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Daily Discovery: Volcano Choir – Repave

Mason McGough | Aug 28, 2013

Volcano Choir make only the grandest of gestures. Their new album Repave is a tumultuous experience that remains adherent to a natural order.

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Daily Discovery: Dent May – Warm Blanket

Mason McGough | Aug 27, 2013

Warm Blanket has enough pervasive earworms to make for a charming post-summer listen. The skeletal sound of Dent May's new record instantly recalls Brian Wilson's writing.

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Daily Discovery: Julia Holter – Loud City Song

Mason McGough | Aug 26, 2013

Loud City Song crafts an entire environment around a meager supply of instruments and lyrics. Julia Holter accomplishes this with aplomb, but your enjoyment of this record will ultimately stem from your willingness to step into Holter's eerie world.

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Leftover Cuties (with Real Job) – August 10th Underbelly

Mason McGough | Aug 9, 2013

Earnest sentiments in music are certainly something worth appreciating. For an artist that chooses to forgo guileful pessimism and cryptic symbology, self-reflective statements of positivity are perhaps a more audacious statement than the darkest notions about longevity or listlessness.

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Daily Discovery To Continue in The Fall [Some More Listening]

Mason McGough | Aug 7, 2013

The series is slated to start up again on the first day of the fall semester. In the meantime, I have assembled a list of new releases with links to music that you can add to your playlists if you like what you hear.

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Daily Discovery: Jagwar Ma – Howlin’

Mason McGough | Aug 5, 2013

Jagwar Ma's appeal lies squarely on their novel reassembly of familiar styles and sounds. Howlin' is a promising showcase of the visceral fun the band stands to offer.

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Daily Discovery: Moderat – II

Mason McGough | Aug 1, 2013

The complaint you will always hear from haters of electronic music is that they would prefer something with more of a human element. It's not totally unfounded; most EDM we've come to know is emotionally dead, despite its appeal to the carnal urge for dance.

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Daily Discovery: Pure Bathing Culture – Moon Tides

Mason McGough | Jul 31, 2013

Often likened to Beach House, Pure Bathing Culture struggle to reconnect the listener with the forces of nature that strike us with awe.

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Daily Discovery: Arca – &&&&& (with Free Download)

Mason McGough | Jul 30, 2013

From having one of the most memorable albums (and most memorable album covers) of 2012 to producing three tracks on Kanye West's Yeezus, Alejandro Ghersi, a.k.a. Arca, is on track to be one of the...

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Daily Discovery: Superhumanoids – Exhibitionists

Mason McGough | Jul 29, 2013

Characterized as "the soundtrack to the last moments of dusk in LA" by Advanced Alternative Media, it's hard to argue with the aesthetic appeal of Exhibitionist's sound. The debut record from LA Trio...

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Daily Discovery: F&!k Buttons

Mason McGough | Jul 26, 2013

The electronic duo from Bristol with the name that is impossible to say over the radio (and who wrote the song that played at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics) have just released a new album...

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Daily Discovery: Mean Lady – Love Now

Mason McGough | Jul 25, 2013

It's like if Animal Collective and that girl from Camera Obscura came together to make a soundtrack for the new Wes Anderson film. For whatever reason, this is the first descriptor that came to...

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