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Album Review: Mister Heavenly – Out of Love

Brendan Frank·August 16, 2011

Modest Mouse, Islands, The Shins, The Unicorns and Man Man are five very different bands. Each member of...

Ray Finlayson·August 16, 2011

It’s sometimes said that a good musician keeps their origins close to them and they can always be...

Will Ryan·August 15, 2011

As each day goes by we become further and further entrenched in a cold cruel world that doesn’t...

Sean Highkin·August 12, 2011

A few weeks ago, when Kanye West and Jay-Z released “Otis,” the first single from their new joint...

Brendan Frank·August 12, 2011

The shape shifting entity that is the Red Hot Chili Peppers has experienced nearly everything a band can...

Alex Phillimore·August 12, 2011

There is a dark ambience filtered throughout Other Lives’ latest release, Tamer Animals, that remains constant throughout. This...

Rob Hakimian·August 11, 2011

EPs seem to be the format of choice for the current wave of up-and-coming producers of experimental laptop-based...

Andrew Bailey·August 11, 2011

On the tracklist for Chrome Sparks’ My...

Combine modern pop music with a throwback to the psychedelic 60s and you wind up with Unknown Mortal...

Will Ryan·August 10, 2011

The best type of irony celebrates. On last year’s “Living In America,” DOM deftly built one of the...