Hype Monitor: Junius, Dam-Funk, Laura VeirsPhoto by George Dubose The Band: Junius The Buzz: Breathtaking Boston metal band pulls off a perfect hybrid of Neurosis and the Smiths, striking a stunning balance of brutality and beauty. Their latest album, The Martyrdrom of a Catastrophist, is a concept record about catastrophe theorist Immanuel Velikovsky, exploring his insistence on a chaotic universe. Its songs are spellbinding and heartbreaking, gripping from the first note to the last. A hard rock dream come true. Listen If: You dress i
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Published: 2009-12-17
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Breaking, Hype Monitor
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Breaking: DawesWho: These folk-rock rookies started their career as the buzzy post-punk band Simon Dawes, co-fronted by Malibu native Taylor Goldsmith. But when the band’s other songwriter bowed out, the remaining members — Goldsmith, his brother Griffin (drums) and bassist Wylie Gelber — shortened the name and traded their Smiths records for plaid shirts and pedal steel. Sounds Like: True to its Cali roots, the group’s new debut, North Hills, is full of twangy folk rock ā la Gram Parsons and Neil Young. “Ta
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Published: 2009-11-11
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Breaking
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