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was doodling more faces when all of a sudden, Life on our Planet happened so have an assortment of sort of ancient creatures! Generic brand Therapsid! An Amphibian(?)! a dunkle tadpole! Also detail for my vaguely gorgonopsid guy's face because look at him <3

JASON LYTLE - “Nylonandjuno”, from the Grandaddy multi-instrumentalist and producer’s 2019 instrumental album ‘Arthur King Presents Jason Lytle: NYLONANDJUNO' out via Dangerbird.

Photo by Steve Gullick

Swervedriver was always a bit too heavy and abrasive to fit neatly into the shoegazer scene. Early singles like “Son of Mustang Ford,” off the 1991 album Raise bucked and reared wildly, more akin to American post-grunge outfits like Dinosaur Jr. or Sonic Youth than dream-fuzzed Oxford neighbors like Ride. Mezcal Head in 1993 layered a narcotic buzz of vocals over inflammatory riffs—the guitars in “Duel” are monstrous, blistered and radiant—noisily obliterating any gestures towards pop. When the band came to America, it toured with amps-up sludge rockers Soundgarden and Smashing Pumpkins. Even the band’s radical turn to pop, Ejector Seat Reservation, had a howling entropy under the melodies, far more so than Teenage Fanclub who seem the closest relation.

Window Rock, AZ -- This week, Hataałiinez Wheeler aka Hataałii shares his second single “President’s Got Me All Night Long” for Dangerbird’s Microdose Single series. The track spans just under 3 minutes long and its timelessness will have you in a hazy dream. Hataałii’s deep croons are mesmerizing and add a layer of vintage pop to the track. The instrumental on “President’s Got Me All Night Long” has a smooth dreaminess to it that echoes elements from the slacker pop genre. There’s a soft buoyancy to the track that feels whimsical and impermanent - drifting in and out of reality and dreamland.

On the track, Hataałii shares “I made President’s Got Me All Night Long in my friend Kai's dorm room during my first semester at UNM. We'd all go there after class sometimes and just hang out. I think It's important that I record in an environment where I can let loose and be myself, and typically (if it isn't by myself) it's been with other Natives.”

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Photo Credit: Lindsey Byrnes 

Rising alt-rock band Slothrust has today announced their forthcoming deluxe album Parallel Timeline (Origins), set to be released on March 16th via Dangerbird Records. Parallel Timeline (Origins) will feature demo + new versions of select tracks from the band’s latest record Parallel Timeline, as well as commentary from bandleader Leah Wellbaum and drummer Will Gorin. 

Stream “waiting (demo)” below. 

To pre-save or pre-order the album, please visit this link.

Bandleader Leah Wellbaum shares: “I wrote and recorded the demo of ‘Waiting’ in my house in Glendale in early 2019. I was trying to be really honest with myself at the time while remaining optimistic. I want this song to serve as a reminder to people that it is possible to break out of the cages we keep ourselves in. Even if the moments are fleeting. Healing is not linear. Look for signs in nature.” Slothrust will be hitting the road this spring in celebration of their latest album on The Parallel Timeline Tour. Check out the dates below.

Upcoming Tour Dates:

3/17 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

3/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room

3/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent

3/20 – Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield

3/23 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest

3/25 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall

3/26 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile

3/27 – Bend, OR @ Volcanic Theatre Pub

4/7 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar

4/8 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church

4/9 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere

4/10 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes

4/12 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall

4/14 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook

4/15 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle

4/16 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5

4/17 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley

4/19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Urban Artifact

4/21 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

4/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

4/23 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon

4/24 – Davenport, IA @ The Raccoon Motel

4/27 – Kansas City, MO @ Recordbar

4/28 – Wichita, KS @ Wave – Indoor

New Mediocre: Mattress Bitch

Video: Mediocre – “Mattress Bitch” Directed by Keely Martin and Piper Torrison. Single out now on Dangerbird. I got my flu shot and covid booster last night. At the pharmacy while I was waiting my turn there was a family with a five-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl getting their first dose. The little boy was nervous. His big sister agreed to go first. She was a boss and didn’t even cry. She…

This collaboration between Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb and the pop/chamber music collective known as The Colorist Orchestra is both spare and lavish. Its intricate rhythms are played on a wide array of both actual percussion instruments and household implements pressed into musical service, tracing prickly, staccato cadences across swooning strings. The music, written by Gelb but reimagined and rearranged by the Orchestra’s leaders Aarich Jespers and Kobe Proesmans, has a bit of Giant Sand’s Western swagger, its Latin romance, its tango-rhythmed stops and starts, but also something close to contemporary classical sound.  Think So Percussion in a cowboy hat.