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Various Artists 3x4

3/15/2019

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​Various Artists from the album 3X4 – The Bangles, The Three O-Clock, The Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade available on Yep Roc Records (by Bryant Liggett)
Fans of The Bangles who may have discovered the Los Angeles band via “Walk Like an Egyptian” may have never dialed up an interest in the larger West Coast-based musical movement the band were a part of, and they are not alone as few purveyors of commercial radio singles rarely look past said singles. Looking further then ‘the hits’ would have led to a short-lived and at times overlooked scene, the Paisley Underground. What seemed to central to an early 1980’s Los Angeles music scene that landed somewhere between New Wave, Alt Country, Punk and angle-inflected Pop. The Bangles, Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade and The Three O’Clock were part of the Paisley Underground, and all four bands are getting a 2019 shot in the arm via a new compilation, 3x4 finding the aforementioned bands covering each other for twelve tracks that are a blast from the past as well as blistering dose of today. 
 
Highlights from 3x4 include The Three O’Clock adding a dash of dreamy psychedelia to The Dream Syndicate’s “Tell Me When It’s Over” and Rain Parade slowing The Bangles “Real World” down to a jangly ballad. The one band covered that is not part of the four contributors is Salvation Army; Dream Syndicates providing a version of their “She Turns to Flowers”, the nodding towards around garage rock along with The Bangles’ version of Rain Parade’s “Jet Fighter”, the bounce in the beat reminiscent of The Jam. 3x4 is a gateway into the larger catalog of each band, every cut delivered with a respectful nod to the original versions. (by Bryant Liggett)
 
 
Listen and buy the music of 3x4: The Bangles, The Three O’Clock, Rain Parade, The Dream Syndicate from AMAZON
 

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