Check this out: Wavves – “Sail To the Sun”

The trio from San Diego, California, started out as a recording project of Nathan Williams. Wavves released several 7″s as well as a cassette before their two following albums, and now they are working on a new, yet untitled album. “Sail to the Sun” is the record’s first single – which is about as good as it gets when it comes to surfer rock; it’s the kind of thing you wanna jump around and get…

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Donwload: New Wavves songs – ‘TV Luv Song’/’Horse Shoes’

Although Nathan Williams can be safely considered a dickhead, I’ll have to grant it to the man that he’s indeed very talented, but what I really like about him is that, like most stoners, he has a well developed sense of humor and doesn’t shy away from self-deprecation. It’s enough to follow his twitter stream to get a glimpse of what I’m talking about, but besides dicking around on the web, it seem Wavves is…

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New Music Monday: 2 August

Arcade Fire’s much anticipated third full length, “The Suburbs”, is due for official release tomorrow, so don’t just sit there, order! I’ve managed to stream the album at least a dozen times by now, and I can honestly all the hype the band attracted on blogs and reviews is more than justified. The Suburbs has moments where it’s as intense as Funeral or as uplifting as Neon Bible, but at another level – not necessarily…

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New Wavves album info/MP3s

Cover art for one of the maddest records of the year - King of the Beach

Oh, guys – this is gonna be one summer to remember, one bathed in sun and excessively delicious noise pop, and who else is better to spearhead the whole movement if not Nathan Williams, better known by his Wavves moniker. He blew everyone away last year when he first caught fire and a wave of…

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Download: Wavves – ‘Cool Jumper’

I listened to Nathan Williams’ early 2009 release of “Wavvves” quite a lot over the year, as I grew ever more fascinated by his skillful mix of lo-fi and noise-punk that turned in so many great jams found on the record. Wavves is definitely one of the biggest revelations of the year  for me, sharing a top seat spot among Bike For Three! and Phoenix. If you liked Wavvves just as much as I did…

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