The latest EP from Blitzen Trapper (the American Folk Rock group attached to Sub Pop) Black River Killer, is a meaty 7 track ep that sticks to the ribs. Logging in at just over 35 minutes, it's already as long, if not longer than some the albums I've been listening to this year, and already much more relevant than most of the albums I've listened to (nearly 3 a week).Upon repeated listening, I...
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Doing the obligatory relistening to an album I've been through inside and out...I came into my formative years right after he offed himself. I remember where I was when the DJ announced it. Waiting in the parking lot in my father's car, alone so I could listen to any station I wanted. At the time it meant precious little to me. The name was familiar, how could it not be, the biggest rock star on t
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First Tamara Nile's EP The Cabin is available for a sneak listen on her MySpace page. That said;T. Nile is another Canuck showing us Yanks how to do slow blues and country inspired Americana with tons of charm and haunting melodies, much the same way Neko Case has blasted her solo career to the forefront as of late.Not being a huge Country fan myself, I find her mix of modern folk rock and classic
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Long time indie rock mainstays made me eat crow last week as I gave a listened to Sonic Youth's latest release with The Eternal.If The Eternal is in reference to their long standing career, then I feel the nose is hit square on the head here. I have long since felt a band loses relevance and edge over time as the decades pile on, and have been a staunch supporter of the "Live fast, die young, and
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