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• The Kiss Off - "Synth-based Shoegaze" by Coast Is Clear - der Indie-Pop-Blog

  "Heute, wo sich der Sommer im Norden zaghaft aus seinem Versteck wagt, ist mir irgendwie nach etwas dunkleren Tönen. The Kiss Off aus New York kommen mir da gerade recht - dieses Quintett spielt eine Wave/Indie-Mischung irgendwo zwischen The Killers, The Bravery und Dragons, aber mit netten verspielten Synthieelementen. Sehr..."

• New Music: The Explorers Club - 'Freedom Wind' by The Rawking Refuses To Stop!

  "Photo by susieq3cI missed the Explorers Club's show on Saturday night thanks to a family emergency (everything's fine), but this post is overdue anyway. The Club, in case you've missed my previous scribblings, is the world's best living Beach Boys tribute band, and I mean that in the best possible..."

• Playlist - June 16 - Cover show! by out the other...

  "I know I've been sitting on the playlist for this one for a full week now - but after I wrapped up my vacation last week, I realized I needed to extend the blog vacation a little bit longer.  It was a lovely and much-needed week off, and now that..."

• In Which All Rachel McAdams Needs Is A Tight Script by This Recording

  "Screwball Comedies And Great Female Characters by Molly Lambert Since we’ve been lamenting the current state of the romantic comedy a lot lately, I thought I’d take it back to see if we can figure out just how things got so bad. I hope Zach Galifianakis got paid in bricks..."

• There Were Moments When by Heart on a Stick

  "[The Shangri-Las, "Past, Present and Future" (Fan Video)]"I used to sing..."The Shangri-Las weren't an amazing singing group, technically.  Today their voices would probably get tweaked up and rounded out in the studio, which is a shame because you shouldn't fuck with perfection.  When I saw Mary Weiss perform last year,..."