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The music of Contre Jour

Imagine Cut The Rope meeting Angry Birds Space somewhere in French children's literature, and you're getting close. If you've got a smart phone, you owe yourself a copy of Contre Jour for several reasons,...

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free download: Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

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video: “Same Old,” by Audioley

TMIM regulars are already familiar with Francois Peglau, who has been releasing a track-by-track follow up to The Imminent Failure of since December 2010. His singalong verse, campy wit and upbeat revolutionary politics are...

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video vault: “Snow,” by Pooma

How is this for degrees of separation? Desiree's new Finnish obsession leads us to a month-thence Soundcloud upload of a toddler-aged remix of a five-year old track. It's "Snow," by Pooma, from their...

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profile: John Harrison of Cedar Lines

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:45am John Harrison can’t find a kit that he likes. The drum line is already written: a smudged, industrial arrangement that summons Cleveland, not Cincinnati. It would work just fine on its own,...

"Dream Song 2" by Marc Manning, Everything Is Fine

We haven’t been Myspace surfing in a while. Apparently we shouldn’t have stayed gone so long. To wit, Marc Manning, Everything Is Fine, a bay area trio with a penchant for cowboy psychedelia and simple visual voodoo. I like every track that I’ve heard and — search our web site if you don’t already know — I almost never say that. Their home page is here. Stream their 2009 release Here’s A Breaking Sound here. Send them a Jackson and they’ll send you a custom CDR copy. Thinking about doing it myself, actually.

Lights, camera, …

That’s “Dream Song 2.”

That one was “Dark Houses (SF).” (San Francisco? Square feet? Silky fudge? Spinner fitness?) One more? You twisted my arm:

And finally that is “Rise and Shine.” You heard the man, rise and shine! Your mission today: get to clicking. Kudos to the band for posting all of this excellent stuff for free streaming. If you get a chance to buy the LP or see them live, you should.

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