TUNE-YARDS TACKLES THE ODDITIES OF EXISTENCE
By Emily Votaw Merrill Garbus has made a lot of odd records that somehow manage to mesh the ever-important aspects of catchiness and playful weirdness into something that is incredibly gratifying and...
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PREMIERE: THE GREAT PARTY, “FLOWERS”
The Great Party -- "Flowers" Scranton band The Great Party will release its first full-length album, "New Laws," this week, featuring "Flowers," which makes its exclusive debut here today. The ba...
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THE HOLD STEADY DELIVERS ANOTHER KNOCKOUT PUNCH
By Michael Lello There was never any question about the quality of The Hold Steady’s swaggering brand of beer commercial guitar riffs and barstool sermons. But it never seemed like an aesthetic that...
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NEW CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH SONG, ALBUM IN JUNE
Photo by Jason Riedmiller Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have shared a new song, "Coming Down," featuring The National vocalist Matt Berninger. You can hear the track below. CYHSY's new album "Only Run" ...
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BECK’S NEW “MORNING”
By Emily Votaw Since some odd day in 1985, or maybe (probably) earlier, Beck Hansen has created a multitude of musical personalities, some poetic and distant (“Sea Change”), some defiant and funny (“...
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STREAM NEW MALKMUS SONG; ALBUM IN JANUARY
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks will release a new album, "Wig Out At Jagbags," on Jan. 7. You can view a video for the song "Lariat" below. In a press release from Matador Records, the Pavement front...
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A CONVERSATION WITH ALICE COOPER: PART TWO
By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus On the phone with Highway 81 Revisited from his Arizona home, the first thing Alice Cooper, an avid sports fan and owner of sports bar and restaurant Alice Coo...
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EXCLUSIVE: HEAR TWO TRACKS FROM NEW BADLEES ALBUM
We are pleased to debut two new tracks from "Epiphones and Empty Rooms," the new album from The Badlees, which will be released Oct. 4. The two-disc album will be the band's first set of new material...
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NEW LUSCIOUS JACKSON SONG; ALBUM IN NOVEMBER
Luscious Jackson has shared "Show Us What You Got," a song from "Magic Hour" -- the group's first album since 1999, set for a Nov. 5 release. You can stream the track below. According to a press rel...
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DR. DOG TO TOUR IN FALL, RELEASE NEW ALBUM NEXT YEAR
Dr. Dog -- which happens to be one of our favorite bands -- is currently in the studio working on a new full-length album to be released in early 2012 and will launch a fall tour at the end of the mon...
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