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Medicine Hat – Take Your Medicine : Playlist
Something about Medicine hat, the Americana duo from Ventura, California, instantly feels like home. The band, comprising of Michelle Votrian and Robert Ramirez, play music that’s both familiar and filtered through a unique, softly psychedelic lens. The single “Rear View Mirror” off their latest album, Fences, exemplifies this sort of obscured nostalgia – capturing the essence of looking back, though hazy memories may be rosier than they appear. They got their name from a Son Volt song, and have embodied the longing, wistful nature of their influences with their “lonesome desert rock” sound. Polly Parsons herself compared the gorgeous steel…
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Toadvine – She : Listen
Toadvine “blends weirdo garage rock energy with alt country-tinged sweetness.” They recorded and mixed their debut self-titled EP themselves, featuring four originals and this tribute to one of their many influences. It’s rare that I hear a Gram Parsons cover that I approve of. I heard this song before I read the blurb and was pretty enchanted with this Chicago band’s sweet rendition. Toadvine · She From the band themselves on “She”: When we started this project, we knew we wanted to include a cover song on the EP. We figured it was nice to have on an introductory thing…
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Max Look – Seventeen : Listen
Former Midwesterner Max Look made the right move coming over to California – his breezy, Mac DeMarco-meets-fucked-up-Tweedy vibe seems better suited to friendlier climates. Seems Max has wasted no time observing the storied tradition of young musicians heading to the desert to absorb the spirit. Max has played in a handful of outfits over the years and is now going it alone. The first single from a trio he’ll be releasing over the next few weeks is out today, “Seventeen.” Max invites the listener to “groove with me baby, let’s move to the breeze.” Lo-fi meets shoegaze to create a…
