Sonny and the Sunsets
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sonny & the Sunsets' busted beach-pop songs spark recollections of doo wop's otherworldly despair, the kitchen sink savoir faire of The Raincoats, a dose of goofball humor from the Michael Hurley school, and positive possibilities exuded by Jonathan Richman, with and without The Mode... Read More
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Sonny & The Sunsets Go Country with “Longtim ..Artist: Sonny & The Sunsets Album: Longtime Companion Hails From: San Francisco Release Date: June 26, 2012 Featured Track: “I See the Void” I heard this track a while ago. Saved it and listened to it many times before realizing … Continue reading →the OCMD24 May 2012
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Sonny and the Sunsets- “I See the Void”Stream: Sonny and the Sunsets- “I See the Void” “I See the Void” is the lead single from the forthcoming album Longtime Companion by Sonny and the Sunsets. It’ll be the band’s third full-length LP, and this song followers their “classic” style. It’s earnest, smiling, while still maintaining a slight edge. It’s a solid song, [...]TheNeedleDrop23 May 2012
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Sonny Smith releases ‘One Act Plays’ and sha ..That Sonny Smith of Sonny and the Sunsets would bridge music and theater is a matter of natural progression. Smith began his musical career at 18 playing Jimmy Yancy covers at mountain town clubs in Colorado before he ended up in Central America writing screenplays whose characters and plots eventually developed into songs. So, it [...]the bay bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music19 May 2012
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Monday May 14, with Bad DreemsArtist Title Charge Group Run TV Girl Misery Dialect & Despair Mission Statement Faker">Chet Faker No Diggity FRIENDS Be The Wizard Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes That’s What’s Up I’lls Northern Quarters Sonny & The Sunsets Heart Of Sadness Camera Obscura French Navy Collective">Animal Collective Honeycomb Mountain Static Warning Song Quantic & Alice Russell [...]The Range on Radio Adelaide14 May 2012
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Kelley Stoltz - 2 imaginary girls 7' (2012) ..Les Disques Steak ( Last Rapes of Mr Teach , Les Bellas etc.) nous reviennent par l'intermédiaire d'un superbe 45 tours de Kelley Stoltz , que l'on pourrait qualifier de parrain de la fantastique scène de SF ( Ty Segall , Sonny and the Sunsets , Oh Sees etc.). Pour tout dire j'étais totalement passé à coté de ce mec jusqu'à voir récemment son nom cité dans Noise, et depuis le croiser ici et là. Le 45 chez Steak est donc pour moi une première et je dois dire que je suis comblé. Ce single est une des plus belles sorties ...Requiem Pour Un Twister14 May 2012
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Sonny and the Sunsets Move to PolyvinylSonny & The Sunsets – Pretend You Love Me Last week, Polyvinyl announced they had added the excellent Sonny & The Sunsets to their roster after the band parted ways with their previous label Sub Pop. In addition to the news of their new label home, came the announcement of their new album Longtime Companion (6/26) and a download of the track above, with p re-order . This is the band's best track in awhile. Enjoy.Stark Online9 May 2012
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Portland festival Pickathon welcomes Bay Are ..Having been fortunate enough to attend Pickathon back in 2009, I can safely say that Portland’s indie roots festival is a welcome antithesis to your more typical modern indie festival. Where some festivals might be overcrowded and hot and may only offer terrible corporate beer at a high price, Pickathon is intimate, friendly, and offers [...]the bay bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music3 May 2012
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Sunday Supplement Double: Beachwood Sparks a ..Posted in General Clickable Something For The Weekend Forget The Song is the name of the first track in this doubled up SS, and ironically I did. I started this post last week and then got waylaid, but I got it back from the backroom of my mind and thought I’d share it, one week on, hence the reason you’re getting two tunes [...]The Clink29 April 2012
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Fresh Meat Friday – April 27, 2012Here’s some new tunes. They are nice. Free mp3: Sonny and the Sunsets – Pretend You Love Me Free mp3: Purity Ring – Obedear Free mp3: Ty Segall – I Am Not a Game Free mp3: Bryan John Appleby – The Road Free mp3: Cookies – Crybaby (A)The Meatysauce Review28 April 2012
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Sonny & The Sunsets :: Pretend You Love Me ..Sonny & The Sunsets Album: Longtime Companion (6/26) Label: Polyvinyl Records Sonny & The Sunsets – Pretend You Love MeRollo & Grady28 April 2012
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Sonny & The Sunsets – Pretend You Love Me ..My past experience with Sonny & The Sunsets left me thinking of the band as a raw sounding 60s garage rock throwback type of group. Songs often featured simple, loud chords with lots of distortion. But the new single, “Pretend You Love Me” shows that some artists can’t be pinned down by a label. This [...]Tour De Vaap26 April 2012
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Sonny and the Sunsets – Pretend You Love Me ..Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Justin Townes Earle, Fruit Bats Song: Sonny and the Sunsets - Pretend You Love Me [download here ] What's so good? I’ve been digging Sonny and the Sunsets since I heard their kinda sexy, kinda buzzy single “Too Young To Burn” a couple years ago. I’ve been impressed with front man Sonny Smith since I learned that the San Francisco musician was a serious jack-of-all-artistic-trades, popping up all over the city with art installations and new musical projects. Smith’s latest single with his band, “Pretend You Love Me,” is off their ...indie shuffle26 April 2012
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Sonny & The Sunsets – Pretend You Love Me ..Sonny & The Sunsets, creator of one of the catchiest and most magnificent songs ever, have a new album, Longtime Companion, coming out in June via Polyvinyl (pre-order). A sweet song from it is “Pretend You Love Me”. If the genre “country bliss” existed…this would be it:Pasta Primavera25 April 2012
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Check Out: Sonny and the Sunsets – “Pretend ..The highly versatile Bay Area musician Sonny Smith and his band the Sunsets make music that’s totally irresistible and totally underrated, and hopefully the latter is about to change, because… Read more articles like " Check Out: Sonny and the Sunsets – “Pretend You Love Me” " on PMA | Pretty Much Amazing .Pretty Much Amazing25 April 2012
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The Daily Choice: Sonny & The Sunsets - Pret ..Sonny & The Sunsets have been lightening the world’s collective gloom one, er, sunny pop song at a time since the release of their debut album Tomorrow Is Alright in 2010. Bright inflections aside though, Sonny Smith and crew have always tempered their cheer with a touch of sadness, thus it makes complete sense that [...]Sound On The Sound25 April 2012
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