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The following is a guest post by Robert Taylor, of Fuzz Records.

2013 has been a progressive year for music, not only for upcoming bands, such as Savages, but also for artists that are already well established in their respective fields. My Bloody Valentine dropped the stellar M B V earlier this year and now another flagship 90′s duo, Boards of Canada, have made a return with their first release in eight years. Tomorrow’s Harvest is a chilly ambient album for the summer, so if you are trying to stay cool in the upcoming months, come pick it up at Fuzz Records. For those who find that ambient stuff too boring, we also have albums from Polar Bear Club and Antidote, if you want something with a little more bite.

Hit the jump for my full review!

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Earlier this week, local producer and 91.1FM radio host Sime Gezus released an instrumental album with a very clear and creatively intertwined hat tip to hockey.

“The Manly Cup” features 21 tracks produced by Sime and available for free download courtesy of Sub-Bombin Records. The label will also be doing a limited run of CDs for purchase online and at live performances.

For someone who has no idea about hockey – and a little bit about music, I hope – I found the album to be quite soothing. There’s something about the mix of news bites with instrumentals that I consistently find enjoyable, although rarely stumble across. The album makes for an ideal work soundtrack, with the occasional sample, hook or beat catching me off guard where I want to go back and have a closer listen. There’s also a dramatic, theatrical quality in this compilation of music, with strategic sampling of historical audio clips and building layers that made me appreciate the album as a whole curated creation.

Earlier this week, it was announced that Giant Gorilla Dog Thing will be hitting the road with Iron Mic, comprised of Iron Bar Collective & Mic Lanny, this July. Full disclosure, they also somehow convinced me to join them on tour and I will be documenting the daily happenings of the trip.

The first few dates are on the event page over at Pig Food Records and they will be adding more dates and details in the upcoming weeks.

The six locals have recorded a new song together in advance of the tour and will also be shooting a video throughout the trip. Check out the song below and also know that every purchase will go directly in their gas tank to help fund the tour.