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The Bloodsugars: You’ll find everything you need to here.
Preview: “Light at the End of the Tunnel”
First Impression: A quirky pop song with pleasant melodies and sharp lyrics.
Listen To: When you’re looking for the light at the end of the tunnel (no pun intended).
»Save It: “Light at the End of the Tunnel”
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Karin Dreijer Andersson is no stranger to the music scene as she has moved from Honey is Cool, to The Knife, and now her solo project where she is currently known to fans as Fever Ray.
Her self-titled album was released almost a year ago but she’s back with a deluxe version of the album [...]

Noah and the Whale’s combination film and album, The First Days of Spring, was released a little over a month ago and has already been growing in popularity. Since our first article about Noah and the Whale, we’ve been focusing primarily on the film/album combination. With all that buzz, the band themselves have been slipping [...]

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, These United States and Portland band Oh Captain My Captain rallied together to create a surprisingly rock-based lineup at Mississippi Studios during the PDX stop of their U.S. tour.

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 11.24.09
by Joshua Krage
It happened earlier than usual this year: all the indie record labels have evidently packed it up for the holidays and scampered out of the way of the onslaught of major-label cash-grab stocking stuffer fare. An American Idol icon, a Disney soundtrack, a group of well-marketed priests, and [...]

Butch Walker’s interpretation of Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” is the new “Imma let you finish…” of the Taylor Swift realm. (Homegirl can’t catch a break — someone’s always showing her up at her own game.) During one of this month’s sold out Hotel Cafe shows, Butch brought Jake Sinclair onstage to help cover [...]

Dragon Turtle: An ambient psych folk duo with the ability to make you feel like you’re dreaming. The band just released their full-length album Almanac.
Preview: “Island of Broken Glass”
First Impression: A layered psychedelic track.
Listen To: When you’re searching for an anti-drug with the same effects of the actual drug.
»Save It: “Island of Broken Glass” [...]

The Antlers recently crept back into the studio to re-record one of the songs from their Hospice album. “Sylvia,” among a list of other hypnotic tracks on the album, was easily the most disorienting of the chapters from Hospice’s entire storyline.
Peter Silberman describes the album’s premise as dealing with “the idea of caring for [...]

Toro Y Moi, also known as Chaz Bundick, resides in Columbia, South Carolina but has the cultural sounds of someone who could list Professional Globe-trotter on a resume. After graduating with a degree in graphic design, it became apparent to Bundick that he wanted to do something which had no real association with his chosen [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 11.17.09
by Joshua Krage
As I have stated in weeks past, new releases in general usually taper off into the holidays, but not before a few last big name pushes from all the major labels to get you into stores to buy their product. This week is ample evidence of that — [...]