rock
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Despite what their name might suggest, Uzbeks are not from Uzbekistan. In fact, this five-piece garage punk outfit is actually from Israel. Their LP Goggles & Flipflops was released toward the end of last year, and features a really interesting take on classic, 70s-style punk music. It’s a humorous
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From the latest Pains of Being Pure at Heart single, “the Body,” here’s “Tomorrow Dies Today.” The track is a b-side in the truest sense, sounding much different than the string of songs the band laid out on its new album, Belong. The production is a lot thinner, and
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“Baby Missles” MP3 “Come To the City” MP3 Two tracks from the War On Drugs’ Slave Ambient, a forthcoming album on Secretly Canadian records. This project is fronted by Philly singer-songwriter Adam Granduciel, but this guy is not your average guitar strummer with a drawl. The sounds and textures behind
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If the rock history books stay accurate, Brooklyn’s They Might Be Giants will go down as being one of the most idiosyncratic bands of all-time–even if that idiosyncrasy seems to wane a little bit on Join Us. This record isn’t completely devoid of fun or flavor. The
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The Drums’ new single, “Money,” shows a strong improvement in production and vocals. Thankfully, the poppy songwriting and nimble grooves that made the band’s self-titled debut great are still intact. If every track is as catchy as this one, Portamento is going to be a sweet little album. What
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Alaska’s Portugal. The Man made its Atlantic Records debut with this new album, In the Mountain In the Cloud. And because I didn’t really like the band’s past two albums, I’m surprised to see the music moving in a direction I like a lot more this
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Admittedly, I wasn’t a huge fan of Maps & Atlases latest album Perch Patchwork. Maybe the band’s sweet and friendly approach to the intricacies of math rock wasn’t sitting well with me at the time I listened to this album. It certainly doesn’t sound that bad
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On the band’s sophomore album, Touche Amore generates some of the most empowering emotional hardcore I’ve heard in years. Yeah, the lyrics do make mountains out of emotional molehills, but the punk spirit powering the music is the same that made classics in this genre so, well, enjoyable.
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"Hell Is Other People" by Bust It! Some believe Hell, in the Biblical sense, doesn’t exist. Rather, it’s man-made. That’s the message behind the debut album, Hell Is Other People, from Connecticut’s Bust It!. Inspired by VOID and Black Flag, the band is bored
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On the Horrors third LP, the primary colors that combined to created the band’s eccentric brand of post-punk start to fade a little bit; however, I think the move is sort of intentional. Rather than sticking to their guns, the band is moving in a decidedly psychedelic and atmospheric
