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Record Review: Brendan Hogan
Brendan Hogan SilverQuick Boston, MA (Self-released) “Contemporary folk-blues that’s unafraid to take risks” Flash back to 2009: a New England tastemaker with an inimitable voice debuts his first...
Record Review: Avoxblue
Avoxblue A Place Without Time Boston, MA (Self-released) “Electronic New-Gaze” A Place Without Time is a soundtrack for moving forward while looking wistfully back. Avoxblue’s sound is a...
Record Review: Avalanche City
Avalanche City Love Love Love Auckland, New Zealand (Roadrunner Records) “Delightful sounds of the New Zealand’s shores” Dave Baxter spent many months in a house in New Zealand learning how to...
Record Review: Annalise Emerick
Annalise Emerick Starry-Eyed Boston, MA (Self-released) “Sincere, heartfelt lyrics layered upon intricate arrangements” Annalise Emerick’s debut EP, Starry-Eyed, is one that is reminiscent of other...
Record Review: Wing and Hollow
Wing and Hollow North of Nowhere Los Angeles, CA (Self-released) “Sweet California sunshine” Somewhere in the midst of palm trees and the sunshine of the West Coast rises the soft elegant sounds,...
Record Review: Whitejacket
Whitejacket Hollows and Rounds Denver, CO (Lamp Under a Bushel Music) “Soothing pop music by Apples in Stereo alum” “Versus Angels” is a haunting piece of piano mystery with appealing strings of...
Record Review: The Villains
The Villains Velocity Atlanta, GA (Toucan Cove/Universal Records) “Commercial pop/rock/country to satisfy any mood" Coming off the success of their 2010 debut album Just Another Saturday Night, The...
Vinyl Of The Month: Vacant Fever
Vacant Fever Kill Kill Kill Seattle, WA (Self-released) “Post-punk sludge atop pulsating rhythms” Vacant Fever’s new 7-inch is a delicious cocktail of sludge, post-punk rhythms and driving...
Record Review: Useless ID
Useless ID Symptoms Tel Aviv, Israel (Fat Wreck Chords) “Israeli punk veterans show no signs of stopping” If Useless ID were a U.S. citizen, it would be eligible to vote and buy tobacco this year....
Record Review: Ty Segall and White Fence
Ty Segall and White Fence Hair San Francisco, CA (Drag City) “The perfect marriage of hazy, West Coast garage rock and electricity” Ty Segall and White Fence (Tim Presley) have joined forces and it...