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White Heaven Embodied Japan's Twisted Vision Of Psychedelic Music

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White Heaven Embodied Japan's Twisted Vision Of Psychedelic Music

In 1991, the Tokyo Flashback comp introduced the world to Japanese psychedelic music. Experience the whammy-bar wizardry of White Heaven's "Blind Promise" from a new reissue.

AMOR's 'Amnesia' Pays Reverence To Mutant Disco Of Yesteryear

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AMOR's 'Amnesia' Pays Reverence To Mutant Disco Of Yesteryear

The Glaswegian quartet is one of the greater, and darkly pleasant, recent surprises in dance music, led by experimental musician Richard Youngs.

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In WVWhite's 'Drag Down,' It's Like 1993 Never Ended

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In WVWhite's 'Drag Down,' It's Like 1993 Never Ended

As the son of a '90s indie-rocker, Tyler Travis has taken that era's sound and made it his own — after all, it's what's done with all that noise that counts.

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You'll Want To Turn Up Feral Ohms' Hellacious 'Teenage God Born To Die'

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You'll Want To Turn Up Feral Ohms' Hellacious 'Teenage God Born To Die'

Comets On Fire frontman Ethan Miller channels the ungovernable and wild psych-rock of MC5 and High Rise in his Bay Area power trio.

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Ought's Tim Darcy Announces Solo Album, Shares 'Tall Glass Of Water' Video

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Ought's Tim Darcy Announces Solo Album, Shares 'Tall Glass Of Water' Video

The leader of Ought detours into soul-searching Americana on his first solo single. In a video full of mimics, he is free not only to pursue various directions, but to make peace with them all.

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Songs We Love: Marching Church, 'Lion's Den'

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Songs We Love: Marching Church, 'Lion's Den'

The dark and sultry visions of Iceage member Elias Bender Rønnenfelt are realized with a seven-piece band that conjures urban dread.

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Songs We Love: Axis: Sova, 'Violent Yellow'

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Songs We Love: Axis: Sova, 'Violent Yellow'

With psychedelic, mind-searing leads against a background of mechanized filth, this track positions the Chicago band as the prime movers of robo-boogie for the central United States.

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    Axis: Sova
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    Drag City
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Songs We Love: Connections, 'Month 2 Month'

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Songs We Love: Connections, 'Month 2 Month'

Five guys with loud amps blasting out of a Columbus basement in service of keeping some manner of truth in rock 'n' roll.

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    Connections
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