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FLASHBACK: Vintage AKG BX20 Reverb Unit
The AKG BX20 reverberation unit was produced in the late 1960s, and is one of the most popular...
Soundrop: Single-First Music Distribution for All Music Makers
There is a growing wave of music makers who do not fit the traditional band/artist model. They’re...
Record Review: Nicky Egan
Nicky Egan Good People Boston, MA “Seductive blues and soulful tunes ” Nicky Egan and her band know how to provide heaping doses of soulful R&B. Egan’s debut, Good People, is raised on gospel...
Record Review: Mind Spiders
Mind Spiders Mind Spiders Fort Worth, TX “Mixing raw attitudes and funky radiance” Mind Spiders ascends many peaks, and bustles with originality, catchy newness and silky sentimentality. The design...
Record Review: Margin Walker
Margin Walker Departure and Return Boston, MA "A beautiful, rustic, well-crafted bloody nose" Margin Walker announces the maturation and honing of their blistering riffage with a signature raspy...
Record Review: Junk Culture
Junk Culture Summer Friends Oxford, MS “Wait for the summer” Deepak Mantena picked the name of his sample heavy, pop/jungle project honestly: Junk Culture combines a strange mixture of beats and...
Record Review: Julie the Band
Julie the Band Wild As the Sky Venice, CA “Mr. Tambourine Men” It’s hard not to be whisked away into some sort of melodic beach fantasy while listening to Julie the Band’s Wild As the Sky. Their...
Record Review: John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice White Wilderness Gainesville, FL "Matured indie legend becomes an orchestra-driven nightingale." There’s no question White Wilderness is a mature leap forward for Gainesville native...
Record Review: The Head
The Head Stockwood Atlanta, GA “Atlanta’s new power-pop powerhouse” The Head’s latest release, Stockwood, is a terrific triptych that shows there is still altruism and fun in pop music. The record...
Record Review: Gunslinger
Gunslinger Early Volumes 1 Los Angeles, CA “High energy electronic trance flirts with dub without force feeding bass.” With a name like Gunslinger one might think more along the lines of Clint...
Record Review: Deerhoof
Deerhoof Deerhoof vs. Evil San Francisco, CA “Dissonant guitars and dance freak-outs” The electronic noise freak rock of Deerhoof always seems to march forward and barge into the arms of anyone that...
Record Review: David Lowery
David Lowery The Palace Guards Richmond, VA “Cracker front man’s wit describes overview of life” “After 27 years I have decided it is time,” declared David Lowery, the witty...