Latest Review: Magic Lantern - High Beams

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 [...]

Recover Re-Unite for Everyone Knows Everyone this weekend

When Recover released Ceci N’Est Pas Recover (translation “This Is Not Recover”) back in 2002, the title was a pretty fair assesment of what their earlier fans would think of their new work as compared to their 2001 release, Rodeo & Picasso. Gone was the scream sing scream formula and in it’s place was slower more tightly wound pop (that what it is) rock songs. It didn’t take long for the majors to notice, and Recover soon signed to Gary Gersh’s newly formed label, Strummer Recordings (Mars Volta, The Rapture) and released This May Be The Year I Disappear which failed to generate the same energy as their EP and failed to sell. Recover broke up in 2005 I believe (someone wikipedia that shit for me) and vocalist, Dan Keyes, has since moved on to doing full on pop with his new project, Young Love.

This really has nothing to do with LA since Everyone Knows Everyone takes place in Austin, TX and there has been no announcement of any more reunion shows, I just really liked that EP, Ceci N’Est Pas Recover, still so much so that I play it at least two times through everytime I put it on. Well I guess I know Jax at Rock Insider hears me on Recover…can I get a Hell Yeah!

Download “Push Push” (mp3) from the Ceci N’Est Pas Recover.

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Also, something else I just thought of, since this EP was released on the now defunct Fiddler Records, and subsequently has gone out of print, are they any plans to re-release it? It’s a five song little masterpiece in my mind.