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Lost in the Trees' A Church That Fits Our Needsnew
If you've come to get your heartstrings tugged, you won't be disappointed.
Islands: A Sleep and a Forgetting (Anti-)new
Only a heartless pustule or jaundiced cynic would actively cheer for heartbreak. Still, the history of popular music teaches that albums inspired by heartbreak are often a prickly sort of brilliant.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
04-02-2012 |
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MC Slug Drops the Introspection on Atmosphere's Latestnew
Without the bangers or the confessionals, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold doesn't have an immediate payoff. But give it time: There's lots to like in the duo's different yet still considered and craft-conscious work.
Washington City Paper |
Ben Westhoff |
04-24-2008 |
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The Port Huron Statement's Straight-Up Indie Rocknew
It's fitting that Man of the Match opens with a brief instrumental that recalls "Auld Lang Syne." To these straying ears, the invocation is a welcome to genre: "Hello, indie rock, my old friend. It's been awhile."
'Love and Circuits' Captures America's Current Musical Undergroundnew
Cardboard Records founders Dan Friel and BJ Warshaw explain the comp in no humble terms: a representation of "the current underground scene as a whole." And it's a fair approximation, at least within the bounds of white twentysomethings' fickle tastes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
04-15-2008 |
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Amy Millan Goes Solo
Amy Millan, the elfish voice behind Stars and collaborator with Broken Social Scene, worked for three years on her debut solo album -- surprisingly, Honey From the Tombs is the furthest thing from indie rock.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
10-07-2006 |
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