The third release from The Boxing Lesson, Wild Streaks & Windy Days is a simultaneously modern and classic journey through the dark side of the conscious mind. These 12 new tracks explore the contrasts between dark and light, love and lust, space and time, sacrifice and indulgence. Lead boxer, Paul Waclawsky, flexes his song writing muscles and his space echoes like never before on the timeless recording inspired by the Austin indie music scene and radio emissions from outer space. Paul’s voice shows maturity and his epic sonic guitar textures are psychedelic and lush, like Cassiopeia A, the Birthplace of Stars.

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After a lengthy hiatus, PRO AUDIO has returned with new life. Still co-fronted by John Hoelle on bass and Jason “Fish” Fischer on guitar and piano, the indestructible line-up now includes sexy multi-instrumentalist Bri Dellinger on oboe and organ as well as prog-rock rhythm maestro Paul Withers on drums. Somewhere out in a field beyond idealism and cynicism, PRO AUDIO are crafting their latest opus “Make the Happiness Stop!” – an album that won’t be ignored even in a sea of ten million Myspace music pages.

Standing on the shoulders of They Might be Giants, Beck, Weezer, and Ben Folds, PRO AUDIO continues to tailor-make futuristic, highly-digestible melodies with humorous, pop-smart lyrics for hipsters and hippies, nerds and frat boys, critics and casual listeners, and anyone out there who may find himself or herself in need of new music that stands out from the rest.

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From their second album Captain Dog Rides Again

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Today we bring you a glowing nugget from the new, yet fire-tested Seattle, Washington group Search/Rescue. The song is entitled Fireflies from S/R’s debut 10 song CD, “The Compound”, released in late February - right before their March performance in Austin, Texas.

I managed to catch them at Spiro’s and was lucky enough to have a great vantage point up near the stage-front to soak up most of their performance (see attached picture). Thankfully the crowd wasn’t too packed as they didn’t have a bunch of Vampire hipsters swarming the venue. A familiar face whom I helped judge a music event with here in LA walked though the doors halfway in which really cast a surreal air over most of the set.

Search/Rescue was formed from the ashes of Gatsby’s American Dream and Acceptance, and subsequently reforged into this brand new promising project. They are apparently the first clients announced under the new Eyeball Management roster.

Their album “The Compound” is available on iTunes.  Go treat yourself! [cs]

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The music of Woodfish can be described as a combination of rock, jam, funk and progressive styles which, infused together, provide audiences with an intoxicating and entertaining musical experience. Whether playing in a concert hall or an intimate barroom, in front of 3 or 30,000 people, Woodfish remains true to the spirit of rock and roll by bringing charisma and passion to every song they write and perform. At a Woodfish show a wide range of audiences, from young children to baby-boomers; hip-hoppers to punk rockers; tweens to teens and college students to jam band enthusiasts, are often seen moving and grooving together throughout an explosively energetic performance which typifies the live Woodfish experience. C

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These pop-rock angels have earned their wings and achieved a greater rock realization with their creation of Schematics. The moog synthesizers and jump-up-and-down sing-a-longs are still mainstays in Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer’s new songs but also present is a maturity of songwriting that deepens their musical pool… even if that pool is filled with Kool-Aid. [ioda]

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Lancaster, Northwest United Kingdom Deep in the warm wet bloody bowels of the Shipman Manor, five captives lay strewn upon the floor in varying degrees of mortal agony. T’was there in that seething hive that their bond was forged. Their battered and broken carcass’ were plucked from their fatal demise my the fair maiden, known to many, as Torr. She then locked them away again, but with good in her heart. Fulfilling their every need, she nursed them back to health. Standing before her, stood the galant and ever ready quintet. A small cowering voice from the back of the room emerged, it was Torr’s goblin slave, Pedro. “But what shall we call them mistress?”, he asked hesitantly. “We shall call them, The Shipman Project”

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The Turn-ons have released three full length albums: The Turn-ons, East, Parallels and the EP, Love Ruined Us. Their songs have appeared on soundtracks, ASCAP and Uncut samplers, and featured in SPIN magazine.

Curse is the fifth release from The Turn-ons and its currently available entirely for free along with quite a few other extras at their website.

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“A mix of Pop/New Wave rock and modern sound, Goodnight Glamour Good Morning Disaster, the debut release from NYC’s The Crash Moderns is full of catchy songs that will remain in your head for days. There are so many tracks on this album that have single written all over it…The electronic vibe, hand claps, and instant rock gratification is sure to turn your frown upside down…” [Melodic.net]

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From the UK, experimental electronic duo OrtzRoka has been recently described as ‘half mental techno, half down tempo mint and water’ by Fluokids. I have no earthly idea what that really means although it sounds like a sobering glass of water to the face at the end of a mildly eye glazing headphone session on the summer patio.

OrtzRoka cut their teeth DJing, and creating remixes for more established artists such as Simian Mobile Disco, Bloc Party, and Peter, Bjorn & John. They spent several months at the end of last year practicing live sets and working on some tracks for a demo album which you can preview three other tracks from on MySpace (another favorite is “Big City”). PLANETS slowly submerses itself into the nodes of the brain, its alien beats battling back and forth like the creeping ink in the video you are about to witness.

To fully appreciate the track PLANETS you really need to view the accompanying video. It was directed by Dan Lowe of Partizan Films, who was nominated for Best New Director at the 2007 CAD Music Video Awards. It’s definitely my pick for best video of the year to date. It’ll blow your mind.

Thanks to Scarlett for bringing this to our attention! [cs]

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