New Music Monday: June 7

We’ve got a whole indie extravaganza this week on our hands as a slew of hot releases are making their way into your iPods. What I can personally recommend you should pick up this week is Delta Spirit’s “History from Below”, Blitzen Trapper’s “Destroyer of the Void”, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti “Before Today”, Against Me!’s “White Crosses”, Hot Hot Heat’s “Future Beads” or, of course, Nada Surfs’ “If I Had A Hi-Fi”. As for some…

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New Blitzen Trapper video: ‘Black River Killer’

Blitzen Trapper’s last year full length effort “Furr”was with out a doubt their best work as of yet, as well as one of the best album put out in 2008. Since I first listened to it a long, long time ago, the Dylan-esque “Black River Killer” has always struck out to me as the definite stand out amongst the 12 other gems. The Daniel Elkayam directed video shot for it doesn’t fall any shorter as…

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Blitzen Trapper kick off autumn tour

The Portland sextet Blitzen Trapper are set to commence their North American fall tour this nigh in Wala Wala, Wa.  Afterwards they’ll head up hill, until they reach the cold plains of Canada, before arriving in the more warmer shores of Los Angeles, where their close their tour.

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