Today’s new local music introduction comes from the band Dulcinea.

Formed in 2006 by Mathew Thomas, Jason Ng and Rashid Said, the band released their debut album “The Politics of Fear” in 2008.

Just this year, the band released a brand new album, “In The Shadow of The Sun” calling it their most cohesive work so far.

In The Shadow Of The Sun is Dulcinea’s sophomore album, following 2008′s “The Politics Of Fear” A theme album about healing, In The Shadow Of The Sun serves as a musical continuum that emphasizes the belief that music and art can be used as a form of therapy. The music, lyrics and artwork deal with a person facing and overcoming various traumatic experiences in life through the pursuit of artistic endeavors and the channeling of those energies into positive experiences.

Progressing from the electronic and experimental sounds of the previous album, In The Shadow Of The Sun sees Dulcinea move towards a more organic guitar oriented sound that mixes both alternative rock music with tendencies to go off on experimental tangents. As Dulcinea embarks on a journey towards discovering the darker realms of our subconscious in order to confront, communicate and understand those murky depths of humanity, be assured of some blistering hard rock, engaging lyrics, odd time signatures, ambient soundscapes and emotive musicianship.

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I was listening to an old friend’s shoutcast stream over at unpopular music (check them out btw) this evening and was introduced to this beautiful song by the Filipino band, ‘Arigato, Hato!’.

Bloop Bloop!

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!!! [chk chk chk] – Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass from Saman Keshavarz on Vimeo.

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—- OFFICIAL SELECTION: SXSW 2011 —-

***Check out the Making of Video: http://vimeo.com/24107341

Album: Strange Weather, Isn’t It?
http://warp.net/records/chk-chk-chk
http://www.chkchkchk.net/

Directed by: Saman Keshavarz (http://samankeshavarz.blogspot.com)
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Associate Producer: Nate Eggert
Producers: Francis Pollara, Tom Lee
Executive Producers: Lanette Phillips
Commissioner: Laura Tunstall
Cinematographer: Justin Gurnari
Art Directors: Evangeline Joo, Mike Rios, Jillian Mamey
Editor: Nate Tam
Visual FX: Gabe Valente
Additional Visual FX: Alessandro Schiassi
Label: Warp Records (http://warp.net)
Production Company: Mighty 8 (http://mighty8.tv)

Special thanks to all the people involved in this very stressful but rewarding project…THANK YOU

Serenaide