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I Can Hear The Grass Cannons

IDIOTIC PUNS FUCK YEAH

Grass Cannons are a New Zealand band. I love New Zealand. I’ve never actually been there – I haven’t actually been ANYWHERE not in the Iberian Peninsula (I’m lying, I’ve been to Mallorca once) – but I’ve always been fascinated by Pacific nations such as NZ, Australia, even tiny little Micronesia, one of my favourite countries of all time since, as a kid, I spent hours looking at maps and atlases (not a pun, though I enjoy that band). Grass Cannons e-mailed me a while ago after I wrote about BnP in the hopes I would pay them attention, and I like it when people send me e-mails, it makes me feel all fluffy and warm inside. But I’m writing about them not because I feel I should pay them back somehow, but because I find them good enough to be here. They lean on the shoegaze side of things, with a bit of a post-rock tinge, and you can listen to them/download their EP on Bandcamp. So enjoy.

PAC

<a href=“http://grasscannons.bandcamp.com/track/wig-split” data-mce-href=“http://grasscannons.bandcamp.com/track/wig-split”>Wig Split by Grass Cannons</a>

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Anywhere But Where I Am by Foreign Fields

Wisconsin natives Foreign Fields are about to release their debut album, Anywhere But Where I Am. Their beautifully crafted sound with delicate arrangements makes you wish it was November. Something in between hollow folk, Vienna and rainy days. Listen to it, and buy if possible.

JFC

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Randomly strange new vid for one of the best songs of the past year. The Rapture will play both Optimus Primavera Sound and Super Bock Super Rock summer festivals in Portugal.

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Our Brazilian friends Pug Records and Transfusão Noise had just put out a digital split between Top Surprise and Lê Almeida both playing Pavement cover songs (the first doing “Gold Soundz” and the latter “Loretta’s Scars”. You can listen to both songs below, and download the MP3s for free via Mediafire.

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Pavement Tribute Split

Two brazilian guitar bands playing their favorite Pavement’s song. Click here to download the split for free. Watch live performances on youtube: Gold SoundzLoretta’s Scars

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Viva España

Once on the leading pack of the so-called slowcore movement, Spain hadn’t released an album since they called it a day in 2001. Frontman Josh Haden reformed the band with a new lineup in 2007 and 11 years after I Believe, Spain’s fourth album finally sees the light of day. The Soul of Spain is out next month and you can listen to a beautiful, alt-country tinged track off it, “Sevenfold”, on the player above this post.

Haden et al will be presenting the new album all across Europe (click to see tour dates) after a couple of Los Angeles shows during the month of May, including two concerts in Portugal: Lisbon (Lux) on the 18th, Porto (Hard Club) on the 19th.

DSS