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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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Austin, TX by-the-way-of Nashville’s Harlem‘s debut LP, the cheekily titled Free Drugs;-), is a wonderfully loose lofi punk garage rock record of ramshackle clang that sounds like the repeated opening and slamming shut of a drawer full of silverware over the bass lines on Bad Religion’s 80-85. Think Mark Sultan and pretty much anything in In The Red’s catalog or maybe a couple of other Austin favorites, White Denim and The Strange Boys.
MP3: Harlem – Witchgreens
MP3: Harlem – Think I’m Thinkin’ Bout
TONIGHT: Harlem at Redwood Bar (316 W 2nd St) in Los Angeles – 10pm / 21+