably catchey whooaa ooaahh oohh, oohh oohh oohh‘s in it
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and “Kid On My Shoulders” (mp3) from Fort Nightly.
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Fort Nightly is out now on Say Hey Records, get it from: Insound | Amazon