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Three for...Thursday: Mayer Hawthorne, Apse, The Sun
Review: Memory Tapes - Seek Magic (* * * *)
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If you’ve never heard of Dayve Hawk, the lone man behind Memory Tapes, you’re sure to be in the vast majority. In fact, it almost seems as if Hawk purposefully decreases his chances at fame or any sort of personal recognition by obfuscating his name behind a variety of monikers, while producing similar music under each of them. The title Memory Tapes is itself a combination of two of Hawk’s
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Review: Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young (* * *)
Whatever it was that caused The Strokes to go on indefinite hiatus in 2006, it looks to have not effected the individual members' capacity to create new music. Frontman Julian Casablancas is the fourth artist of The Strokes' quintet to release a post-Strokes record, joining guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., who's released two full-lengths during the band’s three-year-and-counting break. And while H.
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Three for...Thursday: Sleep Whale, The Dø, Bellflur
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Three for Friday: Bobby Birdman, Keegan DeWitt, The Gideons
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Bobby Birdman -My introduction to Bobby Birdman came just recently with the release of his new album, New Moods, but he's been around off and on for eight or so years now, continually under the radar. The recently released record, which promises to be his "most complete musical effort to date," is an intriguing combination of bedroom electronica and freak-folk with traces of R&B throw into the ...
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Live Review: Dirty Projectors @ In the Venue
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In New York City, Dirty Projectors are set to play at Lincoln Center and the Bowery Ballroom. In Los Angeles, it's the Walt Disney Concert Hall. But here in Salt Lake City, Utah, it's the humble little joint called In the Venue that they're to perform at. To call this somewhat dingy club nondescript would be generous; still, I’ve seen some fantastic performances here (including Fleet Foxes last.
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Review: Will Stratton - No Wonder (* * * *)
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It was all too easy to miss Will Stratton in 2007, as I found recently. I hadn't heard a thing about the guy before a couple weeks ago when I had the opportunity to listen to his superb sophomore effort - No Wonder. Being impressed, I tracked down his 07 debut - What the Night Said (which was - astonishingly - recorded just after his senior year in high school) - and then wondered why much more...
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Review: Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be (* * * 1/2)
Just this year, Devendra Banhart signed to a major label (Warner Bros.). It took seven years promoting himself on independents for this to happen, but the feat is nonetheless impressive considering the nature of the artist’s peculiar brand of folk music. Granted, the eccentric songwriter’s oddness rarely detracts from his ability to create charming and melodic songs, and his appeal isn’t dif
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Review: The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath (* * *)
Few bands have managed to create as many accomplished and acclaimed albums with as little reinvention as The Clientele. Since 2000’s compilation Suburban Light (an exquisite collection of the band’s early singles), the London-based quartet have remained remarkably true to their sound, never straying from the hazy, reverb-drenched 60s-esque pop style that has enamored so many, myself included.
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Three for...Tuesday: LAKE, Erik Gundel, The Lower 48
LAKE -There's no shortage of boy/girl indie-pop bands. In fact, there's been such a saturation that recently that description is more likely to make me wary than excited. Still, some groups manage to rise above what have now become cliched aspects of a somewhat tired genre - LAKE is one of those bands. Led by singer/songwriters Eli Moore and Ashley Eriksson, LAKE has released a stunning new alb...
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Three for...Tuesday: LAKE, Erik Gundel
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LAKE -There's no shortage of boy/girl indie-pop bands. In fact, there's been such a saturation that recently that description is more likely to make me wary than excited. Still, some groups manage to rise above what have now become cliched aspects of a somewhat tired genre - LAKE is one of those bands. Led by singer/songwriters Eli Moore and Ashley Eriksson, LAKE has released a stunning new alb...
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Halloween Playlist: 2009
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Three for...Friday: Capybara, Animal Kingdom, Ivan & Alyosha
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Capybara -Earlier this year, Capybara self-released their excellent debut album - Try Brother - and are now planning on a proper release next week on indie label The Record Machine. Hopefully that means more exposure for the band, whose music deserves any attention it receives. Freak-folk might be an appropriate label for the Kansas City group, but they rest on the softer, more melodic side of ...
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Review: Atlas Sound - Logos (* * * *)
For Bradford Cox (known primarily as the frontman for indie heavyweights Deerhunter), albums released under his solo moniker, Atlas Sound, are clearly labors of love. When early versions of the songs that would eventually make up his new album, Logos, accidentally made their way onto his blog (he was, unfortunately, the one responsible), Bradford was so upset he nearly scrapped the entire proje...
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