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Dungeonesse is the side-project of producer Jon Ehrens, and Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner (who, if you’re keeping score, also performs solo as Flock of Dimes). (via media | Under The Radar)
Flock of Dimes is Wye Oak bandleader Jenn Wasner’s electronic side project. (via media | Under The Radar)
As a part of Adult Swim’s summer music series (where once a week they post a new track from a notable indie artist) today you can check out a new tune from Wye Oak. (via media | Under The Radar)
Taking place Sept. 6-8, Raleigh, North Carolina’s 2012 Hopscotch Festival has announced its lineup of artists. (via The Roots, Jesus and Mary Chain Built to Spill, The Mountain Goats, To Play Hopscotch Festival | Under The Radar)
This year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, taking place Dec. 7-9 at the Butlins Holiday Centre in England, has confirmed that New York’s The National will serve as its curator and headlining musical act. (via The National To Curate All Tomorrow’s Parties | Under The Radar)
:.. Future Islands: On the Water (Thrill Jockey) | Under The Radar ..:
Future Islands’ second album In Evening Air neatly sidesteps the clichéd sophomore slump via a quantum leap in sheer songwriting erudition and heightened band cohesiveness. The act’s first Thrill Jockey album was more of a piece than their quasi art school project debut Wave Like Home, and On the Water continues this trend, raising the songwriting and production stakes, while retaining the sonic signatures so recognizable as Future Islands—singer Samuel Herring’s theatrical, emotive belt; the braying synths and bass lines of William Cashion; and the metronomic drum machine patter that undergirds the entropic instrumental chaos.
:.. Civilian | Under The Radar ..:
Wye Oak return with a third full-length, and a much established thing, with a few well-received records under their belt. The duo, if you didn’t know, make bombastic but beautiful indie rock, with just a hint of Americana. Maybe it’s modern folklore music, carrying on the guitar traditions of the now-distant ’90s with much aplomb. One might also just mention Yo La Tengo and call it a day. Many do.
