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    • Car Alarm

      The Sea and Cake

      Car Alarm

      Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:27:25

      Fans of Chicago's jazz-inspired soft/post-rock mainstays, The Sea And Cake can rest easy in the fact that after fifteen years and eight albums, the ...more

    • Jet Black & Jealous

      Eli Young Band

      Jet Black & Jealous

      Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:20:13

      The Eli Young Band is a bit of an anomaly. It's a country band, but it's not pop country like the stuff that's pilfered by American Idol contestants ...more

    • Little Joy

      Little Joy

      Little Joy

      Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:08:43

      With some notable exceptions, like Lars Ulrich and Tommy Lee, drummers are usually pretty good at avoiding the spotlight. Strokes drummer Fabrizio ...more

    • Yancey Boys

      Illa J

      Yancey Boys

      Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:03:07

      With many peak years in front of him, hip-hop producer J Dilla (also known as Jay Dee) passed away in 2006 at the age of 32. During his lifetime, he ...more

    • Silence is Wild

      Frida Hyvönen

      Silence is Wild

      Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:33:13

      Swedish pianist Frida Hyvonen's debut Until Death Comes was a solid debut. It subversively mixed good old fashion feminist notions and a brashness for ...more

    • Oh, Ramona

      Hospital Ships

      Oh, Ramona

      Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:50:56

      Jordan Geiger's principle band is Minus Story, but maybe it should be his bedroom project, Hospital Ships. And no offense to Minus Story, but Geiger's ...more

    • Japanese Motors

      Japanese Motors

      Japanese Motors

      Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:05:39

      Just because you don't believe the line about hot new things Japanese Motors being quintessentially Californian, it doesn't mean their debut album, on ...more

    • This War Is Ours

      Escape the Fate

      This War Is Ours

      Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:06:34

      At this point in their career, and this is probably by complete coincidence, Las Vegas' glitzy and glammy, decadently dirty Escape The Fate are aptly ...more

    • Droppin' Science Fiction

      The Mighty Underdogs

      Droppin' Science Fiction

      Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:02:27

      Hip-hop purists tend to sneeringly dismiss independent rap, such as the charismatic jams found on the Mighty Underdogs' full-length debut, as ...more

    • Season of Poison

      Shiny Toy Guns

      Season of Poison

      Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:54:27

      Shiny Toy Guns: it's a good name choice for a band who's glossy and seemingly threatening, yet ultimately toothless. Los Angeles band Shiny Toy Guns ...more

    • Take It to the Limit

      Hinder

      Take It to the Limit

      Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:48:59

      Somebody needed to get the girls back into rock 'n' roll. Hinder step up to the plate, and score on their highly anticipated sophomore effort, Take it ...more

    • Tronic

      Black Milk

      Tronic

      Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:27:55

      Detroit's Black Milk has a lot on his shoulders for a 25-year-old. The Motor City has been one of the epicenters in the evolution of hip-hop, both in ...more

    • Those We Leave Behind

      I Am Ghost

      Those We Leave Behind

      Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:18:15

      Aside from the pseudo-spooky, "Intro: We Dance With Monsters," complete with a haunting piano track and a little girl's frightened whisper, the only ...more

    • Leave It All Behind

      The Foreign Exchange

      Leave It All Behind

      Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:14:49

      It's been more than four years since Foreign Exchange's mildly groundbreaking first album, Connected. An online collaborative effort between ...more

    • Evolver

      John Legend

      Evolver

      Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:31:35

      In the two years since he released his chart-topping, platinum-selling sophomore album, Once Again, John Legend has gone on to perform at some of the ...more

    • Un Dia

      Juana Molina

      Un Dia

      Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:59:12

      Argentinean musician Juana Molina weds fragile acoustic instruments to eclectic electronic beats, littering her songs with percussive details and ...more

    • Who Killed Harry Houdini?

      I'm from Barcelona

      Who Killed Harry Houdini?

      Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:49:08

      The Swedish band I'm From Barcelona, singing joyfully in English, brings bandleader's Emanuel Lundgren's pop orchestrations, woven with mandolin, ...more

    • The Natural Way

      Anarbor

      The Natural Way

      Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:15:59

      Whenever a young rock band counts a female among its ranks, especially a female that plays an instrument as opposed to occupying the predictable role ...more

    • A Hundred Million Suns

      Snow Patrol

      A Hundred Million Suns

      Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:12:17

      Snow Patrol reigned supreme in indie rock circles and topped the iPod playlists of plenty of scene snobs for several years before breaking through in ...more

    • OK Now

      Jon McLaughlin

      OK Now

      Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:06:01

      In a world of American Idols and pretentious pop princesses, the rising star of Jon McLaughlin brings a breath of fresh air and artistic honesty to ...more



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