Page France
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|Five feet of snow later and it looks like Baltimore’s finally done with Winter. 65 degrees and the sun shining and I’ve been re-listening to Page France’s jangly folk-pop. Rumor has it Sub Pop is doing a vinyl re-issue of Hello, Dear Wind. Huzzah! [Listen to Chariot by Page France now]
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Tagged: Baltimore, Baltimore bands, Baltimore is the New Brooklyn, folk-pop, Sub Pop
Also by ZACH KAUFMANN
Former frontwoman for The Backyard Betties and backing vocalist and instrumentalist for Baltimore indie folksters like Soft Cat and Andy Abelow, Sianna Plavin recently moved to Providence, RI and is readying her first EP. Her songs are gentle and plaintively earnest, reminiscent of Loneliest in the Morning-era Julie Doiron. They wrap you up like a warm blanket in winter.
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Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s
Indianapolis baroque pop band Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s just released their third LP, Buzzard, on their very own Mariel Recordings label, after well-publicized disagreements with Epic Records over their last album led to the split release Animal!/Not Animal. For Buzzard, frontman Richard Edwards enlisted the help of some friendly mid-westerners, including Tim Rutili (Califone) and Brian Deck (Red Red Meat). The result is a surprisingly eclectic and hard-hitting rock album, one that leaves most of their folk pop ramblings behind; a lot of hits, very few misses.
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Baltimore synth-pop band Future Islands have been busy lately. Along with In The Fall, a 12″ EP of b-sides released earlier this month, their Thrill Jockey debut In Evening Air is due out May 4, right at the start of a month-and-a-half-long tour. Gerrit Welmers lays down dance-y New Wave rhythms and William Cashion slams hard on the bass, while Sam Herring’s frenzied bellowing vocals sound like a drunken Greg Dulli doing covers at an 80s karaoke bar.
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