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Tamaryn

Tamaryn's "Tender New Signs" (2012), "These Waves" (2010) & "Cranekiss" (2015).
These first two tracks from New Zealand-born singer-singwriter Tamaryn Brown are perfect late night lounge lizard psychedelic shoegazy affairs, say 3 to 4 in the morning, when you're coming down from whatever it is you're coming down from.  Light a few candles.  Burn some incense.  Turn up the volume.  And chill. "While You're Sleeping, I'm …

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The Verve (pre-Bittersweet)

The Verve's 1992 EP singles "All in the Mind" and "She's a Superstar," and their 1993 debut album "A Storm in Heaven."
I've been finding that most people I've talked to about the Verve, or frontman Richard Ashcroft's solo efforts, haven't heard the early material - i.e. pre-"Urban Hymns," which features their most popular and least profitable song "Bittersweet Symphony."  Thank the Stones for that last bit, due to a copyright disagreement over a particular sample.  Anyway, …

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Groove Street
Pond, my previous post, led me to an old work playlist that I recently added to Spotify.  It's titled "Groove Street." The name comes from my days in San Francisco, when I lived in a warehouse on Grove Street.  My business cards were mistakenly printed as Groove Street. Kinda cool.  The playlist is missing 3 …

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