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A little flashback from Melody’s Echo Chamber

Melody's Echo Chamber perform at the Roxy Theatre on 04.23.16.
After yesterday's psychedelic descent/ascent into the colorful hues of Moodoïd, I felt inspired to dig up a few old concert clips from fellow French artistes Melody's Echo Chamber. Plus, I realized I haven't actually featured any of their paisley Parisian tunes, thus far.If you did happen to peruse my earlier thoughts on Moodoïd, you've already …

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Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk’s “Amaris”

Ulrich Schnauss. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
"Amaris" is an adventurously grand track of dream-pop beauty from German electronic artist Ulrich Schnauss and Danish collaborator Jonas Monk. I heard it last week while running in the Ballona wetlands - which has since become my new scouting grounds for unheard music. It used to be my morning drives to work. But Covid-19 put …

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Seasurfer’s “The Calling” … and a few others

Seasurfer's founder Dirk Knight & vocalist Apolonia. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
Just a quick post for this Saturday evening ...Through the revisionary process I've embraced to cement this site in firmer foundations (visual, grammatical, functional, to name a few), I've been revisiting a number of acts that I've featured in the past. Call it playing catch-up, an overdue reintroduction, or just plain curiosity as to what …

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Launder @ the Echoplex on 12.08.19

Launder perform at the Echoplex on 12.08.19
Just had some quick inspiration to get another back catalogue live show posted ... or at least a few moments from it. This one's from Launder, an L.A.-based indie act that dabbles in equal parts dream-pop and shoegaze, keeping things a bit gruff and rough around the edges, while still remaining blissfully melocholic and loudly …

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Twen’s “Damsel”

Twen's vocalist Jane Fitzsimmons and guitarist Ian Jones. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
https://youtu.be/vHdsBcRXZ6k It's seven minutes to midnight on Xmas eve, and I'm away from home in Northern California, currently visiting family for the imminent holiday … or at least it will be by the time I'm done writing this post.I figured I've got some free time to kill, since everyone has gone to bed. So I'm …

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