Wire: 10:20
10:20 is Wire’s second album to come out this year. It was initially intended as a Record Store Day release, but for obvious reasons…
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Sideways to New Italy
Melbourne indie rock quintet Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s sophomore full-length, Sideways to New Italy, arrives almost exactly two years to the day of the…
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The Dears: Lovers Rock
How does one describe The Dears to someone who’s never heard them? How about: If The National were from Canada, they’d be The Dears?…
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Howling Hex: Knuckleball Express
Tenacious D fans may not be able to hear “Lies”, the leadoff track on Howling Hex’s latest album, without instantly being reminded of the…
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Interview: The Exbats
Kenny and Inez McLain are the father/daughter duo who make up two-thirds of the Bisbee, Arizona-based garage rock trio, The Exbats. Surviving the Golden…
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Stephen Malkmus: Traditional Techniques
Stephen Malkmus has been busy over the last few years. So much has happened in the world in such a short time, you may…
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The Exbats: Kicks, Hits, and Fits
“You Don’t Get It (You Don’t Got It)”, the first track on The Exbats’ latest album, sets the bar exceedingly high for the eleven…
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The Orielles: Disco Volador
The Orielles’ sophomore full-length, Disco Volador, finds the youthful Brits adding a keyboardist and broadening their sound to incorporate elements of dance punk and…
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Wire: Mind Hive
You’d be hard-pressed to name another band whose technical and sonic progression within the first three years of recorded output demonstrate as stunning an…
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En Attendant Ana: Juillet
Juillet, the sophomore full-length from the Parisian indie pop quintet En Attendant Ana, finds the band harnessing an innate talent for composing thoughtful and…
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