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THE READER
reviewed by Agent Automatic

THE READER

Mirage Enterprises 124 min., dir. by Stephen Daldry, with Kate Winslet, Jeanette Hain, and Ralph Fiennes As an Oscar contender, The Reader couldn’t have been [...]

Exeter – Bittersweet Vanity

Exeter – Bittersweet Vanity

Exeter is four years, 30 songs, and a hundred shows into its mission of leaving Earth without ever leaving the ground. A space rock/indie four-piece [...]

Interview: Menya
words by Nate Pollard | photo by Stephen Howe

Interview: Menya

Menya goes both ways. Which is to say, they blend the best parts of electro-pop and rap to create a sound that is equally arresting [...]

The Scarred – Medicate Me

The Scarred – Medicate Me

In the last six years, The Scarred have made a name for themselves as one of the hardest working bands in the underground punk scene [...]

NATHAN MOORE – Folk Singer
reviewed by Brian McKinney

NATHAN MOORE – Folk Singer

Shenandoah Valley’s Nathan Moore is a folk singer and he’s not afraid to admit it –- hence the album title Folk Singer. Instead of critiquing [...]

The Rural Alberta Advantage – Don’t Haunt This Place

The Rural Alberta Advantage – Don’t Haunt This Place

The Rural Alberta Advantage was born out of singer/songwriter Nils Edenloff’s exodus from the province that inspired the band’s name and many of the songs [...]

UUVVWWZ – Shark Suit

UUVVWWZ – Shark Suit

“Double ‘U’, double ‘V’, double ‘W’… ‘Z’” almost immediately began rolling off the tongues of a devoted group of admirers. Before long, many more had [...]

American Steel – Emergency House Party

American Steel – Emergency House Party

In its earliest incarnation, American Steel was a band that sought to absorb influences at the far ends of the musical spectrum – Crass, Fang, [...]

Against Me! – Unsubstantiated Rumors (Are Good Enough For Me To Base My Life On)

Against Me! – Unsubstantiated Rumors (Are Good Enough For Me To Base My Life On)

The Against Me! of the present day is very different from the band that started under the same name. Against Me! began in 1997 when [...]

Balance And Composure – Show Your Face

Balance And Composure – Show Your Face

Balance And Composure formed in the winter of 2007 after the break up of two local Doylestown bands. The members had all once played together [...]

Rat Wakes Red – You

Rat Wakes Red – You

Based in NYC, Rat Wakes Red began as James Raftery creating songs in late night living room light. Odes to longing and loss, they found [...]