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Nate and Jackson: Oh Canada!
by Nate Pollard and Jackson Ellis

Nate and Jackson: Oh Canada!

COMIC WOW – Library Catalog Music Series: Music For Mysteries Of Mind Space And Time
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

COMIC WOW – Library Catalog Music Series: Music For Mysteries Of Mind Space And Time

Comic Wow bridges the gap between spacy pop bands like Apples in Stereo and Flaming Lips with the instrumental synths of Tangerine Dream and the [...]

Asobi Seksu – Trails

Asobi Seksu – Trails

Brooklyn’s Asobi Seksu have officially announced the release of their new album, Fluorescence, which will come out Feb 15, 2011 on CD and vinyl through Polyvinyl. [...]

Video Woman
words by Robert Ciesla

Video Woman

I sort of smile to keep from crying. This is as I was in love, a little gone, no different. I feel it all, the [...]

Malachai – Rainbow

Malachai – Rainbow

Malachai are set to release their second album, Return To The Ugly Side, on February 22, 2011 through Domino Records. Return To The Ugly Side is [...]

TROY VON BALTHAZAR – How To Live On Nothing
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

TROY VON BALTHAZAR – How To Live On Nothing

Former Chokebore frontman Troy von Balthazar takes a wide array of influences from Polyphonic Spree, to Modest Mouse, to Yes, to The Thrills, and puts [...]

Gospel Music – Automobile

Gospel Music – Automobile

Gospel Music is the brainchild of Owen Holmes (Black Kids) and features duets with members of Vivian Girls, Camera Obscura, Magnetic Fields, and more. “Automobile” [...]

Interview: Dangerous Dave of The Queers
words by Chris Aitkens | photo courtesy of Asian Man Records

Interview: Dangerous Dave of The Queers

The Queers was founded in 1982 by singer and guitarist Joe Queer. Blending the sound of the Ramones, Beach Boys, and Screeching Weasel, The Queers [...]

Verbicide Unsigned Spotlight: Hounds & Harlots

Verbicide Unsigned Spotlight: Hounds & Harlots

We are: Greg De Hoot – Bass / Vox Bryan Zimmerman – Guitar / Vox Cory Cunningham – Drums Where are you based out of [...]

SUPERFUCKERS by James Kochalka
reviewed by Chris Aitkens

SUPERFUCKERS by James Kochalka

Top Shelf Productions, 144 pages, paperback, $14.95 Even though James Kochalka writes wonderful children’s books, he also has a darker, more vulgar side. Superfuckers is [...]

AMY BEZUNARTEA – Restaurants and Bars
reviewed by Dan Chapman

AMY BEZUNARTEA – Restaurants and Bars

There has been a modern revitalization in the folk genre, and somewhere beyond this exciting gold rush and those few forerunners (including Bon Iver and [...]

The Luyas – Tiny Head

The Luyas – Tiny Head

The Luyas recently completed their Dead Oceans debut. Too Beautiful to Work will be released on February 22 (February 21, in the UK). A picture-perfect collection [...]

The Front: The True Meaning of Christmas
by Nate Pollard

The Front: The True Meaning of Christmas

THE SKY LIFE – Roots and Wings
reviewed by Dan Chapman

THE SKY LIFE – Roots and Wings

Canadian rocker’s The Sky Life are a melting pot of sounds. I can’t say that they have a patented “trademark,” but they seem to gather [...]

Jesse Harris – It’s A Long Way To Just Say Hello

Jesse Harris – It’s A Long Way To Just Say Hello

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Jesse Harris returns with two new solo albums, sharing the mellow and Brazilian-influenced track “It’s A Long Way To Just Say Hello” [...]