Maybe you’re a complete different from me. Perhaps you didn’t think that 2011 was an unspeakably good for music. Maybe you didn’t pull all-nighters narrowing down your favorite music of the year to a manageable– not concise, but manageable– length. Perhaps you didn’t have to tweak your lists dozens of times to make sure it […]

To everyone’s enduring lament, Douglas Martin can’t dissect every single girl-group slanted single that slides down the information super highway. So, after taking a lengthy vacation of exactly one Bleached song, I’m back by popular demand (no Popeye). For the A-side of the forthcoming “Searching Through the Past” seven-inch, one of LA’s best new punk […]

To everyone’s enduring lament, Douglas Martin can’t dissect every single girl-group slanted single that slides down the information super high way. So occasionally, you’re forced to deal with me, quoting Bill & Ted, who would described Bleached’s new single as, “yes, way,” “super,” and best heard while high. Accordingly, Bleached blaze through 210 seconds of […]

After playing “Think of You” about seventy consecutive times, I emailed Jeff at what must have been 2:30 in the morning and breathlessly praised them a little longer than I should have. He received an equally long-winded rave in his box when I found out that Bleached principals Jennifer and Jessica Clavin– formerly of Mika […]

You call it a Stevie Nicks hat, I call it the hat my grandmother gave to my sister. Either way, this is some great Douglas Martin music (said in the “Aston Martin Music” voice). Via the Pan American. Download: MP3: Bleached-“Thinking of You”

Douglas Martin is thinking of you…and you…and you….but not you. A band’s breakup is a natural occurrence, even as commonplace as a band’s formation, but there was a particular feeling of sadness among fans of Mika Miko when the band decided to part ways. The beloved LA five-piece packed a whole lot of energy into […]