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When California Snow Tale continued hiatus in 2003, drummer Mel Whittle come up with the Hermit Crabs, a nice, shambly twee pop task that gave much nod to fellow Glasgwegians Video camera Obscura and Belle & Sebastian. During the period of the following 3 years the band’s lineup extended to …

Mixing dreamy, atmospheric sound pop with Brian Wilson-style psychedelia, Magic Fortress shaped in 2005 as the single project of CONSIDER Life’s Graham Van Pelt. He self-released Magic Fortress’ initial EP, Watery Grave, that calendar year, and continued release a his debut full-length, Five Roses, 2 yrs afterwards. Adam Waito (Telefauna), …

The quietly magnificent L.A. indie pop music group Let’s Proceed Sailing created in 2002 and released their nice but world-weary debut, The Chaos to be able, in Apr 2007. The years between weren’t spent holed up inside a studio room perfecting subtle tunes: vocalist/songwriter Shana Levy, as well as guitarist …