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Paste Magazine streams City Tribe’s new album, Undertow

Back in May, we got a taste of “Wildflower,” the premiere single from San Francisco indie-pop quartet City Tribe’s debut LP Undertow. The track’s steady, expansive rhythm highlights a strong harmonic sensibility from co-lead vocalists Duncan Nielsen and Jacob Jones. A similar formula flows throughout all of Undertow’s nine tracks, with reverb-soaked guitar guiding soaring melodies and deliberate grooves. It’s not hard to picture this record soundtracking a windows-down road trip up the 101. From sweltering SoCal beach pop to the sort of pensive, psych-leaning folk native to the band’s home city, Undertow plays like a thoughtful love letter to the Golden State’s storied musical history. LISTEN HERE…

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NYCTaper recorded Gringo Star’s recent performance at Mercury Lounge in New York

Gringo Star‘s formula ain’t hard to figure out, nor is it foreign to fans of the stellar garage rock that’s been pouring out of the Atlanta, GA area for the past several years. Helmed by the Furgiuele brothers — Nick and Peter – Gringo Star plays fun-loving, to-the-point tunes that find them in good company with other recent site favorites like fellow Atlantans The Coathangers and the West Coasters Night Beats. This late-night set at Mercury Lounge proved to be the kind of free-for-all you might expect, with the band as ringleaders. Their latest album, Floating Out to See, finds them in a slightly mellower, more textured mode on the LP, but in the tight confines of Mercury it all came out pure party music. I can only hope the after party was as much of a scorcher as this set. LISTEN HERE…

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Glide Magazine calls Sara Rachele’s new album, Diamond Street, “a timeless, vibrant rock & roll statement.” Check out the world premiere of her new song “Appalachian Rain”

NYC/Atlanta based Sara Rachele will be releasing her debut album Diamond Street on September 2nd. Recorded in her hometown of Atlanta, Diamond Street is a live-to-tape LP—produced by Kristofer Sampson (B-52s, Balkans, Coathangers). The LP was recorded in just two days, and captures the East Village nightlife of a young songwriter in a timeless, vibrant rock ’n’ roll statement.

On recording with producer Sampson (who plays in New West Records band Ponderosa), Rachele says, “Kris really challenged me on this album. Even though we were working quickly, he had patience with the songs, and he took the sound to a new place for me without it seeming disingenuous.”

In addition to producer Sampson, Diamond Street features the musical contributions of budding folk hound J. Thomas Hall (New West imprint Normaltown Records) as well as a cast of Atlanta-based heavy hitters including Lightnin’ Ray Jackson (Washed Out, Gringo Star), Spencer Pope (Ocha La Rocha), Spencer Garn (Ruby Velle & the Soulphonics) and Snowden’s Chandler Rentz. Diamond Street represents the gorgeous clash of Rachele’s folk-centric upbringing and her beat rock & roll adventures in New York City. With five years of stories under her belt, she has created a moody musical pulp, resounding with smoky memories of ambling city nights. LISTEN HERE…

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Under the Gun premieres Pillage & Plunder’s debut video from their new LP

Under The Gun Review is excited to be teaming up with cabaret rock act Pillage & Plunder to bring you the band’s brand new music video for “I Will Drink the Ocean When I Go There.”

Portrayed as a talent parody show calledAtlanta’s Got Talent, the band cleverly mocks what one might find if tuning into such a ridiculous program. The song is diverse and fun — the type of track we’ve come to expect from a band that flirts with punk, jazz and swing music in any given song. WATCH HERE…

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Deer Bear Wolf premiere’s Pillage & Plunder’s “Boogeyman”

Atlanta indie-prog trio Pillage & Plunder celebrate the release of their debut LP, The Show Must Go Wrong, with a performance at The Drunken Unicorn on Friday (Aug 8). Everyone in attendance will receive a free copy of the new album. Get a preview here with an exclusive premiere of “Boogeyman.” The song comes in with sludgy frantic guitar riffs that weave their way around paranoid, fantastical Mike Patton-channeling vocals, dragging listeners down dark, twisting sonic hallways to destinations unknown. LISTEN HERE…

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Entertainment Weekly premieres Brooklynn’s “Wild Game” saying she “sounds like Emotional Rescue-era Stones fronted by Donna Summer.”

Despite what her name might suggest, the pop singer Brooklynn is based out of Atlanta, where she’s been developing a musical identity that pulls from a respectably diverse range of influences—Johnny Cash, Madonna, Guns N’ Roses, and Howlin’ Wolf among them. Working with Lady Gaga’s former musical director, Nico Constantine, she’s recorded an EP that comes out later this fall. It features one song, “Wild Game,” that sounds like Emotional Rescue-era Stones fronted by Donna Summer, which is a pretty seriously great thing to sound like. LISTEN HERE…