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November 11, 2005

Happy Bullets - "A Proper Rifle Assembly"

Hooray for psychedelic pop! Happy Bullets are great. Upon first listening to them, it seemed like Coldplay might sound like this if they'd paid more attention to the Kinks, but I think that was just the piano and Britishness. But they're not British- quite the opposite, in fact- they're from Texas. Along with the Celebrity Pilots, they are part of the new wave of psychedelic pop music coming from states with baseball teams that did well this year. An arcance and obscure subgenre of indie rock, sure, but a good one nevertheless.

Happy Bullets - "A Proper Rifle Assembly" (MP3)

BONUS:

Happy Bullets - "If You Were Mine" (MP3)

They are on MySpace and their album, The Vice And Virtue Ministry (very Kinks of them, I think) is getting good reviews.

Posted at 11:18 AM




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thanks jed, for posting on my dallas boys. LOVE these guys, see em live if you get the chance.

Posted by: chris at 11/11/05 11:40 AM | Reply
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I've been listening to this band for a little bit too and really like them as well...shveeps!

Posted by: Dodge at 11/11/05 12:00 PM | Reply
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i can dig, i can dig.

Posted by: mercator at 11/11/05 12:20 PM | Reply
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Yeah...they're not from Texas. They're from Dallas!

(We have so little in the way of good music here. We have to shout when we can.)

Posted by: Billy K at 11/11/05 1:40 PM | Reply
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"thanks jed, for posting on my dallas boys. LOVE these guys, see em live if you get the chance."

the rangers? or happy bullets?

Posted by: j at 11/11/05 1:43 PM | Reply
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First, the Tah-Dahs... now the Happy Bullets! Look out. Dallas is the new Montreal.

Posted by: salty at 11/11/05 2:22 PM | Reply
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Thanks for featuring one of Dallas' best... we appreciate it!

Posted by: Zak at 11/14/05 10:14 PM | Reply
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They sound like The Waitresses.

Posted by: Rina at 11/15/05 10:22 AM | Reply
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