Pylon - GyrateIn the late 1970s Athens, Georgia was buzzing with a raw but sophisticated music scene. The turn of the decade began producing new sounds from bands like the B 52s, R. E. M. and Art Rock luminaries, Pylon. Before they were a band, Pylon were art school students at the University of Georgia: four kids invigorated by big ideas about art and creativity and society. In 1980 the band released its first record, Gyrate and began touring across the country in

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Ricky Banda

with Wolf's original transcendent liner notes

It would take a shelf full of thesauruses to describe the Swedish quintet‰۪s music but their collection of songs on ‰Û÷Picture You‰۪ is every bit as compelling as it is enigmatic

During recording the band re-amped a lot of the sounds on the record

Sister Ray

The band have recently completed a summer national tour supporting The Dandy Warhols and extensive tours throughout 2014 as handpicked support for the likes of Beck

The decision to put the album format to one side allowed Ash to explore a different dynamic to their sound across 26 tracks released over a year

I just recorded music with my friends or by myself when I felt inspired

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he has released albums on Clay Pipe Music and his own Café Kaput label