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Record Review: Cursive
Cursive I Am Gemini Omaha, NE “Hard-hitting concept album from the indie rock vets” Cursive’s seventh full-length album picks up where Mama, I’m Swollen left off, with regards to both sound and...
LIVE REVIEW: Trampled by Turtles
WHERE: The Old Rock House - St. Louis, MO WHEN: December 17, 2011 HIGHLIGHT: A tight bluegrass band cutting loose. Having only found out...
Record Review: Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands
Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands Muses and Bones Greensboro, NC “Polished, breathtaking group with international influences” With her travels and her anthropology and ethnomusicology background,...
Record Review: Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings Attack on Memory Cleveland, OH “Dark. Dismal. It will rip your face off while you boogey around the living room.” Attack on Memory is the third full-length release by Cleveland’s own...
Record Review: Babydriver
Babydriver Sad Soldier Red Boston, MA “Twists and turns weave smart, twangy rock” Sad Soldier Red, the new recording from Boston scene vet Tommy Palmer under the Babydriver name, is a playful,...
Record Review: Anna Vogelzang
Anna Vogelzang Canary In A Coal Mine Madison, WI “Mature, banjo-infused female-fronted chamber folk” Madison, Wisconsin’s Anna Vogelzang has a voice that can knock down a listener, clashing from a...
Record Review: AC Deathstrike
AC Deathstrike Winter in Russia Jacksonville, FL “Fuzzy, cheerful, simplistic indie pop” AC Deathstrike’s Winter in Russia is the perfect mix of effortless melodies intertwined with fuzzy guitar...
Record Review: The Wheel Workers
The Wheel Workers Unite Houston, TX “New music with an old soul” Much like a certain kind of young person is said to have “an old soul,” so does the music of The Wheel Workers, a Houston-based band...
Record Review: Uh Huh Her
Uh Huh Her Nocturnes Los Angeles, CA “Feminist-approved, artfully textured electro-pop” Upbeat and infectious LA duo Uh Huh Her (named after PJ Harvey’s 2004 release) is facing a meteoric rise into...
Vinyl of the Month: Ty Segall
Ty Segall Singles 2007-2010 San Francisco, CA “Grungy lo-fi that amps you up” Ty Segall makes some truly exceptional lo-fi, garage rock; he always has. Singles 2007-2010 is an album that pulls...