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Link in bio ~ Terantula — Jolly Chimp
Out now via Pique Audio Visual.

Happy Friday the 13th ~ This marks another milestone for PiqueAV as well as our latest signee, Lafayette, Indiana based 3-piece rock band Terantula; their debut LP ‘Jolly Chimp’ is available everywhere music streams.

There’s a certain kind of debut record that doesn’t sound like an introduction. It sounds like a band that’s already been through something.
There’s a ragged immediacy here — the kind that defined ’90s alternative rock at its most vital. Guitars that scrape instead of shimmer. Melodies that feel earned.

You can hear the quiet-to-eruptive tension popularized by Nirvana, first carved into form by Pixies. There’s the bruised simplicity of a band like Failure, the wiry unease of Hum, the kind of melodic abrasion that once made Stone Temple Pilots feel massive without trying to be.

The trio of young rockers — Silas Hall, Jerome Fones, & DanielRyan — self-proclaimed nu-grunge, seems less interested in nostalgia than momentum… but don’t take our word for it, go have a listen!






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Link in bio ~ Echoes of the Past; the Folk Tradition of Cover Songs— ‘Panic” by The Smiths

Part Eight: Welcome to Now; Plenty of Panic to Go Around...

When Panic first hit shelves in July 1986, it arrived as a standalone single from The Smiths — their first recording as a five-piece with new member Craig Gannon on rhythm guitar. It climbed to No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 7 in Ireland, cementing itself as one of the band’s most instantly recognizable tracks. Part of its punch came from the origin story: Morrissey and Johnny Marr were in a car, listening to a BBC Newsbeat bulletin on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, only to have it smash-cut into Wham!’s “I’m Your Man.” That tonal whiplash became fuel for one of the most pointed refrains of the decade — “Hang the blessed DJ.” As Marr later said in an interview, “What the f**k has this got to do with people’s lives?”

For Ramon, the irony wasn’t lost. He’d spent the past two years working weekends at a nightclub — a job that put him right in the center of DJ-driven nights. When it came time to celebrate the Blankets release, he hosted the party there with longtime friend behind the decks.

“I’m not like ‘hang the DJ,’” he says, “but I do feel like a lot of the music doesn’t say much to me about my life— then there’s that other side of that perspective, and whether or not I feel the music speaks to me, what can I learn from it, and why am being exposed, or exposing myself to it, so regularly at this point in time. That’s part of why I found resonance in leaning into a synth-heavy, more lo-fi electronica approach — almost like a DJ remixing the song. There’s some irony to it.”

Read the full article reflecting on .andthemind ‘s experience crafting their take on ‘Panic’ along with playlists for both & featuring 10 different versions, featuring, + more

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Link in bio ~ Echoes of the Past; the Folk Tradition of Cover Songs— Part Seven: Making a Ballad of a Broken Reverie

Neutral Milk Hotel wasn’t just a band. For a certain subset of listeners—especially the ones with notebooks full of cryptic verses and no real vocal training—they were proof of life. The kind that doesn’t require polish to be powerful. They didn’t ask for your admiration. They whispered something stranger: permission.
Dive into .andthemind ‘s reflections of recording, and their connections to ‘In the Aeroplane Over the sea’ by at PiqueAV.com
+Take a listen to 10 unique takes on the indie classic, featuring .life +more curated for both & and let know us your favorite(s)!

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Link in bio ~ Echoes of the Past: The Folk Tradition of Cover Songs and The Moon & The Mind’s Rendition of “Valerie”
Part Three: Emotional Bootlegs, Taxi Lyrics & the Q***r Dream Sequence of Track Four
Some songs show up dressed for the part. Others arrive in disguise. “Valerie,” the fourth track on Blankets, slips in like a late-night visitor—half-drunk on nostalgia, wearing somebody else’s perfume, holding a suitcase full of secrets. It’s a cover of a cover, and for The Moon & The Mind, it became a pivot point—one that almost didn’t survive the cutting room floor. Not because it wasn’t unwanted, but because it wouldn’t stop echoing someone else’s voice…

Read the full article and enjoy 10 different versions of ‘Valerie’ on playlists for both Apple & Spotify @ PiqueAV.com featuring stand out renditions by