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Isle Of Dogs by Tigercats Isle of Dogs is the most recent output from the London-based act Tigercats. This collection is a fun listen, with well-constructed pop songs that are a step above standard fare. The eager vocals are a treat, and the drumming makes sure that the album is
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On their latest album, Black Dice produces one of the most intelligible bodies of work to sit in the Brooklyn Group’s discography. But even though it’s surprisingly accessible for music this experimental, it stops a bit short of being interesting to me. WATCH THE REVIEW
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To be frank, Lotus Plaza frontman Lockett Pundt sounds like he’s put together an assembly of Deerhunter tracks under the Lotus Plaza name on this album. While this doesn’t seem like a bad thing for hardcore fans, it left me a little underwhelmed–mostly because Lotus Plaza presents
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With a front cover that something that should seriously be checked out by a doctor, the Brooklyn noisepunk outfit has a new album on the way through Load Records. It’s set to drop on April 17th, and “Footprints Filled” comes right off it. The energy on this track is
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Although it’s probably safe to say that sludge metal quartet Torche has been heading in a progressively more pop-inflected direction throughout the past few years, that’s not to say that they have sacrificed ambition as a result. On “Reverse Inverted,” the second track to drop from the band’
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[audio:http://assets3.subpop.com/assets/audio/11402.mp3]MP3 Among Sub Pop Records’ most recent signees is Poor Moon, a project consisting of Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott of Fleet Foxes and Crystal Skulls, as well as Ian and Peter Murray of the Christmas Cards. “People In Her Mind”
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Stream: Spiritualized- Sweet Heart Sweet Light After the exciting and gargantuan “Hey Jane,” it’s hard to say “no” to a full stream of the new Spiritualized album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light. It’s playing right now via the link above at NPR Music. Look for the album’s official
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Philly post-hardcore outfit mewithoutYou has a new album on the way in May titled Ten Stories. It’ll be the band’s first full-length in three years, and this first track from it, “February, 1878,” has me excited for the release. At the start, Aaron Weiss’ intense vocal delivery keeps
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Jack White recently announced that he has a new solo LP on the way, which will be his first full-length release with any project since the announcement of the White Stripes’ breakup. Titled Blunderbuss, the album is looking at an April 24 release via White’s own Third Man Records.
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Stream: Fletcher C. Johnson- “Messin’ Up My Mind” / “Lost My Head” The Northern Hemisphere might have to endure a few more months of tepid spring, but at least we have Brooklyn garage popper Fletcher C. Johnson to get the blogosphere in that summer state of mind. On “Messin’ Up My
