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I know it seems like all we’ve been covering are the Bees, but unless we get more money to send me to festivals and quit my day job, that’s just how it’s going to have to be. Besides, they’re well worth it. From forthcoming album, “Every Step’s a Yes” comes the latest tidbit of… continue reading

Today, I’m playing Slayshtank VJ. If there was contention for who could make the most sun-soaked, nostalgic, and summery music, the likes of Washed Out and Wavves would certainly be mentioned names. One does so with dense layers while the other strums and cowls his way into our remembered… continue reading

Jerry Garcia South of the Marin Headlands on a golden road Holding heavy weight, bow and pray, I’ll carry the load In my presence learning lessons, you’re awake in the light Of dreams in a narrow circle flowing from the center counter clockwise The wind of freedom… continue reading

The slayshTank Production team will head into the studio this Fall with Team Rider Collin Gee to record his first album.  It has been common knowledge that Collin shreds butter, but some of you may be surprised to learn that he also shreds microphones.  With a flo always on the tip of his… continue reading

For the second slayshTank pick from A Circus Mind by Ryan Cox, we take look back at the beginning of grunge and the age of Nirvana. Nirvana In the highest happiness, I am overwhelmed by success Expectations of a generation crushed me to death I’m punching the clock as I wait to rock… continue reading

The Isle of Wight boys have announced that their fourth LP, titled “Every Step’s A Yes”, will in fact be released on October 11th. The album’s second single—since we heard the folksy “Silver Line”—will be out shortly before on the 4th. It’s called “I Really Need Love”…. continue reading

I don’t know if you can call it “indie rock” anymore, folks. “Indie” was term born of the 90s to give classification to bands that weren’t on massive labels or getting airplay on the radio. It even carried connotation of aesthetic as well: indie bands made different music than the… continue reading

A friend of the Tank has just published his first book and it just so happens to be a collection of music prose, if you will.  A Circus Mind is a look into the head of Ryan Cox and an opportunity to learn a little about rock and roll as we know it. Each week here at slayshTank we will pick one of… continue reading

Atlanta, GA indie icons Deerhunter are set to release their 4th LP, titled Halcyon Digest, on Sept 28th. You can hear the first single from the up coming album, “Revival”, and it’s B-side “Primitive 3D”. They’re also doing a promote-it-yourself campaign, letting fans download their… continue reading

There’s strange video bouncing around of Kanye West dressed to the nines in a suit and tie, delivering rhymes to an eager, young, room of what looks like tech professionals. Come to find out (thanks to P4K for the heads up), this in fact an impromptu concert by Mr. West at the offices of… continue reading

Bees solidify plans for 4th LP. Release teaser “Silverline”, an acoustic farewell perfect for a Wes Anderson flick. Here’s the video: The Bees: Silverline… continue reading

If you grew up in Texas in the 80′s you will remember the baby jessica story. Jessica McClure (born March 26, 1986) became famous at the age of 18 months after falling into a well in Midland, Texas, Purveyor of vintage camp Pat Vamos pits Gauntlet Hair’s “Our Scenery” against the… continue reading

For a band so incredibly diverse and talented, The Bees have managed to dodge mainstream success and put out three LPs of relevant pop that criss-crosses genres from 60s psych, reggae-dub, pop, soul, and pretty much every other influence you can think of while deftly avoiding the… continue reading

The Pier is proud to present its first National Tour! What better way to kick it off then have two of our favorite artists co-headlining – Ballyhoo! & Mike Pinto! The Pier founder Pilipo says, “Both Mike and the guys in Ballyhoo! have been strong supporters of us and the scene… continue reading

Since it’s now July and I have yet to consolidate any of this season’s releases into some sort of cohesive biographic doctrine of exactly what has been going on this summer in the world of music, I figured I’d go ahead and throw together some of my choice cuts so far. If this list is… continue reading

Last year, after reeling in the gooey, day-glo, ambient beauty of In Rainbows, Radiohead’s 7th LP, many were stunned to hear Thom Yorke state that they would not be pursuing another record in the near future, only sporadic work with singles and orchestral numbers. But recently, those rumors… continue reading

Because of last summers epic adventure #764, we here at slayshTank feel compelled to give our readers a heads up that the mothership has just been cleared for landing on July 17, at the Whitewater on the Horseshoe Ampitheater in New Braunfles, TX.  Do yourself a favor and make a day of… continue reading

Living in Austin, you hear names peppered into the conversations and muttering that drift past your ear as you stand in the bar, see them up on the posters scattered around the street and in the venues. YellowFever was one of them. A man can only handle so much before he breaks, so today I… continue reading

From the man himself: “I was honored to do a TED talk this year – back in February. It’s about 16 minutes long and now, today, they are posting it online. It is also available as a video podcast, downloadable free from the iTunes store. I am hooked on watching these podcast versions of their… continue reading

As talked about in an earlier post, Wavves’ King of the Beach will drop on August 3rd on Fat Possum. Fortunately, today the Cali three-piece have issued the album’s first single on Mountain Dew’s Green Label Sound. The song is called “Post Acid”, aptly titled for its euphoric post-punk… continue reading

So I was digging around in the vaults of downloads scattered about my computer and happened to stumble across this tasty little morsel: Magic Bullets, a band out of San Francisco, are currently churning out some of the hippest, cleanest pop music around. This is evidenced by the heady trance I… continue reading

Update for all you California punks out there: young garage rocker/brainchild of low-fi, post punk outfit Wavves, Nathan Williams has announced that they will release the follow-up to their cyber-phenomenon, eponymous debut. It’s called King of the Beach and it’ll be out on Fat Possum… continue reading

Cults’ Go Outside Here’s one: Via the endless rotunda of indie blogs, Cults, a boy/girl duo of NYC film students, has now become a minor phenomenon. The story goes that they posted three songs of devilishly sweet 50s inspired R&B pop to their Bandcamp website (not even a myspace!) and… continue reading

Mike Ragogna: Next year is going to be your twenty-fifth anniversary, right? John Bell: Yeah, that’s pretty startling. MR: What’s the secret of longevity? JB: We exercise every day and eat right and think pure thoughts. MR: Does your music do the same? JB: You know, I think the… continue reading

Mr. Chaz aka Toro Y Moi recently stopped off in San Francisco and popped into a recording studio, recreating his track “You Hid” all by his lonesome with the folks from Yours Trulyfilming the entire process: ”In less than 3 hours, Toro y Moi recorded piano, drums, bass, guitar, rhodes, and… continue reading

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti recently signed with 4AD for the release of their next full-length, due sometime this spring. On lead single “Round and Round,” a newly focused/evolved Ariel Pink conjures the kind of genuine nostalgia and longing that was hinted at on brilliant ’08 single “Can’t… continue reading