“The Falls” off Racing Glaciers’ new EP, Ahead Of You Forever, keeps with the groups’ paradigm of creating layered music that builds into a cascade of sound, yet it is a more danceable departure from their previous EP. With uptempo percussion, guitars and bass, rounded out with horns and keys, “The Falls” is a full track that will make your ear hairs happy to be moving. Reviewed By Desiree Autobee
Racing Glaciers 
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Rating 8.4
Indie songwriter Meg Myers and her band will perform at the Bootleg in L.A. this Tuesday night 2/11. This show is a don’t miss for live music enthusiasts and features support performances from local favorites Irontom, and Bom Bom. Festivities start at 8:00 pm and tickets are $12.50 advance and $15.00 at the door. You can purchase tickets and get more info on the show here. *OR* you can try your luck to win a pair of tickets to the show that we’re giving away! To win just email us here and let us know you’d like to be entered in the ‘Meg Myers Giveaway’ contest. Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions by Tuesday morning 2/11, so keep an eye on your inbox (one entry per person). Good luck!
The Bootleg 
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Meg Myers (Facebook)
Nick Thorburn’s band Islands are celebrating their ninth anniversary this month. Bruce Rave enjoyed a chat with Nick at the Troubadour prior to their fine LA show last month. They of course chatted about the new album, band mortality, and Islands’ decision to go DIY. Nick’s actor friend Michael Cera produced a Spinal Tap-flavored Islands rockumentary that you can see below. Bill Hader, formerly of SNL, perfectly plays the role of Island’s ‘fictitious manager’. Enjoy the interview, then check out the video. You’ll probably see characters who remind you of people you know. Side note on the interview: the very beginning of the recording got cut off. Nick has lived in various cities and was in Montreal when Arcade Fire were first coming up. I asked whether that time in Montreal was his most formative musically and he replied that it was actually high school that really set him in motion. That’s where we join the chat.. By Bruce Rave
Islands 
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If you fancy seeing a new band that aces a modern version of early Stones meets The Yardbirds meets soul, you can put this in the bank: You will love The Strypes live. These Irish kids are in their mid-teens, they’ve played hundreds of shows around the UK and Europe, and their “Snapshot” album went top ten in England. The time has finally come for them to invade America. The Strypes will surely have a high profile at SXSW, and they recently flew over for a handful of major market shows in addition to their winning US TV debut on Conan O’Brien.
The Troubadour in LA show was star-studded on January 28. Elton John, whose management company handles The Strypes, was perched in the VIP balcony. Members of Muse, Blondie, and many other bands were on hand to see this band getting some much deserved attention in the States. I’d seen The Strypes and interviewed them last May at The Great Escape in Brighton, England so I knew what I was in for. The young lads more than delivered, playing over an hour. Like their album, there were lots of cover songs and there was only one song that wasn’t blazingly fast. This band is letter tight and, if anything, they might have actually played a bit too fast. Chalk that up to LA adrenaline.
The Strypes even dressed smart with suits with open shirts and they really locked in to a perfect groove with about five songs remaining. They band especially hit their stride during a covers medley of “You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover” into “Si Si Rider”. Their “Blue Collar Jane” EP is out now with the album “Snapshot” dropping stateside in mid-march. Beyond their youthful intensity, this is a supremely talented band. See this band live! Reviewed by Bruce Rave
The Strypes 
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Hear Bruce’s “Go Deep With Bruce Rave” weekly new music show on Indie1031/Los Angeles and WSUM-FM/Madison. Details and archived shows can be found on his blog and be sure follow Bruce on Twitter too!
Aussie musician and 1/4 of dance pop band Mitzi Charles Murdoch spins Elizabeth Rose’s B3 rec’d single “The Good Life” into nu-house euphoria. Elizabeth Rose’s s/t EP (from which “The Good Life” is taken from) is out now on Inertia Access.
Charles Murdoch 
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Rating 8.3
Australian producer SBMRGE takes a vibed-down trap turn at on the precipice of blowing up in the mainstream (Hey, Bob Lefsetz is talking about them!) London Grammar’s “Hey Now”. We’re into it. (HD)
SBMRGE (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Fé s recent run of strong singles continues forward with the excellently atmospheric “Turn Your Light On”. On the track, the London-based band ably combine their penchant for singable souful melody and big mood-inhabiting spaces. (The way “Turn Your Light On”‘s tune abides within the track’s captivating groove is particularly special). “Turn Your Light On” is part of a AA-side release coming March 24th on Generator.
Fe (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Leeds UK trio White Royal debut the impressive indie balladry of “False Widow”. Perfectly paced and contained in a well-sculpted atmosphere of dreamy tones and subtle nods to R&B, the quality of “False Widow” is indicative of a new band w/ their arrow firmly pointed up.
White Royal (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Honey Trees vocalist Becky Filip’s full-bodied soothing standout tone is at the center of the band’s new single “Nightingale”. Dreamy with a folk pop tinge, “Nightingale” is previewed here from Honey Trees debut LP Bright Fire which will be available for purchase April 8th.
The Honey Trees (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Grand Rapids MI’s A-Team of emcee Willie The Kid & producer/rapper Bronze Nazareth link up for a 13-track collaborative album The Living Daylights due out Tuesday the 11th. The Roc Marciano-featuring “Avalon” interpolates the same David McCallum “The Edge” sample that Dr Dre used on “The Next Episode”.
Willie The Kid 
(Twitter)
Rating 8.9
