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Album Review: Trouble Books and Mark McGuire – Trouble Books and Mark McGuire

Josh Becker·September 1, 2011

Trouble Books, the dream pop husband-and-wife duo of Keith Freund and Linda Lejsovka, describe themselves on their last.fm...

Will Ryan·August 31, 2011

A couple weeks ago in a Twitter conversation with a fellow 130BPM writer, I described Balam Acab’s debut...

Jon Blistein·August 31, 2011

Male Bonding are very talented. I don’t really know how else to put it. Their music is immediately...

Josh Becker·August 31, 2011

Recorded at Texas’s non-profit gallery and studio Ballroom Marfa, Grouper’s latest single “Water People” recalls the intimate guitar...

Chase McMullen·August 30, 2011

What should we make of Lil Wayne in 2011? He’s not the same artist that released Rebirth last...

Gareth O'Malley·August 30, 2011

Much has been made of the fact that Bombay Bicycle Club’s new record is their third in as...

Charlie McDonald·August 30, 2011

Even with last year’s Deerhunter full length, the world tour, the four albums worth of demos and the...

Charlie McDonald·August 29, 2011

I won’t bore you with the details of John Frusciante’s second departure from the Red Hot Chili Peppers:...

Los Angeles record label Brainfeeder has a new addition to the family: Thundercat. The phenomenal bassist, Stephen Bruner,...

David Skinner·August 26, 2011

Pink Floyd songwriter/bassist Roger Waters has never been a very humble person. Whether it be dismissing fellow band...