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Arrow, by Heartless Bastards
By Alfred Howard, Published Feb. 22, 2012
For most of my adult life I have worked at record stores. One can only listen to the Beatles so many times (though I'm testing that statement everyday). So, with whim on my side I'll often ...
Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth
By Jake Gillen, Published Feb. 15, 2012
New Van Halen? Who Cares? Not so fast, sayers of nay... I think most folks who hit puberty any time in the past 40 years, who had even the briefest of brushes with hard rock, know ...
Attack on Memory, by Cloud Nothings
By Allison Mayoral, Published Feb. 7, 2012
Remember the term “emo?” It used to make me cringe. Thoughts of tattooed boys telling me their woes in verse-chorus-verse of dull sensibilities and loud bursts of emotion fill my head. Well, my darlings, it is ...
No Kings, by Doomtree
By Brett Uddenberg, Published Feb. 1, 2012
Keeping in stride with the ethos conveyed by recent releases from crew members P.O.S. and Sims, Doomtree brazenly scatter their forward momentum theses across the ... More Post a comment
Foxes! by Foxes!
By Jake Gillen, Published Jan. 25, 2012
Show of hands: who thinks there should be more songs about panda bears? Especially as sung by pixie-cute British girls and — Damn! — their ... More Post a comment
Elder's Dead Roots Stirring
By Mary Leary, Published Jan. 18, 2012
What the heck does “dead roots stirring” mean? Is it meant to evoke horror? When one stops and considers, dead roots stirring could be kind ... More Post a comment
Erasure's Tomorrow's World
By Andrew Hamlin, Published Jan. 11, 2012
Key concept for 21st-century Vince (Clarke) & Andy (Bell): convergence. That's right, everything's getting closer together, in the mix, in the lyrics, and not so ... More Post a comment
Conatus, by Zola Jesus
By Marcus Perez, Published Jan. 4, 2012
Born Nika Roza Danilova, Russian-American singer/songwriter Zola Jesus issued two EPs in 2010 that created a buzz around the young artist. In 2011, Zola Jesus ... More Post a comment
El Camino, by the Black Keys
By Brett Uddenberg, Published Dec. 29, 2011
Beginning with 2008's Attack & Release, each subsequent Black Keys record has taken their sound a step further away from its garage-rock origins. While some ... More Post a comment
Boo Boo Davis's Undercover Blues
By Andrew Hamlin, Published Dec. 23, 2011
Yes, his name is Boo Boo, except on legal documents. But the technically James Davis never went to school (or so sayeth his press kit), ... More Post a comment
Real Estate Days
By Allison Mayoral, Published Dec. 12, 2011
It sounds like something you've heard before. The jangle of guitars and a soft boyish voice is nothing new in indie-music world. But the New ... More Post a comment
A Very She and Him Christmas
By Alan Segal, Published Dec. 7, 2011
The two best-selling Christmas albums this year are Christmas from crooner Michael Buble, who channels Sinatra and Dino Martin's jazzy renderings of Christmas albums past, ... More Post a comment
The Great Escape Artist, by Jane's Addiction
By Alfred Howard, Published Nov. 29, 2011
Jane's Addiction walked away from music at the top of their game. In the late '80s and early '90s, they brought art back to rock ... More Post a comment
Andrew Jackson Jihad's Knife Man
By Brett Uddenberg, Published Nov. 22, 2011
While peddling fare such as the burdens of loneliness and self-loathing, Andrew Jackson Jihad also explores the plight of the homeless en route to one ... More Post a comment
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
By Robert Duffy, Published Nov. 13, 2011
Ex-Oasis guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher returns shooting from the lip with his solo debut. Already a U.K. number one and outselling Liam's Beady Eye by two ... More Post a comment
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