Pagoda Pagoda [Ecstatic Peace]

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Rating: 7.75

Hand-picked by Thurston Moore for his Ecstatic Peace label, Pagoda plays traumatic, sludgy art rock: the musical incarnation of an adolescence spent immersed in the sounds of the nineties. One can see why Moore may have taken a personal liking to Pagoda: as he and Kim Gordon, both children of college professors, formed Sonic Youth as an performance art project of sorts, Pagoda boasts a similar pedigree of intellectual vigor, New York grittiness and multi-disciplinary artistic vision.

Pagoda – Lesson Learned mp3

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Seattle Ticket Giveaway – Alexi Murdoch & Midnight Movies

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Photo taken by Sweet James Iha

Even your mom knows who Alexi Murdoch is. Midnight Movies, however, are like a little slice of psychedelia right here on Earth combining haunting melodies and sexy female vocals that may remind you of Laetitia Sadier and Nell Carter. Here’s a link to their Patient Eye mp3.

If you are gonna be in the Seattle area this Saturday February 24th (21+!) and would like to catch Alexi Murdoch and Midnight Movies at the Croc, be our first emailer to usounds AT gmail DOT com and we’ll make it happen.