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The Breeders are on a US tour, and on a few dates, they're playing Pod and Last Splash, in their entirety and in album order.

This YT channel posted their shaky phone vids for both; this is the Last Spash second half.

I just saw them in Denver and it was great. That was prolly the 7th time I've seen them live and they seemed more into it, really focused on putting on a great show. I could listen to Kim & Kelley talk about anything for hours I'm pretty sure.

A burning memory

Of something true

New track from Amyl and The Sniffers. Love the visuals. Much more low-key than their usual singles - but one of those tracks where it's worth paying attention to the lyrics.

@alternativenation Hey there! My name is Chelsea, I'm very green to Mastodon but just came across this community and figured I'd share some of my music. Comparisons include "Joni Mitchell meets Nirvana," Hole, and Patti Smith. My latest album, Queen of No, came out in May: https://open.spotify.com/album/2IcffqN7Cv0hUsuV9iEEq6?si=w73DEUqgQ3e4hIVspmWRlQ

I'm also a fan of alt from the 80's thru today - some favorites include The Replacements, Pavement, Bully, and Jimmy Eat World.

If you take the time, thanks for checking it out! 🙂

YT backup link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8soQkubMk1g&t=41

Another new discovery for me. This band is from Rouen in France. Have been listening, today, to their new album that just came out. This is the lead track. A pretty good racket, don't you think?

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A Sydney band who I have listened to a little bit before, but not extensively. This track from July, recently popped up in my suggestions. It's nice.

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I am liking the sound of Stockholm's Girl Scout. A little bit like Sprints, perhaps. Here's another of their recent tracks that is a bit more jangly. Would go to one of their gigs if they played near me.

I have absolutely no club at what genre I would classify this. It kinda feels like Extratone/noise but it is neither of both. Its a rather sad song, but this is a song, that actually tells something without the lyrics. A very good song where lyrics and melody are working together to create a very atmospheric song.

While finding more about The Linda Lindas, I discovered that Kristin from Dum Dum Girls was involved in their genesis. Here’s a track that reminds me of Mazzy Star. I only recently made that connection but it seems quite obvious in hindsight.

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Cameo appearance by Naoko from Shonen Knife.

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I was reminded of this tune today. Cordrazine had a moment in Australia in the late 90s, with this song being reasonably prominent at an "alternative" level, even getting to #42 on the mainstream chart. The corresponding album reached #9.

The band was fronted by Hamish Cowan who had previously been in another indie band called Blindside with Cordrazine guitarist, Nick Batterham. I was socially acquainted with Hamish at the time, but don't know where he is now.

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This song is in my head a lot. I fucking love the hell out of it.

New track from FF. Album coming up at some stage. 👍

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