Review: Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People

Sufjan Stevens is finally back and this time with an unexpected, 60-minute EP entitled All Delighted People. On August 20th the EP was released digitally by Asthmatic Kitty Records for a modest price of $5 and is also streamed online on Bandcamp.

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iPod Confessions: Interpol’s Daniel Kessler

We’re officially a week away until Interpol release their self-titled fourth album, which finds the suave New Yorkers back on their original “indie” label of Matador Records after a brief fling with “major” EMI. Will it be a return to the brooding brilliance of their first two albums? According to the label Interpol is “hypnotic, [...]

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Review: Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard

Ra Ra Riot The Orchard [Arts & Crafts]
Need to know: Ra Ra Riot were born in 2006 and came storming out of the gates like a Kentucky Derby winner. Known for their spirited live shows, the band became a blog darling after a series of triumphant gigs during the 2007 South By Southwest Conference. However, [...]

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Interview: Baby Eagle

You may recognize the face above or even the name Baby Eagle if you’re familiar with Canada’s (former?) hardest working band, the Constantines. Steve Lambke has been a familiar presence in our country’s indie rock circuit for an official decade now, mostly because of his tenure as guitarist/vocalist/songwriter in the Cons. But for the last [...]

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Sublime with Rome is still Sublime

Posthumous: arising, occurring, or continuing after one’s death. Sublime find themselves in that all too unique, yet not uncommon situation in music, where the volume of work carries on after the key figure has gone.

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Review: Grass Widow - Past Time

Grass Widow Past Time [Kill Rock Stars]
Need to know: The name Grass Widow is a reference to a woman whose husband is away at sea (it’s from the 17th century, of course). One bar of music though and it’s quite clear that this San Francisco trio have clearly been influenced by late ‘70s post-punk acts [...]

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