Review: 7sleepers – Self-Titled

Review: 7sleepers – Self-Titled
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7sleepers = Stars of the Lid x Soundgarden + Brian Eno … read more

Top 5 Indie Pop Albums To Pin To Your Anorak

Top 5 Indie Pop Albums To Pin To Your Anorak
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We get it—it’s not just a winter jacket, it’s a suit of armor for your shy sensibilities and tender emotional life. This list of pure, perfect indie pop albums from 2015 would make for perfect badges to decorate it with. … read more

Top 5 Darkwave Albums that We’re Pretty Sure were Written by Robots

Top 5 Darkwave Albums that We’re Pretty Sure were Written...
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In the year 2015, we’re still a long way away from creating autonomous, AI-driven androids to take over all of our menial labor, and even further away from an inevitable uprising led by an army of robotic Arnold Schwarzeneggers. Luckily, we have our own little taste of the future in the form of these five awesome darkwave albums from this year. … read more

Top 5 Paisley-Crushing Psych Albums

Top 5 Paisley-Crushing Psych Albums
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We get it—you like Dead Meadow, bro, but there’s a lot of psych out there that breaks this mold—psych to bang your head to and to do a spooky dance to. Here are five psych albums that keep the genre interesting. … read more

Local Review: Charles Ellsworth – Wildcat Chuck Charles

Local Review: Charles Ellsworth – Wildcat Chuck Charles
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Every one of Ellsworth’s albums sounds like the backing track to a heart-wrenching montage of a man crossing the U.S. in an old, rusted-out Chevrolet, sipping whiskey and wiping tears. … read more

Review: Birds in Row – Personal War

Review: Birds in Row – Personal War
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Birds in Row = Oathbreaker + Loma Prieta + The Blood Brothers … read more

H2O: Still Faster Than the World

H2O: Still Faster Than the World
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New York hardcore youth crew skate punks H2O once released an album called Go! From this album, the slogan “H2O Go!” became a reprising statement of the band itself. H2O have been active since 1995 and, according to bassist Adam Blake, they “may have slowed down a bit, but damn it, we are trying to keep up!” … read more