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Track Review: Pete Swanson – “Life Ends at 30”

Colin Joyce·January 23, 2013

In the years since the breakup of hallowed noise duo Yellow Swans, Pete Swanson’s solo efforts have taken...

Joshua Pickard·January 23, 2013

Portland, OR-based indie rock band Rare Monk draw on a wide array of influences, and for “Underground,” a...

Joshua Pickard·January 22, 2013

Brevity and Rock N’ Roll have always gone hand in hand. Get in, get out. Say what you...

Will Ryan·January 22, 2013

There are a number of parallels to draw between UK groups Disclosure and AlunaGeorge, especially given the building...

Brendan Frank·January 22, 2013

Upon hearing the first cut off his sophomore album, Wondrous Bughouse, it’s apparent that Youth Lagoon has taken...

Will Ryan·January 18, 2013

Foxygen landed in the middle of last year with the homemade-artworked Take The Kids Off Broadway on Jagjaguwar....

Zachary Corsa·January 18, 2013

Oh, consistency. King of the backhanded compliment, especially in a realm as esoteric and acerbic as indie-rock music...

Josh Becker·January 18, 2013

Under his solo moniker Blanck Mass Fuck Buttons’ Benjamin Power continues the exploration of techno he began with...

Colin Joyce·January 17, 2013

The spiderwebs of songs that Oxford, England’s This Town Needs Guns have espoused for the last several years...

Joshua Pickard·January 17, 2013

Jeff Ryan has sat behind a drum kit for some of indie music’s most well-regarded artists. And aside...