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THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY – Public Square
reviewed by Mark Huddle

THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY – Public Square

“Punk rock is dead!  Long live punk rock!” I have been hearing some variation on that riff for the better part of 30 years.  Like [...]

STORY OF THE YEAR – The Constant
reviewed by Sophia Dorval

STORY OF THE YEAR – The Constant

As we all know, in life there are few constants; yet these days, radio friendly pop-punk records seem to be one of them. This particular [...]

Morel – Shoegazer Disco (Roberto Rodriquez Vox Edit)

Morel – Shoegazer Disco (Roberto Rodriquez Vox Edit)

Multi-talented producer, singer/songwriter and DJ, Richard Morel (aka Morel) returns with his explosive new single “Shoegazer Disco” (The Remixes): the first in a series of [...]

CocoRosie – Lemonade

CocoRosie – Lemonade

CocoRosie are two American-born sisters, Sierra and Bianca, who started making music together in Paris in 2003. Their first album, La Maison de Mon Rêve, was [...]

Show Review: Bad Religion at the House of Blues, Anaheim 3/18/10
words and photos by Matt Edmund

Show Review: Bad Religion at the House of Blues, Anaheim 3/18/10

For 30 years, fans have flocked to their shows to sing along to these anthems of deep intellect, and the scene was no different on March 18th as Bad Religion celebrated their 30th anniversary to a sold out crowd at The House of Blues in Anaheim, California.

NEW MOON
reviewed by James Yates

NEW MOON

Summit Entertainment 80 min., dir. by Chris Weitz, with Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and Robert Pattinson The Twilight Saga is a national phenomenon. It is [...]

Paper The Operator – The Pendulum

Paper The Operator – The Pendulum

“Please Proceed,” the first track on Paper The Operator’s Goodbye God,  sets up the album with only a gently strummed electric guitar and Jon Sebastian’s voice: “I couldn’t remember/that solemn memory/this couldn’t happen to [...]

STANDARD FARE – The Noyelle Beat
reviewed by Hanna Rose

STANDARD FARE –  The Noyelle Beat

There’s nothing like a band naming themselves after something resembling cookie cutter conformity to accompany the energy of an indie-driven album like The Noyelle Beat. [...]

Wye Oak – I Hope You Die

Wye Oak – I Hope You Die

Less than a year after their acclaimed dark triumph The Knot, Baltimore’s Wye Oak offer My Neighbor/My Creator, a vibrant EP that brims with melody and creative [...]

Show Review: Flatstock 24
words by Brett Andrew Miotti | photos by Cayte Nobles

Show Review: Flatstock 24

Daniel Danger Tara McPherson Dirk Fowler Dirk Fowler The Bird Machine The Bird Machine The Small Stakes The Small Stakes Young Monsters jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘#myGallery_27′).galleryView({ [...]

Nate and Jackson: Fun With Robots
by Nate Pollard and Jackson Ellis

Nate and Jackson: Fun With Robots

Don’t be misled. Just because Jackson and Nate have found commonality in music doesn’t mean they aren’t mortal enemies. Case in point…

THE SLACK – The Deep End
reviewed by Matt Edmund

THE SLACK – The Deep End

Back in 2008, The Dallas Morning News named The Slack as one of the “Next Big Names in Texas Music”. After listening to their sophomore [...]

PONYBIRD – Full Cold Moon
reviewed by James Yates

PONYBIRD – Full Cold Moon

It’s hard to say what exactly trips up Ponybird’s Full Cold Moon. The songwriting isn’t particularly fantastic, but it’s not all that bad either. Songs [...]

The Mynabirds – Numbers Don’t Lie

The Mynabirds – Numbers Don’t Lie

Following the break-up of Georgie James and some tough personal losses, Laura Burhenn (half of the former DC duo) started exploring ideas of loss and [...]

Interview: Jim Harvey of Drink Up Buttercup
words by Fil Mazdin | photos by Cayte Nobles

Interview: Jim Harvey of Drink Up Buttercup

Thanks very much to the age of MP3s and all-digital album releases, avid music listeners are the target for a thousand and one different night [...]