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CMJ 2009 Roundup: Day 2, October 21st
20 days ago

Deastro Photo via PopMatters.Last night provided an easy way to see a large amount of bands in a small amount of time. CMJ aside, the occasion was to celebrate showgoing resource Oh My Rockness's fifth birthday in style with a festival style concert at Santos Party House in Manhattan. With ten bands on two stages in four hours, one could catch at least a few songs by each band, all of whom ha...

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News: Deastro Tours North America with Max Tundra
22 days ago

Deastro unveiled a new single (”Tone Adventure #3″) on September 29th, and is now embarking upon a fall co-headlining tour with Domino Records’ Max Tundra.The Deastro Dates:10.21 New York, NY @ [CMJ] Santos Party House (8:45Pm Upstairs)10.22 New York, NY @ [CMJ] The Cutting Room (KEXP’s Live Sessions)10.24 New York, NY @ [CMJ] PIanos (4:15PM)11.05 [...]

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Free "EAR TO THE GROUND: Detroit", Best of the Indie Acts from Motor City !
2 months ago
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    Ear to the Ground: Detroit

     MUSIC NEWS - Our focus is on MotorCity, USA this time, as the LimeWire Store shines the spotlight on Detroit's current crop of independent artists in Ear to the Ground: Detroit.  The selections, curated by the staff of Detroit Metro Times, the free 16-track digital-only sampler — available exclusively at LimeWire Store — is a broad overview of local acts who are keeping Detroit's r

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FREE Deastro "Orange Swimmer Red Summer" EP!
3 months ago
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    Orange Swimmer Red Summer
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    Asteroid Goo

Well, as you know, this is a pretty strictly British only blog... but I am a sucker for Ghostly International. In fact I've been carefully putting together an article for Cream Team for a couple months now on their 10 year anniversary... that's how much of a fan I am.Now, despite having never actually spoken to Deastro, I'm a big fan on his music and want to help spread the word as if he were...

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New Deastro – FREE Orange Swimmer Red Summer EP
3 months ago
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    Orange Swimmer Red Summer

If you haven’t been keeping track of Deastro’s blog I’d suggest you start now.  There’s always a steady flux of content whether it’s free music, remixes of his music, videos, or collages.  And it’s usually pretty good.  Take for instance just a week or so ago he put up a free EP Orange Swimmer Red [...]

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CMJ 2009 Roundup: Day 2, October 21st
20 days ago

Deastro Photo via PopMatters.Last night provided an easy way to see a large amount of bands in a small amount of time. CMJ aside, the occasion was to celebrate showgoing resource Oh My Rockness's fifth birthday in style with a festival style concert at Santos Party House in Manhattan. With ten bands on two stages in four hours, one could catch at least a few songs by each band, all of whom ha...

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News: Deastro releases a free EP, Orange Swimmer, Red Summer
3 months ago
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    Orange Swimmer, Red Summer

Deastro, the visionary. ethereal, dreamy, swooning and twisting psych-shoegaze moniker of twenty-something Randolph Chabot, just released a new EP via his own blog for free download. The Orange Swimmer, Red Summer EP is brimming with choppy and chippy arrangements and...

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Album Review: Deastro's Finds Hope in Space with Moondagger
3 months ago

Deastro: MoondaggerLabel: Ghostly InternationalRelease Date: June 23rd, 2009Rating: 4.5/5By David Johnson-Igra Maybe the answer can be found in the uncertainty surrounding our economy, the disillusionment facing recent graduates, or the intrinsic need for answers to all our questions. Any one of these would explain why Deastro's Moondagger feels perfect. This is more than an album. Moondagger ...

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Deastro
3 months ago

This is one supertidy new electro ballad I picked up last week. It reminds me of New Order in the way that it manages to be melancholic but upbeat at the same time."Where were you when I needed you" rings out like its sung from a lonely 2am cab ride home.

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Review (republished): Deastro - Moondagger (* * * *)
3 months ago

I already posted this review, but this one is new, improved, and just better written - full thing at In Review Online.'Spiritual space-rock' may be odd musical terminology, but it's perhaps the best way to describe Randolph Chabot's unique brand of electro-pop. The 22 year-old prodigy recording under the Deastro moniker draws inspiration from church choirs, 80s synth-pop and any electronic ...

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CMJ 2009 Roundup: Day 2, October 21st
20 days ago

Deastro Photo via PopMatters.Last night provided an easy way to see a large amount of bands in a small amount of time. CMJ aside, the occasion was to celebrate showgoing resource Oh My Rockness's fifth birthday in style with a festival style concert at Santos Party House in Manhattan. With ten bands on two stages in four hours, one could catch at least a few songs by each band, all of whom ha...

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Deastro - Keepers
11 months ago

My country was once home to three million God Fearing Christians. Today that number has dwindled to approximately sixteen. The reason for this sharp decline is up for debate. The Catholic Church points to rising consumerism. Everyone else blames the child molesting. No matter. The upshot is, Irish people now sleep off their Sunday morning hangovers in bed, rather than a pew.I for one am gratifi...

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New Deastro – FREE Orange Swimmer Red Summer EP
3 months ago
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    Orange Swimmer Red Summer

If you haven’t been keeping track of Deastro’s blog I’d suggest you start now.  There’s always a steady flux of content whether it’s free music, remixes of his music, videos, or collages.  And it’s usually pretty good.  Take for instance just a week or so ago he put up a free EP Orange Swimmer Red [...]

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Remix: Van Benton takes on Deastro’s Toxic Crusader
3 months ago

Deastro’s Moondagger album is one of the freshest forms of electro infused indie rock that I’ve heard in a long time.  Seriously.  Check it out if you have the chance.  Will Tompkins aka Vancouver’s Van Benton (one half of the duo Nino Van Benton) recently conjured up a superb remix of the stellar “Toxic Crusader” [...]

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CHECK IT [FREE MP3]: Deastro - The Shaded Forests
10 months ago

Deastro “The Shaded Forests” (mp3)from “Keeper’s”(Ghostly International)DescriptionLike their hyperactive creator, Deastro’s songs can’t sit still, hopping from swoon-worthy dream pop to gonzo TV theme songs to whisper-soft folk to crunching robot rock. Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album

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