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The Guardian Features Gabriel and the Hounds As Their Band Of The Day
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:50pm

"Kiss Full of Teeth, the album in question, is actually worth repeated, rapt attention. It's one of those records whose qualities reveal themselves over time. Recorded in assorted living rooms and studios around Brooklyn, but mainly at local favourite the Seaside Lounge and the National's garage set-up, it is a triumph of slow-burning melody and intelligent management, Gabriel Levine – taking a break from his day job as vocalist with Takka Takka – co-ordinating the dozen or so instrumentalists with aplomb." Read the complete review on The Guardian.

Stream The Pharmacy's EP "Dig Your Grave" On Sound On The Sound
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:43pm

"In four short songs The Pharmacy cover a lot of ground in the garage. “Dig Your Grave” will have you simultaneously wanting to thrash and twist. "Pines" is a light cotton-candy confection until a slicing guitar solo really satisfies the sweet tooth. Instrumental "Lazy Bones" is a doped up slow dance, making out in the corner as you sway a step behind the rhythm. And EP-ender "Burn All Yr Bridges," a demo from the band’s time in New Orleans, sleepily seethes about Seattle from afar with equal parts beauty and bitterness." Listen to "Dig Your Grave" now here.

Paste Premieres Denison Witmer's "Brooklyn With Your Highest Wall"
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:38pm

"The album originated as a collaborative EP between Witmer and producer/engineer Devin Greenwood (Norah Jones, Amos Lee). But as the music proliferated and the project grew, Witmer enlisted the help of a wide range of musicians including CJ Camerieri (Bon Iver, Rufus Wainwright), James McAlister (Sufjan Stevens), Charles Staub (Melody Gardot), Don Peris (The Innocence Mission) and Rosie Thomas to expand the sound of his raw, acoustic songs." Listen to the track now on Paste.

Download And Listen To The Free live EP From Sea Of Bees "Live at The Hangar - 5.3.11"
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 1:19pm

APPLEONIA: "PRECIOUS VIDEO"
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 3:24pm

First in line is their award-winning video for the song "Precious," a one-take masterpiece that finds Jessica physically embraced and affected by the natural world in a ritual full of theatre and gentle drama. It is the idea of transformation and the symbolic nature of things that has inspired her video art and makes them something of an experience. They lie somewhere between science fiction, a Greek/Hindu myth and Xanadu.

So, this is the birth of Appleonia. More music and more videos are on the way; many more ways to give yourself over to the siren song of Jessica's mysterious voice, where the brightest colors walk hand in hand with the dark. Watch the video below and check out some out takes here.

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