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Peavey MiniMEGA Review
We review the Peavey MiniMEGA Bass Head. Turns out, great things really do come in small...
PageFlip Firefly Review
Tablets and smartphones have become important accessories for musicians – like using them with a...
Record Review: Youth Lagoon
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation Boise, ID “An ambient look back at childhood” Only in his early twenties, Trevor Powers of Youth Lagoon already reminisces about childhood innocence in his debut...
Record Review: Wing and Hollow
Wing and Hollow Frozen Trees Los Angeles, CA “For that intimate club feeling at home” Frozen Trees, a self-released album from husband-and-wife duo Haven and Jill Lamoureux, is a melancholy, yet...
Record Review: Tyler Ramsey
Tyler Ramsey The Valley Wind Asheville, NC “Guitars on top of a mountain…in the middle of the ocean” Tyler Ramsey might have felt like a lucky guy when Band of Horses recruited the North...
Record Review: Topshelf Records Sampler 2011
Topshelf Records 2011 Label Sampler Boston, MA “68 bands for the price of validation” It’s essentially impossible to review this sampler. To start, it’s free. For the price of clicking “like” on...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: The Stone Foxes
VINYL OF THE MONTH The Stone Foxes Psycho b/w Serious People San Francisco, CA “The Black Keys meet the Grateful Dead” Psycho - The Stone Foxes by SidewaysMedia Distorted vocals, commanding chords,...
Record Review: Pterodactyl
Pterodactyl Spills Out Brooklyn, NY "Angular guitars, blistering rhythms, paranoid vocals” Offering one of the finest, most triumphant albums of the year, Brooklyn’s intricate trio Pterodactyl is...
Record Review: Peter Wolf Crier
Peter Wolf Crier Garden of Arms Minneapolis, MN “Tightly-woven mix of electronic beats, soulful guitar, and searching lyrics” With Garden of Arms, Peter Wolf Crier’s second album, the band has built...
Record Review: Nurses
Nurses Dracula Portland, OR “Fanged avant-pop” In 2009, the Portland-based trio Nurses released Apple’s Acre. Though the LP’s release did not create much buzz in the blogosphere, it did help the...
Record Review: Nappy Riddem
Nappy Riddem One World Sovereignty Washington, D.C. “Riddem’s stellar rhythms are undeniable” Given the name Nappy Riddem, one might expect an album with a stereotypical roots take on reggae, but...
Record Review: Letters
Letters All The Adventures To See Them I Will Olympia, WA “Atmospheric folk from the Pacific Northwest” On their website, Letters insists they are not a band, but a musical project that is...