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Graham MacRae

Dundrearies, the sophomore release from Los Angeles’ Graham MacRae is a well-worn collection of ruminative singer-songwriter fare not unlike Alexi Murdoch and Bill Callahan. Possessing a hollowed-out...

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Day Joy

Anyone wondering about the vibe of Go To Sleep, Mess will find their inquiry answered in the opening few seconds of album opener “Animal Noises.” Amid a chorus of chirping birds, the Orlando dream-folk...

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New Mexico

There’s a slithering and sneaky quality about “Alpha Male,” the airy new single from San Diego post-punk quartet New Mexico. Equal parts New Wave, garage-dance and art-house indie, “Alpha Male” has a...

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Kait Lawson

Let’s be frank for a minute. Sooner or later, Lucinda Williams is going to call it a career and hang it up. Ditto to Emmylou Harris. When that time comes, America will be in need of a leading lady to...

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Fletcher

There’s a moment on the song “The Road I Take,” the opening track on the debut EP from Chicago trio Fletcher, that vocalist Oscar Baker has nearly gotten away with writing a delicate and belletristic...

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Bonobo

Bonobo has enthralled the musical landscape for many years now with his blend of trip-hop and electronically infused down-tempo rhythms, lifted and driven by the tightest of instrumentation; often...

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Torches

On the follow up to their debut full-length Heads Full of Rust, the Los Angeles trio Torches make arguably their strongest statement to date Produced by Dave Newton (Henry Clay People) and mastered by...

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Tim & Adam

Whether its the hissing electronics, the glittery keys or the alluring vocals of Tim Yehezkely (of The Postmarks fame), there’s something decidedly Floridian about the self-titled debut from indie duo...

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Wild Party

All Nighter may be the first release from San Antonio based Wild Party, but the band has been laying the foundation for this moment since 2010.  While most bands in the blog-era achieve overnight...

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Portugal. The Man

According to Portugal. The Man’s trending annual release cycle, Evil Friends should have come out last year. Fortunately, the album proves to be worth the uncharacteristic two year wait. This is the...

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History of the Eagles

There are few superlatives about the iconic country-rock supergroup The Eagles that have yet to be written. Moreover, there are fewer stories to break that haven’t already been publicized. And yet...

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The National

Three years after releasing the remarkable and critically acclaimed “High Violet,” The National return to the music world with their sixth full length album titled Trouble Will Find Me. This thirteen...

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Alpine

Alpine has been making quite an impact in the U.S. based on the strength of the seductive first single “Gasoline” and well-received performances at SXSW and other live shows after signing with Votiv. A...

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Morningbell

In the swamps of Gainesville, there emerges a rather dark and stormy undercurrent: indie psych-pop. Though Levek and Hundred Waters would probably shed said label if asked, the duo Morningbell wear it...

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Daylight

Having been brought up in a place where the coming and going of friends throughout my childhood was as normal as knowing the sun will rise every morning; I learned to cherish the return of these...

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Eluvium

Eluvium defies the laws of listening to music. Eluvium is an idea, a thought, reflection. Eluvium is a cool summer’s breeze in the morning sun after a cold night; clouds parading crisscrossed through...

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Tom Odell

As is often the case with many new artists in the UK, the “hype machine” can sweep them up so fiercely and shove awards into their palms so readily that their lives as musicians start and end in the...

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Dessa

By profession, Dessa is a rapper. But if you looked at her schedule any given time, it might be hard to tell. She is a regular contributor to Minnesota Public Radio and a teacher at the McNally Smith...

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Yardsss

“Live by the foma that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.” – Kurt Vonnegut   There’s probably a better post-rock disc out there than Foma, but this writer certainly has yet to hear it. The...

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Sigur Ros

I don’t know why but when I first heard Kveikur was being released I thought of the mighty Kraken instead. This led me to the idea that Sigur Rós would break free from their ‘hope-landic’ shackles and...

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