'Hair spray in hand, Hard Place has a nice time teasing up the crinkles and flats of {new wave} and late-'70s feathered-hair make-out sessions on its self-titled debut for the Oakland imprint Antenna Farm. Ass pockets alight and taking bouncers to task (He'll rearrange your face for free!), the L.A. trio is happily superficial and cleverly economical, never overdoing it with the keyboards and only suggesting their influences enough to catch your attention. For example, some operators would quit after esta...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Every city has a forgotten pocket. A corridor where the abundance of buildings, now abandoned, becomes the desolate playground for the city's underbelly. The power dynamic between the haves and the have-nots gets twisted and flipped, like the burned out carcass of a stolen automobile. And the kids can play wherever and whenever, without fear of judgment or consequence. Welcome to Arms Forest. Arms Forest is a sea of hands raised high, dancing in a living room. Arms Forest is stockpile of w...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. What do the remaining members of East Vancouver's Blood Meridian do while their singer and drummer are off touring the world with psych/prog juggernaut Black Mountain? Hard Drugs is an indie rock opera that trusts in spectacular songs rather than an elaborate stage production to tell a twisted love story that could only happen in Terminal City. The final product is a 13 song double LP showcasing an orchestral mix of roots, rock, punk, savvy percussion and heartbreaking harmonies conceived by ...   [ read more ]

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