Month: July 2019

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Vaults’ “Premonition” + a few remixes and such

Vaults. Photo sourced from Last.FM.
This post is going to be a little all over the place. It started out with one song from Vaults, "Premonition," which I heard last night while watching season 4 of "The Magicians," a sexy, silly subversion on the "Harry Potter" genre. Entertaining stuff. But the tune appeared in the end credits, and it just …

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The Faint’s “Damage Control”

The Faint perform at Just Like Heaven in Long Beach back on May 4th. 2019.
Been in a bit of a mood today, so I thought I'd post something at little left of skewed. This track's called "Damage Control," and comes from Nebraska's The Faint, an electro indie pop act that turns synths into weapons of post-punk discordance and proto-industrial melody. They've been around since the mid '90s, but really …

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“What Lies Beneath” with Life on Venus

Life on Venus. Photo sourced from artist's Bandcamp.
I actually intended to post a totally different song from Life on Venus, which I'll get to in a bit. But while prepping the links, I ran across "Departure," a new four track EP just released, featuring this moody little burst of scintillating intensity titled "What Lies Beneath." All I can say is wow! This …

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Germany Germany’s rendition of “A Real Hero”

Germany Germany's 2012 album "Blank Mind Empty Heart," featuring the cover single "A Real Hero."
I'm going to kick out one more post this evening. I feel like I need to make up for some lost time, since I haven't exactly stayed consistent with keeping the info on full flow. So with my head still stuck in the '80s clouds, I'm going to go with another throwback track to the …

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