Metric’s Synthetica Out Today In The U.S.

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Today, June 12th, marks the U.S. release of Synthetica (MMI/MOM+POP), Metric’s fifth full-length studio album.  Guitarist and album producer, Jimmy Shaw, describes Synthetica’senthralling balance of futuristic and organic sound on the new record as “[...] the culmination of everything we’ve done.  We’ve always had a sound in our heads that we hoped to realize. We finally heard

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Preview: The Jezabels will be releasing their new single, “Trycolour” on Monday – December 12th

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The Jezabels will be releasing their stand-out single, “Trycolour” on Monday 12th December 2011.  Having signed in the US to independent label Mom+Pop Records (Sleigh Bells, Freelance Whales, Metric, etc) The Jezabels will take a quick pit-stop in the UK, between their North American tour and their return to Australia, to play a headline show

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Q&A with Tanya of Sherlock’s Daughter

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photo by Victoria Stevens On Sherlock’s Daughter’s Facebook page their music is described as “indie/electronic/psychefaeriedelica”, and I think that sums it up quite nicely. The last word was the first thing to pique my interest about the trio-turned-quartet, and only one of the many things that lead singer Tanya Horo and I discussed last Monday

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