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It doesn’t get much more legit than Oakland — that’s where Wax Idols tuck themselves into bed at night. Fuck San Francisco, right? Oaktown 4 EVA! Raider Pride or not, Wax Idols must make it to San Fran on the regular because their sound fits right in with the...
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Electro-pop dance sensationals, Montréal’s Le Couleur deliver the beat & the sexy in their new album Origami, a Blondie-er Metric that will sacré blow you away! We’ve got "Une Fille" streaming below — it brings the jagged rock guitar intro, before busting in a whispy, whistling up tempo barnburner....
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Erasure’s new track, “When I Start To (Break It All Down)” is their first proper single release since 2007. In that span, Vince Clarke went on tour with a reformed Yazoo in 2008 and Andy Bell released his solo album Non-Stop in 2010. “When I Start To (Break It...
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Chicago’s favorite shoe-gaze dream-poppers Panda Riot have an album worth of new material ready to go, but haven’t decided yet how to release it — so get ready for the long tease! Here’s Exhibit A: "Serious Radical Girls," a jangly, spangly number that cozies up on a bed of...
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Diarrhea Planet (yes, that’s their name) is a great pop/punk/whatever band from Nashville, with a full album called Loose Jewels coming out on Infinity Cat Records soon. Tight sounds: shades of Black Flag, Bad Religion — old skool legends jimmied up with some fresh spunk. That being said, I...
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The effervescently, ever-heavenly Steffaloo, who has made more cameos than I can count, arrives with an EP of her own, On Fire. The 7" landed in my mailbox today, looking gorgeous with its sherbert-orange vinyl, and sounding even better. Dreamy layered vocals, stripped-down acoustic guitar, precision-cut poetic stanzas floating...
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Neon Marshmallow is coming to NYC in October (14th – 16th) and QRO is there! We’ll be highlighting artists as the calendar counts down to the zero hour. First up: Blues Control. The two person outfit — featuring Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse — make their bed in the...
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I saw Natural Child in Chicago recently, sharing a bill with Hunx & his Punx — fantastic show (free to boot, thanks to boozey grandpa Sailor Jerry). Rollicking mix of punk, garage, Nashville-meets-San Francisco-type mayhem. At the end, I made my way back to the merch table and picked...
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Wolves, straight outta Atlanta, comes on strong in the frightclub sort of way — you got to be in the mood for dour flirtation, 80s-style goth pop, Breakfast Club soundtrack B-sides for miles. When they hit it, they hit it just right. A whole album full of the hook-laden...
It doesn’t get much more legit than Oakland — that’s where Wax Idols tuck themselves into bed at night. Fuck San Francisco, right? Oaktown 4 EVA! Raider Pride or not, Wax Idols must make it to San Fran on the regular because their sound fits right in with the...
Electro-pop dance sensationals, Montréal’s Le Couleur deliver the beat & the sexy in their new album Origami, a Blondie-er Metric that will sacré blow you away! We’ve got "Une Fille" streaming below — it brings the jagged rock guitar intro, before busting in a whispy, whistling up tempo barnburner....
Erasure’s new track, “When I Start To (Break It All Down)” is their first proper single release since 2007. In that span, Vince Clarke went on tour with a reformed Yazoo in 2008 and Andy Bell released his solo album Non-Stop in 2010. “When I Start To (Break It...
Chicago’s favorite shoe-gaze dream-poppers Panda Riot have an album worth of new material ready to go, but haven’t decided yet how to release it — so get ready for the long tease! Here’s Exhibit A: "Serious Radical Girls," a jangly, spangly number that cozies up on a bed of...
Diarrhea Planet (yes, that’s their name) is a great pop/punk/whatever band from Nashville, with a full album called Loose Jewels coming out on Infinity Cat Records soon. Tight sounds: shades of Black Flag, Bad Religion — old skool legends jimmied up with some fresh spunk. That being said, I...
The effervescently, ever-heavenly Steffaloo, who has made more cameos than I can count, arrives with an EP of her own, On Fire. The 7" landed in my mailbox today, looking gorgeous with its sherbert-orange vinyl, and sounding even better. Dreamy layered vocals, stripped-down acoustic guitar, precision-cut poetic stanzas floating...
Neon Marshmallow is coming to NYC in October (14th – 16th) and QRO is there! We’ll be highlighting artists as the calendar counts down to the zero hour. First up: Blues Control. The two person outfit — featuring Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse — make their bed in the...
I saw Natural Child in Chicago recently, sharing a bill with Hunx & his Punx — fantastic show (free to boot, thanks to boozey grandpa Sailor Jerry). Rollicking mix of punk, garage, Nashville-meets-San Francisco-type mayhem. At the end, I made my way back to the merch table and picked...
Wolves, straight outta Atlanta, comes on strong in the frightclub sort of way — you got to be in the mood for dour flirtation, 80s-style goth pop, Breakfast Club soundtrack B-sides for miles. When they hit it, they hit it just right. A whole album full of the hook-laden...