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Mike Patton and company make Oddfellows a step back toward their experimental and alternative rock sound, abandoning the Native American music influences that made Anonymous such a strangely spicy album. However, it’s still a pretty odd, catchy collection of tracks–with a few undeniable potholes, unfortunately. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Though New York’s up and coming Ratking comes through with a lot of energy, and a pretty grimy sound, the hip hop quartet doesn’t show a lot of prowess when it comes to focus and songwriting. I’m not that disheartened, though. From what I can tell, it
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mono no aware: between eternity and the burial by shizune Italy’s Shizune, which is a group of post-hardcore revivalists that I’ve featured on the site before, have a new EP streaming on their Bandcamp, and the band’s production sounds slightly improved. Nice! Of course, their tight playing,
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On its third full-length, New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus goes a bit simpler, but still maintains the life-affirming energy that made past releases so good. WATCH THE REVIEW
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2k Girls by Sidewalk Dave “2k Girls” is the opening track to the latest album from Connecticut’s own Sidewalk Dave. The New Haven singer-songwriter has greatly improved the presentation of his music on this latest collection of tracks with some heavier production, and a impressively skilled backing band. Dave,
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Minneapolis rapper and Doomtree member Stefon Alexander, a.k.a. P.O.S, drops a new video for the track “Get Down,” which comes off his latest album, We Don’t Even Live Here. The album is out now on Rhymesayers.
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Śmierć w miękkim futerku by Niechęć Polish alternative jazz outfit Niechęć has its new album streaming via the widget above, and it ‘s a pretty nice blend of improvisation, aggression, and a driving rock sensibility. Though I wish the recording felt a bit more, well, organic and natural, these guys
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With the third full-length LP since their reunion in ’05, underground rock icons Dinosaur Jr. is doing what they usually do with the quality fans have come to expect. It’s a bit more mellow than 2009’s Farm, which has its ups and downs, but still very enjoyable to
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Remember that track I posted almost a week ago about the newest track dropped by the recently reformed Conor Oberst-fronted Desaparecidos? Yeah, the “Marikkopa” single, that’s the one. Well, here is the b-side streaming above, “Backsell.” It’s a heavy, hard-hitting jab at the music industry, featuring what seem
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To be completely honest, when it comes to the work of singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, I can’t help but feel like I’ve grown out of his work a little bit. I used to be pretty passionate about his overly emotional songwriting years ago, but it’s not something I’
