New Albums from Weezer, Robert Plant & 26 More!
September 14, 2010 Here's a rundown of the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today:
Weezer, HurleyRivers and Co. rebound from Raditude. …
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September 14, 2010 Here's a rundown of the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today:
Weezer, HurleyRivers and Co. rebound from Raditude. …
Read on
September 1, 2010 These adventuresome Swedes, led by instrumental virtuoso Gustav Ejstes, might be inspired by psychedelics, but they never leave anything to chemical-enhanced chance on their moody, lovely fourth album. Each track is a work of varied, purpose-driven detail: Pastoral woodwinds give the wordless amble of opener "Vara Snabb" an air of thoughtful hope, while "Blandband" shimmies and skitters, but remains centered by its Peanuts-theme piano. …
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October 1, 2008 What? While fellow Swedes Peter, Bjorn, and John's indie-pop whistle wiggles its way into the world's hearts, Lykke Li's bubbly brand of funk spreads like gospel, and troubadour Jose Gonzalez's poignant folk strums whisper across the web, Dungen, known for their pounding psych-rock, have chosen a slightly different route to the frontline of the Swedish invasion on their intentionally misnamed fifth album, 4. …
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September 30, 2008 Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:
Ben Folds, Way to Normal Ben there, done that -- crafty piano man hits creative impasse. READ REVIEW Listen to "Bitch Went Nuts"
Jack's Mannequin, The Glass Passenger SoCal rocker survives personal catastrophe with tuneful flair. READ REVIEW Listen to "The Resolution"
Mercury Rev, Snowflake Midnight Flaming who? …
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July 11, 2008 After the smoke cleared and the hangovers faded from the weekend's big bombs and bashes, the party raged on as the Smashing Pumpkins unveiled plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary, the fruits of Beck and Danger Mouse's partnership arrived, and Albert Hammond Jr. went to bat. Let's recap:
What we learned from the Smashing Pumpkins: Twenty years is a long time and a great excuse for a summer tour. …
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July 11, 2008 As reported on SPIN.com two days ago,September 30 sees the release of Dungen's 4, the fourth studio LP and second Kemado effort for everyone's favorite Swedish purveyors of throwback sounds.
After taking an advance listen to the record, we offered up our prevailing thoughts about the group's most well-rounded opus to date, with the open-ended promise that frontman Gustav Ejstes himself would respond with his a checklist of things he ex …
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July 9, 2008 Sometimes it takes an artist several albums and as many years to truly find their voice. Of course, whether they're provided with that room to grow by today's love 'em and leave 'em critical mass and crippled music industry is another story. …
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Locrian, Return to Annihilation
Palms, Palms
Heliotropes, A Constant Sea
Spectrals, Sob Story
Red Hare, Nites Of Midnite
Christopher Paul Stelling, False Cities
Big Eyes, Almost Famous
Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Mind Control
Pure X, Crawling Up The Stairs
pacificUV, After The Dream You Are Awake
Destroid, The Invasion
Marques Toliver, Land of CanAan
Roomrunner, Ideal Cities
Gene The Southern Child & Parallel Thought, Artillery Splurgin'
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