Vietnam II return Still Empty Like Before
Today, Vietnam II return with their great new EP “Still Empty Like Before”, a collection of six previously recorded songs. For this release, Eddie & Jamarr deconstructed their originals, reworked them and essentially ended up recontextualizing them so they sound fresh and new.…
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ManyFeathers returns with new album!
Closing in on six years after his self-titled debut album, ManyFeathers returns with his fantastic new album, “4:44”!
If you dug his debut, there’s no doubt you’ll love this one. With “4:44”, he continues to build on the sound we were all introduced to in…
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Today we’re thrilled to present to you “Crimewave”, the new EP by Vietnam II! It’s hard to believe that it’s already been over a year and a half since we last heard from Jamarr & Eddie when they released the excellent “War on Christmas”. Well, here we are and we…
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If anything speaks to the value of being an independent artist, it’s how often you’re able to put out music of quality. Back in the 60s and 70s it was more common for artists to manage to release a couple or more albums a year. These days it’s unheard of.…
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We’re psyched to continue our tradition of celebrating netlabel culture by releasing music on Netlabel Day! For our fifth year we’ve got three great releases for you to enjoy.
Vietnam II return with new album “Suspect Citizen”
Barely four months after the release of I Wouldn’t Want To Disappoint You…
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Vietnam II is a post-surf band from Columbus, Ohio. Originally created by Eddie Palmer in 2004 with guitarist Jamarr Mays joining in 2006, the group went on indefinite hiatus in the early 2000s while the members explored other projects. Palmer went on to helm an experimental sci-fi outfit called The…
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First and foremost, I’d like to send out an extra special thank you to all artists and netlabels who, over the years, have been part of our story through the netBloc series. When I first had the idea to begin this series in 2006, I really had no idea if…
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2010 has been an incredible year for blocSonic. We’ve had Boots Riley on ETHX’ “Boom to Bloom” and Chuck D on Just Plain Ant’s “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble”. We’ve released our first indie and pop albums with Friends or Whatever’s self-titled debut, Garmisch’s self-titled blocSonic debut and Liam Stewart’s “Sixteen…
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We’re closing out this year’s Friends or Whatever releases with the 2nd and final single for the self-titled debut album which we released a couple weeks ago on May 25th. Once again… we’ve gotten some friends to deliver a tasty set of exclusive remixes that take the FoW sound into…
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blocSonic is quite proud to present to you the self-titled debut by Richmond, Virginia artist Friends or Whatever. With its fusion of shimmering electronica and a raw rock vibe, FoW proves to be a very engaging listen. At times quiet and contemplative… at other times beat-driven and laced with distorted…
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