http://thedecibeltolls.com Psychedelic : Shoegazing : Reverberation Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:25:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is known for two things: 1) being called "hippies" by Brian Jonestown's Joel Gion in Dig, and 2) very strong live shows. So considering the latter, it's fitting the group is set to drop a 2 DVD and CD live package, poignantly titled Live. The package ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/win-black-rebel-motorcycle-clubs-new-live-cddvd/ The Big Pink currently enjoy an astounding wave of Intarwebz hype, but I certainly won't let that affect my opinion of the their debut A Brief History of Love. However, the record itself just happens to suck, all things considered. No, the hype didn't ruin the listening experience. It just ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/the-big-pink-a-brief-history-of-love/ The noise pop duo known as Fuck Buttons have released their second full length Tarot Sport, which hit the shelves a little over a week ago. The follow up to Street Horrrsing has gotten a considerable amount of attention from music journalists and the blogosphere for being one of the ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/fuck-buttons-tarot-sport/ I'm off to Chicago for the weekend, bros. Unfortunately, due to work constraints and leaving town immediately afterwards, I don't have a lot of time to write a fun Halloween-themed entry. So... I'm kinda copping out and reposting what I put together last year. However, since there are a lot ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/happy-halloween-2k9-have-some-way-weird-recordings/ I've been on a bit of an ambient kick lately so it was a convenient time to discover Black Eagle Child. Plus he's named at least one album after a Twin Peaks reference so I was already pretty much sold from start. The project's sole member Michael Jantz crafts bright, ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/black-eagle-childs-homespun-ambient-folk/ In the great tradition of Sleeveface (which I have participated in myself), I had to share something I inadvertently noticed concerning bald musicians on album covers while Anni Rossi stopped by our office today to talk shop and, well, album art. Which do you like the best? The above? Or.... ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/speaking-of-domes-adventures-in-dome-album-art/ Strangers Family Band offers a fine pastiche of the various splinter genres of flower power much like The Brian Jonestown Massacre's finer catalog (czech "Wooden Hands" and hear how the vocal interplay is almost dead-on Anton Newcombe and Mara Kegal via Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request). However, also like the ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/strangers-family-band-frees-your-dome-with-free-music/ I am completely in love, perhaps an agape love, with the new song Broadcast has been ending all their shows with on the current tour. You know the one I'm talking about... the one with Trish Keenan shredding on a customized electric dulcimer. Like, total "My Dear Companion" meets "Astronomy ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/bootleg-broadcasts-krautrock-hoedown-finale/ Is it safe to say that Woodsist may have the greatest batting average of any record label this year? Looking to put one more trophy in the cabinet, they plan to release the debut full-length from Real Estate next month. The garden state group uses phased surf guitar working in ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/seasonal-hybrids-real-estate-to-drop-debut-full-length/ Having spent a few years wading through chest-level distortion, the L.A. based noise outfit Robedoor have built a cult following for their sinister tape explorations. Coming home to roost from an east coast tour with the recently departed(and dearly missed) Pocahaunted, the group sent six months preparing the follow-up to ... http://thedecibeltolls.com/robedoor-take-fire-to-their-ritual-on-new-lp/