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Lee Ranaldo Speaks on Sonic Youth’s Future

Lee Ranaldo Speaks on Sonic Youth’s Future

The status of Sonic Youth has remained in question since members Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore announced their split after 27 years of marriage. Recently, guitarist Lee Ranaldo [...]

Modest Mouse Announce Select US Tour Dates

Modest Mouse Announce Select US Tour Dates

Modest Mouse will be hitting the road in June for a brief tour through select cities along and near the east coast — including two [...]

10 Covers of Fugazi’s “Waiting Room”

10 Covers of Fugazi’s “Waiting Room”

During the band’s 15-year run, Fugazi cranked out seven full-length albums and hundreds of incredible songs. Yet it would be the very first track from [...]

RAGS & RIBBONS – The Glass Masses
reviewed by Chris Martin

RAGS & RIBBONS – The Glass Masses

Rags & Ribbons has put together an album of tunes that is a nice listen, but as a whole, The Glass Masses falls just a bit [...]

YES YES – Dogstar! Heal Your Weightlessness!
reviewed by Chris Martin

YES YES – Dogstar! Heal Your Weightlessness!

When I first listened to the latest output by Yes Yes, the product of musician Michael Ersing, I thought to myself, What the hell was [...]

The Flaming Lips, Bad Religion, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah to Headline NXNE 2012

The Flaming Lips, Bad Religion, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah to Headline NXNE 2012

Three-time Grammy-Award winning group The Flaming Lips will be headlining at NXNE 2012 by performing a free show at Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, June 16th. [...]

NAKED GODS – No Jams
reviewed by Peter Cauvel

NAKED GODS – No Jams

You probably haven’t yet heard of Naked Gods, but that may soon change. The Boone, North Carolina band’s sophomore effort, No Jams, is a rare [...]

THE DOOZER – Keep It Together
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

THE DOOZER – Keep It Together

Cambridge, England-based folk-pop act The Doozer is just about everything you’d expect from a British singer-songwriter act. The melodies are baroque in nature with cues [...]

CRUSHED STARS – In the Bright Rain
reviewed by Peter Cauvel

CRUSHED STARS – In the Bright Rain

I’ll admit I was a bit intimidated by Crushed Stars at first. This is going to take a serious attention span, I thought to myself [...]

Interview: The Demos
words by Patrick Hosken

Interview: The Demos

In the music video for their song “Nervous,” The Demos’ frontman Jay Milton sports a Big Star T-shirt underneath a black leather jacket. It’s the [...]

JAD FAIR – Bird House
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

JAD FAIR – Bird House

Half Japanese founder Jad Fair teamed up with French artist Hifiklub and German artist kptmichigan to produce an EP that is far, far, far from [...]

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW – We Don’t Eat
reviewed by Chris Martin

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW – We Don’t Eat

Only five songs in length, James Vincent McMorrow’s newest digital EP highlights the singer-songwriter’s melodic voice and lyrical abilities. We Don’t Eat is a mixture [...]

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – Ghostory
reviewed by Chris Martin

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – Ghostory

School Of Seven Bells‘ new album Ghostory has all the elements needed for a killer record. Alejandra Deheza’s voice is simultaneously beautiful and haunting, the [...]

SOCCER TEAM – 3-Song 7″
reviewed by Patrick Hosken

SOCCER TEAM – 3-Song 7″

Ryan Nelson and Melissa Quinley met while working at Dischord Records. Soon, they started recording music together as Soccer Team in Nelson’s basement, and released [...]

Five Easy Steps to a Successful Indie Tour
words by Scott Ibex, J.D. | photo from The Art of Touring

Five Easy Steps to a Successful Indie Tour

Going on tour is the dream of almost every serious musician. Yet to achieve that dream, bands need to be serious about promotions before hitting [...]