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Next week, indie guitar rock kids Akron/Family take to the streets for a long, two-month trek around the US and Canada, supporting their disc Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free, which came out in stores this past May. Stops include...
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Live: Akron/Family announce ridiculously full summer/fall tour
This Year Is Gonna Be Ours: An Interview with Akron/Family's Miles Seaton (Feature)
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Brooklyn's exhilarating folk-prog-jazz quartet hit a rough spot last year, as Ryan Vanderhoof left and the remaining three members had to rethink what it meant to be a band. The shake-up led to profound changes in Akron/Family's sound and approach to music.
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Akron Family MP3 “The River” New Album Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
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The few songs that I caught of the Akron Family’s SXSW day performance @ Mohawk one sunny afternoon, left enough of an impact on me, that I’ve got them on my list for further investigation. Sure, the Austinist’s Paige Maquire dancing on stage with the band outfitted with Indian Headdress was entertainment enough, but the [...]
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Akron/Family: "River" MP3
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Indie rockers Akron/Family will be releasing their new studio album Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free tomorrow (May 5th).In anticipation the band are making an MP3 available for free download. For your listening pleasure we're pleased to be able to provide it to you in a convenient digital format here:"River"- MP3Akron/Family's websiteAkron/Family's Myspace
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Akron/Family Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free [new mp3]
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Akron/Family are releasing their new album, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, tomorrow via Dead Oceans. According to the press release, this might not be the Akron/Family you’ve come to know:Following a year of making things bigger and wilder live, the band returns to something simpler on Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free. With limited [...]
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Akron/Family - Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free [Album Review]
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Back from a long Memorial Day weekend in Cincinnati and its fitting to talk about an album with Old Glory on the cover. I spent the long flight to Ohio listening to Akron/Family’s latest release Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free. Some indie bands classify themselves as “Experimental.” Usually that classification is synonymous with “Crap.” [...]
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Akron/Family: "Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free" album review
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Not many bands decide to carry on after losing their lead singer. That, however, is exactly what Akron/Family did when lead vocalist Ryan Vanderhoof left the band after their last album.Pulling themselves together, Akron/Family has just released their new album, Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free. It's the band's first effort as a trio.Losing Vanderhoof may have been the best thing to happen to the
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Akron/Family: Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free (Review)
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On its new album, the band delivers a masterpiece while ranging from pastoral ditties to noise-laden freak-outs.
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Everybody Now! “the mind freein’ crazy joy” of ??Love Is Simple??
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“Now that my bodies grown the lonely heart poetryDroning in hearts becomes songs that all objectsSing to each other like friends telling stories” (from “Ed Is A Portal”)To compare Akron/Family to anything, you kind of have to compare them to everything. Either way, you’re risking a deserved reviewer’s remorse. While you can hear the classic rock influences so forcefully at moments, th
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Akron/Family, The Acorn at London Kilburn The Luminaire, Mon 08 Sep
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An evening spent in the company of two of North America's finest, as rambunctious as it is unique
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New Akron/Family has been tearing up my eardrums.
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Lots and lots of ringing going on in there...note to self: TURN DOWN THE AKRON/FAMILY I'm not much in the mindset for a full review...so, long story short. I've always ignored Akron/Family. For no reason, other than I've got SOOOO much to listen to, sometimes a good album gets passed over. Not so much ignored, but glanced at, and forgotten. Their new album, Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free, though,...
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Ty's Top Twenty-Five Tunes of 2007
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2007 was poised for greatness. Around this time last year, we knew that we'd have new records from Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, New Pornographers, PJ Harvey, Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine, and scores of other established acts. The future of popular music never looked brighter. And while none of those records were by any means terrible, my personal expectations were slightly less than met, a...
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Stream New Akron/Family song, "Phenomena"
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Here's a track off the latest album from indie folk outfit Akron/Family, who record for Michael Gira's Young God label. The new album is Love Is Simple. Where's they ever get that crazy idea?
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I've fallen in love...
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...with Akron/Family's Love Is Simple. I'm all caught up in the bizarro - hippie-love - acid - trip - in - the - woods feel of the record, and I just keep hitting repeat. There have been plenty of "really good" records so far this year, but few have cut me to the core like this one. Definitely a contender for best of '07. Here's one of my favorite tracks:The album cover (more info on it "here":...
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