Alberta Cross, 'Songs of Patience' (ATO)
July 19, 2012 More proof that Radiohead and Neil Young's back catalogs are alive and well and pretty untouchable. …
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July 19, 2012 More proof that Radiohead and Neil Young's back catalogs are alive and well and pretty untouchable. …
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June 5, 2012 Three years after debut LP Broken Side of Time, Alberta Cross will return on July 17 with Songs of Patience. On the basis of advance single "Lay Down," the new record will be no less massive than its predecessor. …
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July 16, 2009 If you listened to our stream of "Leave Us and Forget Us," you know that Alberta Cross lace their sing-along hooks with Southern rock swagger.If you watched our first round of backstage Bonnaroo performances, you know they sound just as sharp exploring folksy, acoustic side territory.Now we've got another video from that unplugged session, and it finds the band digging deep into the John Lennon catalog."Steel and Glass" comes originally …
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July 13, 2009 "Leave Us and Forgive Us" is a fist-pumping banger ready to get the party started, so why is it the second-to-last track on Alberta Cross' debut Broken Side of Time?
"Loading up the first half of records with the strongest material is what record labels do, not artists," frontman Petter Ericson Stakee tells SPIN.com about the song, which you can stream below."You don't use the best parts of a movie in the beginning."
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June 17, 2009 Sadly, we weren't allowed to build an actual fire at our Bonnaroo campsite, but we still kept a "Kumbayah" spirit afloat by inviting some of our favorite up-and-coming bands to visit our RV compound and play tunes for a few special guests -- including YOU, our beloved reader!
Check out video below of five fabulous, stripped down performances, recorded backstage at Bonnaroo: 1) mellow Americana enthusiasts Everest, 2) The Low Anthem, wh …
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June 12, 2009 THE BEST
Best Caffeine Substitute at Midnight: Passion PitGetting the party started with skittering breakbeats and then keeping it going with a throbbing disco pulse and frothy washes of synths, Passion Pit gave the rain-soaked crowd in This Tent just the midnight pick-me-up it needed. With three banks of keys plus drums and bass, the Massachusetts quintet served up one bracing draught of heavenly electro-pop after another. …
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