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  • Oct 7 2012

    Stream the New Godspeed You! Black Emperor Album

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    Canadian post-rock titans return with their first full-length album in ten years, ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!. Stream the entire thing via the widget above. Look for this LP on October 16th on Constellation.

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  • Oct 4 Album Reviews

    Muse- The 2nd Law

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    On its sixth studio album, Muse stretches themselves across more genres than ever, bringing pop and even the sounds of dubstep into the fold with their usual symphonic rock tendencies. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Oct 4 Album Reviews

    Mumford & Sons- Babel

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    Though Mumford & Sons continue to be one of the least adventurous bands in folk music, what the band does with their tunes and regal combination of horns and strings is pretty sweet on the ears and comforting. A likable sophomore release. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Oct 4 2012

    The Ambulars- Dreamers Asleep at the Wheel

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    Dreamers Asleep at the Wheel by The Ambulars A solid display of indie rock power on this new collection of tracks from the Ambulars, Dreamers Asleep at the Wheel. Some pretty catchy hooks here, and a refereshing, youthful energy coming out of this maturing genre of music. Diggin’ it.

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  • Oct 4 2012

    Converge- All We Love We Leave Behind

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    Converge drops a full stream of their new album, All We Love We Leave Behind. It’s officially dropping next week on Epitaph Records. Enjoy!

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  • Oct 4 2012

    Foxygen- "Shuggie" (LOVED)

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    Some vintage pop rock with schizophrenic tendencies on this new Foxygen track, “Shuggie,” which is set to come off the band’s next album, which is ambitiously titled We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. It’ll be out January 22nd via Jagjaguwar–you know, the same

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  • Oct 3 Anwar Sadat

    Anwar Sadat- "Mutilation"

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    Mutilation by Anwar Sadat Louisville band, post-punk sound, and they’re named after the third president of Egypt. There ya go. All references to Middle Eastern politics aside, this latest single from Anwar, “Mutilation,” is pretty awesome. The pounding drums and driving bassline are the perfect foundation for the wailing

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  • Oct 3 Anwar Sadat

    Anwar Sadat- "Mutilation"

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    Mutilation by Anwar Sadat Louisville band, post-punk sound, and they’re named after the third president of Egypt. There ya go. All references to Middle Eastern politics aside, this latest single from Anwar, “Mutilation,” is pretty awesome. The pounding drums and driving bassline are the perfect foundation for the wailing

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  • Oct 3 2012

    Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- "Same Love" ft. Mary Lambert

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    Macklemore and Ryan Lewis drop some visuals for one of the best hip hop songs in 2012, frankly. And the storyline here is just as moving as the song itself.

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  • Oct 3 2012

    Between the Buried and Me- "Astral Body"

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    A detailed, winding track from the new Between the Buried and Me album, the Parallax II: Future Sequence, which is coming out next week on Metal Blade. The band really knows how to pen a metal track with some interesting progressions. Typically, stuff like this is a little too pristine

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