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Walk It Off
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:40:55
The Loon, Tapes n' Tapes 2006 debut, was a textbook blog success stories. On the strength of Josh Grier's fidgety lead vocal and his post-Pavement guitar noodlery, this Minneapolis quintet won over a legion of keyboard tapping tastemakers. The buzz was so deafening that it catapulted the band into ... more
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Elephant Shell
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:41:39
Tokyo Police Club's debut EP was a canon shot of grainy post-punk glory. They might have been peach-fuzzed Canucks, but when Dave Monks bleated the words "Operator, get me the President of the World, this is an emergency," on the album-opening "Cheer It On," it was hard not to actually believe him. ...more
Scars and Souvenirs
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:29:58
On Scars and Souveneirs, Theory of a Deadman sound like Alice in Chains for
Facebook nation. Sonically, the band oscillates from stoned, chaotic crooning to crunchy screams that make their sophomore effort one hell of a hard rock rollercoaster. The album
kicks off with the first single, "So ...more
The Burning Hour
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:52:14
Test Your Reflex cook up pop melodies flavored with alt rock experimentation, honing their very own spacey sound. It's a sound that's catchy, and at the same time, refreshing. Their RCA debut, The Burning Hour, channels The Shins' indie sensibility as well as the warm, fuzzy guitar tones of early ...more
Scream
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:05:02
Tokio Hotel have all the trappings and ingredients that make up a successful band. The quartet, imported from Germany, toss off ebullient pop-rock chops. The singer and the guitarist are identical, teenaged twin brothers, and the duo performs as though nothing else matters, and these factors have ...more
Camping Shaabi
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:15:37
If eccentric world music from Antwerp, Belgium is what you are looking for, then halt your search with Think Of One's Camping Shaabi. To say that this collaborative collective is a musical anomaly would be a bit of an understatement, since these musicians travel to different countries to record with ...more
Reality Check
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:16:43
The Teenagers have been an internet phenomenon for a while now, but after listening to their first proper release, Reality Check, it's hard to buy into the hype that has them painted as geniuses. Their formula has them taking the fifteen-year-old bedroom poetry aesthetic of emo, then removing any ...more
The End Begins
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:48:30
Rock music doesn't get any safer than Tantric's The End Begins. This post-grunge record is safer than an affluent suburb nestled in a seaside town and Tantric, the Kentucky band featuring former members of Days Of The New, that massive post-grunge band that dominated the FM dial in the late '90s, is ...more
Another Country
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:33:34
Tift Merritt has flirted with the big time a bit; her first two records were on alt-country powerhouse label, Lost Highway, but they never really gave any substantial efforts in plugging her into the mainstream pop-stardom she's deserved. She's been linked with Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss, ...more
Love/Hate
Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:00:06
Probably best known for writing Rihanna's mega-hit "Umbrella," The-Dream finally offers his own 12-song, R&B collection with Love Hate. At first, it seems to be a typographically challenged title that loosely describes a vague emotional state, but listen carefully, and it's probably a bit deeper ...more
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