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taph put out a decent record? Bad Religion’s Against the Grain would be his guess.
Shows what old geezers know.
Free Time; Alex Bleeker
Alex Bleeker & the Freaks How Far Away
Woodsist
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Free Time is an Australian New Yorker and friends. Nice, chill, simple, jangly rock. The vocals kind of remind me of Jesus and Mary Chain’s but nerdier. “World Without Love” (not the Roger Miller song, oh wait, that’s
“World So Full of Love”) is pretty strange, in a good way, with some sort of flute thing go- ing on. It’s a short record, which is also good, and the whole thing kind of rings bells off in my head that chime, “Feelies!” but like the worst, most 90s sounding Feelies songs.
There’s a couple doozies on Alex Bleeker’s album. “Leave On the Light,” and “All My Songs” are really good. “Time Cloud” is aw- ful on an equal scale. Meanwhile, the guitar rip through “Rhythm Shakers” is just bad ass. And then, most of the songs are just kind of whatever. It has kind of a nerdy Camper Van Folk Implosion sort of vibe.
College rock? There’s kind a Coachella middle of the indy-rock road over-saturation thing going on here, that the Dude is just not abiding. The tedium starts to smell bad, and actually, you could put on either of these al- bums and ask me to tell them apart and this award-winning record reviewer just might fail. [Self-awarded –MFTM Ed.]
Mix them with the shlock that gets sent in every month, and it just begins to look dismal out there. Not that there’s anything horrid about either of these albums; they’re both quite tasteful, and rather enjoyable, but there doesn’t seem to be anything to latch onto and make this memorable to anyone besides your ecstatic Real Estate fan, or indy rock festival lemming.
— Lungbutter Pittsburgh
Cadillac Angels
Deluxe Accommodations
Diamond Ranger Records
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From the first listen, I can hear the rehears- als and recording for this album: “You can’t go too heavy on those toms, Bob.” “Play it slower, Bob.” The first song to come close to
Bleeding Rainbow
Yeah Right
Kanine Records
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Imagine “As I drift away,” being echoed over loud chaotic thunder and you have a moment in time from Bleeding Rainbow’s new album, Yeah Right. The female-fronted group battle against disorder through power chords on these eleven songs. The last song,
“Get Lost,” could be a motto for the group’s philosophy on music. They really go heavy on the feedback and distortion. It makes the
‘Bleeding’ in their name make a lot of sense. I’m not that familiar with a lot of noise rock, but I had a roommate in college that
really loved Radiohead, and My Bloody Val- entine. I feel like this band could play with those bands. To be honest, I always kind of felt like those bands should learn how to play their instruments and make some- thing that would make people happy, and maybe dance a little bit. The world isn’t al- ways just doom and gloom all the time. I feel like Bleeding Rainbow get a little too down in the dumps for this album. I do really like
“Inside My Head.” It reminds me of middle school when the things the singer is singing about seemed so important. The lyrics are re- ally kind of down and sad, but the really sim- ple melodies are really upbeat. It got stuck in my head a little bit! “Waking Dream” might be the best song though. It sounds like the Mamas and the Papas meets the Beatles! You should check it out!
I just want to say that it really is rewarding to go outside of your comfort zone when it comes to music. There’s so much out there!
— Sunshine Pennington
Free Time
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Underwater Peoples Records
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— Bobby Carlson
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