Artist: Allo Darlin’ Album: Europe Label: Slumberland
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Allo Darlin’ – “Europe” Review
Beck and Jack White Team Up for New Single
Beck will make his Third Man Records debut May 28th with the 7″ single “I Just Started Hating Some People Today” b/w “Blue Randy.” The two tracks were recorded in 2011 while Beck was in Nashville developing new material for his follow-up to 2008′s Modern Guilt. With Jack White behind the boards, the songs [...]
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Beach House – “Bloom” Review
Artist: Beach House Album: Bloom Label: Sub Pop
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Lower Dens – “Nootropics” Review
Artist: Lower Dens Album: Nootropics Label: Ribbon Music As amateur criticists and aspiring musical demagogues, it seems that those of us who pass judgment on an artist’s musical statement may be losing the ability to fully understand the words or phrases that we use in referencing certain musical styles or influences. [...]
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Animal Collective to release new album Centipede Hz in September
If you head over to Animal Collective’s website here, you’ll be treated to a video announcing the upcoming release of Centipede Hz, their new album due from Domino Records in September.
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Father John Misty – “Fear Fun” Review
Artists: Father John Misty Album: Fear Fun Label: Sub Pop
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Bon Iver to play Radio City Music Hall
Following their European summer tour, Bon Iver will play a pair of shows at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Tickets for the September 19 and 20 performances go on sale today. Tour Dates: 05/21/12 Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee w/ The Staves- SOLD OUT 05/22/12 Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall [...]
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Dave Grohl to direct Sound City Studios doc
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will direct and produce a feature-length documentary film about Sound City Studios. The legendary Van Nuys, CA, recording space has played host to numerous big names, including Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Cheap Trick, Guns and Roses, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, and [...]
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Retribution Gospel Choir – “The Revolution EP” Review
Artist: Retribution Gospel Choir Album: The Revolution EP Label: Sub Pop There is absolutely nothing wrong with belting out “Jessie’s Girl” when you have the chance. We all want to rock out like Rick Springfield from time to time and the occasional karaoke or drunken sing-a-long [...]
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Lemonade – “Diver” Review
Artist: Lemonade Album: Diver Label: True Panther Lemonade is a great name for this band for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it’s a great name for any band ever and I am amazed that it took 100,000 years more or less for bipedal hominids to [...]
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MV & EE – “Space Homestead” Review
Artist: MV & EE Album: Space Homestead Label: Woodsist MV & EE can’t seem to sit still long enough to enjoy the fruits of their prolific labors. As attested to by their close to 30 releases in the last ten years, they bounce around from cosmic-folk [...]
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Here We Go Magic release Sean Pecknold-directed video for “How Do I Know”; stream A Different Ship
Here We Go Magic are set to release A Different Ship on Secretly Canadian on May 8th. This album follows their 2012 release, The January EP. Uber-producer Nigel Godrich became a fan after their 2010 Glastonbury set and came onboard to man the boards behind their new album. We’ve already heard one song from [...]
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Indie Concert Reviews: Iron & Wine and Bobby Long at The Tivoli Theatre, Chattanooga
Indie Concert Reviews Artists: Iron & Wine, Bobby Long Venue: The Tivoli Theatre, Chattanooga TN Date: April 28, 2012
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Dylan Ettinger – “Lifetime Of Romance” Review
Artist: Dylan Ettinger Album: Lifetime Of Romance Label: Not Not Fun Not Not Fun Records has always seemed to be a very specific niche label to me. I’ve read some write-ups of the label that claim they peddle hypnagogic pop. A more accurate description would be to say that [...]
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Toro Y Moi – “June 2009″ Review
Artist: Toro Y Moi Album: June 2009 Label: Carpark Records When you hear that an artist has gone back and officially compiled/re-released some of their early singles and tour only songs, it can seem to be just a quick cash grab and a sign of creative indifference. And with that in mind, it was [...]
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Indie Music Videos: Norah Jones: “Happy Pills”– Stream Norah Jones’ ‘Little Broken Hearts’
NPR Music has Norah Jones‘ Little Broken Hearts, her collaboration with producer Danger Mouse, available for streaming in advance of its May 1 release date. Watch the video for “Happy Pills” below. Norah Jones – Happy Pills – More >
Grave Babies – “Gothdammit” Review
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Artist: Grave Babies Album: Gothdammit Label: Hardly Art Can an artist become so immersed in their influences that they lose sight of their own musical identity? Does that need to pay homage to those bands you admire come at the cost of something unique and original? It’s a fine [...]
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Indie Music Videos: Jack White: “Sixteen Saltines”–Stream Jack White’s ‘Blunderbuss’
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Indie Music Videos: Jack White: “Sixteen Saltines”–Stream Jack White’s ‘Blunderbuss’ iTunes has Jack White‘s Blunderbuss available for streaming throughout the week, leading up to the album’s release on April 23/24, 2012. Watch the bizarre video for lead single “Sixteen Saltines” below: buy it at [...]
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Indie Concert Reviews: The Magnetic Fields and Devotchka at The Variety Playhouse, Atlanta
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Indie Concert Reviews Artists: The Magnetic Fields, Devotchka Venue: The Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA Date: April 14, 2012 For weeks I’d been reading and hearing about The Magnetic Fields touring the US in support of their latest record Love At The Bottom Of The Sea. These shows were stripped down [...]
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Oberhofer – “Time Capsules II” Review
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Artist: Oberhofer Album: Time Capsules II Label: Glassnote There are records which take time to reveal themselves, to ingratiate themselves into the listeners mind. These can be dense genre exercises or simply an album by a band you’re not all that familiar with. Last years Black Up by Shabazz [...]
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