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Purveyors of 60's/70's pop and the melancholy side of Shakespeare, Heavy Looks is new to the Madison musical landscape. Transplants from Stevens Point , the five-piece self-proclaimed "power pop" group is looking to grow creatively in the rich confines of the isthmus. While the band continues to work on their debut album, we stumbled across a couple of rough tracks on Bandcamp that caught our ear. Guitarist Dirk Gunderson was kind enough to fill us in on Heavy Looks.
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Thursday, 02 May 2013 19:04
Rick
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In the spirit of their mentors, Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall, Bobby and Heather Hussy have slugged it out in scores of clubs and basements across the country. But somehow the band's most raucous shows always seemed reserved for their hometown of Madison. With the release of the new album Pagan Hiss, The Hussy maintains the rugged DIY garage-punk leanings of earlier efforts while expanding their sound into new directions. Tracks like Rezhand and Zimmer show a refreshing new side to the band that will undoubtedly attract more fans. Acoustic guitar and what sounds like keyboards from the Hussy? It's true.
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Monday, 15 April 2013 02:13
Rick
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Justin Vernon’s new side-project The Shouting Matches played one of their first gigs at Coachella. At least this version of the band did. Justin has been jamming for years with drummer Brian Moen as The Shouting Matches, even recording demos for a never released EP in between Bon Iver tours. Now with some down time on his hands, Vernon added friend and Megafaun disciple Phil Cook to the mix creating a loose, bluesy concoction that is light years away from the Bon Iver persona.
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 23:18
Rick
Local
Madison’s experimental electronic pop quartet, All Tiny Creatures, are gearing up for the release of their new album “Dark Clock” via Hometapes Records May 28th.
“I think there was a noticeable progression in our sound between 2009's Segni EP and 2011's Harbors LP, and it seems like there's been a similar evolution from Harbors to Dark Clock,” said guitarist Andy Fitzpatrick. “More influences started to seep into the mix, and we started making songs that seemed like they might be able to pass as pop music in a parallel universe.”
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