Time to wrap up the weekend love for All Tomorrow's Parties New York, curated by My Bloody Valentine, which has finally returned stateside. If you didn't make it, no worries: Neither did Autolux, the spearhead for a new generation of...
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Such a simple thing to add into a song, right? It means absolutely nothing, it's not something you could find in a dictionary, but there it is, gracing many songs. Well, I found two in my collection for sure. As for meaning, well, we'll get to that.Exhibit A: Autolux - Here Comes EverybodyAt first listen, it sounds so inviting, Carla Azar cooing "sha la la, let's go, let's go" in the chorus. Lo...
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Every genre has its initial boom, and most of the time, at some point, a second boom. Whether the second boom is a more boisterous boom or more of a post movement squeek just depends on timing and band participation. Each wave of ska seems bigger than the last. Each new spin on metal seems less metal than the last (ie-rap-metal/mall-core). Apparently Shoegaze's time has come. I've noticed it sl...
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Shoegaze-y Los Angeles trio Autolux haven't released an album since 2005's critically acclaimed Future Perfect (TMT Review) and haven't toured nationally for four years. So you'd think this story would be about them putting out a new album and touring behind it, wouldn't you? WRONG. It's something different (kinda), something more special. For, at the moment, you see, the band's next album, Tra...
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I have become a big listener of this album, and lately it is the one band the wizard in black and i seem to agree on. Anyone have any idea on when their next album is coming out?I saw them open for NIN and Queens of the Stone Age and felt they blew these bands of the stage. They weren't very flashy, just got down to the important stuff. I have been hooked on the album ever since.
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I'm not as technologically savy as I'd like to be please forgive but I do have a yen for music ever since 3rd grade with my (birthday score) first album Men At Work..yes the old school cds with elephantitis. I never understand people who don't love music..whatever it may be. It seems to be a litmus test for me if you don't like music please stand on the other side of the line in the sand. Bef...
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