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Photo Gallery: Best Photos of 2011

Photo Gallery: Best Photos of 2011

Check out some of the amazing photography we’ve featured this year! Impressive, to say the least.

THE STRANGE BOYS – Live Music
reviewed by Patrick Hosken

THE STRANGE BOYS – Live Music

Austin rockers The Strange Boys’ third album is titled Live Music, but, as the band’s label is quick to point out, the first word in [...]

PANTHA DU PRINCE – XI Versions of Black Noise
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

PANTHA DU PRINCE – XI Versions of Black Noise

XI Versions of Black Noise is 11 different reworkings of tracks off German electro artist Pantha du Prince’s album Black Noise. Four Tet, Animal Collective, [...]

The Raincoats to Re-release “Odyshape,” Tour North America

The Raincoats to Re-release “Odyshape,” Tour North America

The Raincoats will reissue their second album, Odyshape, via their own label, We ThRee Records. Originally released on Rough Trade Records in 1981, Odyshape will be reissued [...]

MICACHU AND THE SHAPES – Chopped and Screwed
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

MICACHU AND THE SHAPES – Chopped and Screwed

English experimental pop singer-songwriter Micachu and her backing group The Shapes took their oddball sound on stage, and added a symphonic backing from the London [...]

THE UNTHANKS – Last
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

THE UNTHANKS – Last

Surging string sections, melancholy piano notes, soft vocals, and horns flood the latest work from The Unthanks. Last is an album deep in thought. On [...]

Show Review: The Kills, Cold Cave, and The Entrance Band, Nashville 4/22/11
words and photos by Cayte Nobles

Show Review: The Kills, Cold Cave, and The Entrance Band, Nashville 4/22/11

Silhouettes and drama grip the crowd as Cold Case, The Kills, and The Entrance Band light up the dark stage in Nashville.

ALELA DIANE – Alela Diane & Wild Divine
reviewed by Dan Chapman

ALELA DIANE – Alela Diane & Wild Divine

Unique tones of Americana weave about a distinctly beautiful vocal effort in Alela Diane’s newest self-titled record. It’s apparent Alela Diane and Wild Divine are [...]

THE STROKES – Angles
reviewed by Garrett Lyons

THE STROKES – Angles

The Strokes’ album Angles marks the band’s return to the music scene after years of dormancy following the 2006 release of the First Impressions of [...]

The Strokes Perform “Under Cover of Darkness” and “Life Is Simple in the Moonlight” on “SNL”

The Strokes Perform “Under Cover of Darkness” and “Life Is Simple in the Moonlight” on “SNL”

The Strokes played “Saturday Night Live” last night and performed “Under Cover of Darkness” and “Life Is Simple in the Moonlight,” both from their new [...]

BRITISH SEA POWER – Valhalla Dancehall
reviewed by Hanna Rose

BRITISH SEA POWER – Valhalla Dancehall

Time and again we are drawn into that great unknown, the imagination, en masse. Either to escape from our day-to-day, or for inspiration to draw [...]

British Sea Power – Who’s In Control?

British Sea Power – Who’s In Control?

An MP3 is now available for the song ”Who’s In Control?” which is the first track off ofValhalla Dancehall, the new album from British Sea Power, due [...]

BRITISH SEA POWER – Zeus
reviewed by Beth Harper

BRITISH SEA POWER – Zeus

British Sea Power’s newest release Zeus is a self-proclaimed “maxi-EP” featuring 43 minutes of fresh tunes from the Brighton quartet. These songs are the first [...]

Warpaint – Undertow

Warpaint – Undertow

Warpaint weave intricate guitar lines, hypnotic vocals and driving post punk rhythms into gorgeous, sprawling songs that skirt the line between psychedelia and intimacy. Both [...]

WARPAINT – The Fool
reviewed by Hanna Rose

WARPAINT – The Fool

If “glam hypnotic” is a legitimate genre to categorize albums into, I think Warpaint might be its poster child. Imagine, if you will, all the [...]