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Thursday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: June 13, 2013

Following in the wake of their reunion-EP-of-sorts Songs for Slim, which benefited guitarist Slim Dunlap’s recovery from a stroke, The Replacements have announced they will be performing together again as The Replacements for the first time since 1991′s infamous “It Ain’t Over ‘Til The Fat Roadie Plays” show. The band will perform at Riot FestRead more...

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Album Review: Atoms for Peace - AMOK

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: February 20, 2013

Yep, it’s that time again! The time when Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich drop another album and blow any lingering competition out of the water. Together with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, as well as Ultraísta (and plenty more) drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco, we get Atoms for Peace, a painfully brilliantRead more...

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Album Review: Ultraísta

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: October 29, 2012

Supergroup albums used to suck. But in 2012, we have ample evidence that collaboration between artists from different styles and different backgrounds can come together to create something unbelievably cool. Earlier this year, we saw that happen with Divine Fits. Now, we see it happen with Ultraísta, the collaboration of Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, andRead more...

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Monday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: October 1, 2012

Tame Impala‘s anticipated album Lonerism is streaming. They previously released “Elephant” from the album, accompanied by a typically psychedelic video, the album follows up last year’s Innerspeaker with a similarly close-titled but easy to listen to sound. Although the titles suggest a tendency towards introverted style music, perhaps ambiance or haze, the songs are much more typically trip-pop influenced.

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Thursday Music News

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: June 14, 2012

Best Coast have finally created a video to go along with the title track single off their new album The Only Place. The song itself is an unapologetic love poem written to California, so naturally, the video is only more so. Bethany Consentino and Bob Bruno will melt your hearts on the beach, in theRead more...

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Thursday Music News

By Gerrit Feenstra | Published: May 10, 2012

Do you like Sigur Rós? Do you like The Vampire Diaries?! Then you are in luck. Another track from upcoming album Valtari will be featured tonight on the season finale of the show. While you can file the series under “teen paranormal romance”, the show has had a pretty decent soundtrack in season’s past (asRead more...

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