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Album Review: Vivian Girls – Share The Joy

It seems as if Vivian Girls were trying to take a step back in time, as far as...

Alex Phillimore·April 29, 2011

The ninth track on Julian Lynch’s LP, Terra, is called “Disappointment.” The song thankfully does not live up...

Ray Finlayson·April 29, 2011

It’s been just over two years since James Cooley released Cherry Blossoms and made the Mesita moniker something...

Kate Hinojosa·April 28, 2011

Wanting to relive the old, charming ways of the classic folk-musician Woody Guthrie, the bands set forth on an American Southwest adventure.

Rob Hakimian·April 28, 2011

Creep On Creepin’ On sounds like the soundtrack to a horror movie: fraught strings, plinking pianos, moaning vocals...

John Ulmer·April 28, 2011

Bruce Springsteen, in the liner notes of his Essential Series compilation wrote: “In any body of work there...

Ray Finlayson·April 27, 2011

Growing up in the music industry has never been an easy thing to do, especially for a band...

Josh Becker·April 27, 2011

One of Rene Hell’s last.fm tags is “abstract.” This at first seems like a redundant description; after all,...

Jon Blistein·April 26, 2011

For the past six years, Times New Viking has been looking to fuck with their sound any way...

Whether it is for the fashion and trends, lifestyles and culture or the music, the French normally do...