The group plays in a sordid psych style delivered with plenty of bam-bam and woo-woo. They claim Can influences, but something else is going on—maybe a steady white man funk, akin to Motown’s Rare Earth.

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Download: Magic Lantern “At The Mountains Of Madness” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from the self-titled LP out now on Woodsist!) Get you this now! From Magic Cameron: FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS: In the run-up to the PLATOON release (it’s coming, peeps…at the plant), WOODSIST has repressed the LANTERN self-titled LP with new full-bleed [...]

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Download: Magic Lantern “Dark Cicadas” (Excerpt) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from the upcoming Platoon LP out next month—with bonus 7″—on Not Not Fun!) Shop: Sun Araw (Cameron from Magic Lanterns side project)

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[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KplSAorI5Dk&feature=related] sun araw live in paris by benoît lesieux Download: Sun Araw “Heavy Deeds” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Heavy Deeds out now on Not Not Fun) Update: We now have Sun Araw “In Orbit” in stock!! As far as we know these are the last ones available on planet earth! More [...]

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post-party Upset the Rhythm is the independent London label that’s always taken good care of Los Angeles—they were one of the labels participating in that first burst of No Age vinyl in 2007 and also put out releases for L.A. bands like Soft Boiled Eggies and BARR and now Foot Village, who will be releasing [...]

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Dan Collins (who interviewed Polyamorous Affair here) will be DJing their show (also featuring Blue Jungle) tonight at the Echoplex and Chris Ziegler (who interviewed Magic Lantern and Imaad Wasif) will be DJing their show tonight at the Prospector. Will Roky Erickson records be present at both? Statistically likely. More info on both events here [...]

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Quick list of all last week’s previews, reviews, interviews and MP3s!

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