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Hopscotch Music Festival announces 2013 Lineup

Colin JoyceApril 24, 2013

After slowly unveiling the appearances of Sleep, Matthew Dear, and John Cale, over the last month, Hopscotch Music Festival has finally unveiled the full sl...

Track Premiere: Soda Bomb – “Nerd Orbit”

Colin JoyceApril 23, 2013

I've never met a group of scuzzy lo-fi hooligans who didn't clean up real nice. When a band takes the time to peel back layers of fuzz, the core of their so...

Album Review: Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Daze

Colin JoyceApril 12, 2013

For 10 years, Philadelphia native Kurt Vile exploited the smallness in his songwriting process. With the exception of his work with fellow philadelphian psych o...

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Album Review: Julian Lynch – Lines

Colin JoyceMarch 27, 2013

As a human being, Julian Lynch very carefully balances two worlds. By day he's a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, delving into Anthropolog...

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Album Review: Grave Babies – Crusher

Colin JoyceMarch 19, 2013

Theres this tendency amongst musicians spouting off influences to aim for the obscure. Drop a late '80s twee band who released a handful of limited press 7"s he...

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Album Review: Pete Swanson – Punk Authority

Colin JoyceMarch 12, 2013

When people talk about the predominant narrative of noise dudes taking their drones to the dance-floor, they're pretty much talking about Pete Swanson. Alongsid...

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Coma Cinema announces new album, Posthumous Release

Colin JoyceMarch 11, 2013

Between Mickey's Dead and Hotter Sadness, downer-pop extraordinaire Mat Cothran unleashed two heartbreakingly gorgeous albums on the unsuspecting music publ...

Album Review: Colleen Green – Sock It To Me

Colin JoyceMarch 11, 2013

Maybe it's the fault of the dispensaries, but if you're not paying too close attention, it may seem like LA's sole musical export of late is of the irreverent s...

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Album Review: Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt

Colin JoyceMarch 6, 2013

Toward the tail end of Waxahatchee's new record Cerulean Salt Katie Crutchfield (braintrust of the band and former member of Birmingham-based indie punks P.S. E...

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Album Review: Beach Fossils – Clash The Truth

Colin JoyceMarch 5, 2013

Beach Fossils' core member and head honcho Dustin Payseur has done a lot of talking lately about the music of his youth. If you have a passing familiarity with ...

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