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The Automatic, Bowery Ballroom, NYC 7.26.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

The Automatic gave their Bowery Ballroom crowd a fresh burst of furious punk fury. Having played to the kids of America night after night on the first leg of the Warped Tour, the band was in top form and delivered an unstoppable set, memorable just as much for keyboardist/shouter Alex Penny’s maniacal stage antics [...]

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Voxtrot: Sinister Debuts : Sentimentalist Magazine Online Exclusive

The word “voxtrot” brings an interesting connotation to mind. Maybe it’s because, immediately, I want to associate it with some fancy footwork, the foxtrot. Considering some of the band’s musical maneuvers, such an association might not be so far. The band can certainly pull some sly orchestral steps.
Upon the release of their EPs, Voxtrot was [...]

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1990s, Union Pool, Bklyn, 7.31.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

The tiny toy stage, complete with glittering gold frame, (gracing the Old West-styled shoebox that is Union Pool’s live room) proved the perfect space to catch the fun-loving 1990s. Fans, including Brooklyn local Keith Murray from We Are Scientists, packed the boxy room ’til it could contain no more.

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Joan As Policewoman, Bowery Ballroom, NYC 8.07.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

I made it to the Ballroom at around 8:30 as the couple in line ahead of me fumbled with their IDs. The bouncer announced to them and everyone else within the sound of his voice, which was just really, the couple in front of me, me… and my wife… anyway, the bouncer announced, “First [...]

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Los Campesinos Mercury Lounge, NYC 8.10.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

Los Campesinos! (note the exclamation point) aren’t for everyone. Those allergic to tweeness, glockenspiels, or singers shouting breathlessly while laughing should beware. Yet it’s hard not to be caught up in the frey with seven Welsh musicians crowding the Mercury Lounge stage, performing as if it’s the greatest show of their lives, on [...]

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Midlake Hitting the Road for “Van Occupanther”

Critically-acclaimed 70’s lovin, MOJO-nominated Texans Midlake has just announced a headlining tour in support of last year’s The Trials of Van Occupanther, to begin at the Beta Bar in Tallahassee on September 3rd and wrap-up on October 3rd. The quintet are also set to play Austin City Limits on September 16th. Tour dates after the jump!

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