On this album, the duo, which consists of Josh Alper and Glenn Donaldson (and a drum machine), manages to do the same thing for late ’80s/early ’90s lo-fi that Viva L’American Death Ray Music did for the Velvet Underground, Bowie and ’70s punk: create an album which mines the troughs of their influences yet still manage to make the recordings relevant to the 21st century. And it’s really fucking good.

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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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FRESH & ONLYS NEW 7 INCH “Second One To Know” b/w “Hated or Loved” Recorded Spring 2009, released on Woodsist. Both tracks taken from the super limited Bomb Wombs cassette on Fuck It Tapes. Full color glue pocket sleeve. Pre-order it here and impress your friends…It’s only $5.95. Easy gift. Revisit L.A. Record’s Fresh & [...]

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Tim Cohen and Shayde Sartin were music buffs who met after working at Amoeba, and one day, they decided to make music rather than just stacking it on shelves. Last spring’s self-titled LP was as infectious as raw meat festering in a garage, and this fall’s Grey-Eyed Girls once again delivers much more than dude music—it’s romantic. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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