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Gossip Taking Long Blondes Along for the Ride

Some of us have seen more of Beth Ditto than others (ahem NME cover ahem!), but who doesn’t love a badass babe with such barn-burnin pipes? If you haven’t yet seen The Gossip live, here’s your chance, and for even more bang on your buck, you get the sexy libarians of the Long Blondes, and [...]

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Babyshambles Secures Astralwerks Release for “Shotter’s Nation”

The world’s most famous rock star that American audiences still can’t get up close and personal with — Pete Doherty — has secured along with his mates in Babyshambles, an Astralwerks release for Shotter’s Nation, to debut on October 23rd, 2007. Produced by Stephen Street, famous for his work with Morrissey and Blur, at Olympic [...]

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Thurston Moore Hitting the Road for Solo Effort

Sonic Youth fans will have yet another chance to see the daddy of noise once more in the flesh this year, after the legendary band recreated the seminal Daydream Nation at Brooklyn’s McCarren Pool last month. Starting September 24 at Hoboken’s historic rock venue Maxwell’s Thurston Moore will launch his solo tour in support of [...]

22 Aug 2007 | More
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Blacklist : Sentimentalist Magazine Now Hear This

Photo by Scott Irvine
What year did the band form?
Josh Strawn: We were founded in the year of the Indian Ocean earthquake, the assassination of Theo Van Gogh, the burglary of The Scream, the Abu Ghraib incident, the Madrid train bombings, and the re-election of a certain former governor of Texas.
How did all the band [...]

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Rilo Kiley – “Under the Blacklight” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

Jenny Lewis’ LA sass and seductive country twang returns with Under the Blacklight, which finds her trend-setting gang playing it as loose as a summertime BBQ, and as sweet as ambrosia salad. Lead single “The Moneymaker” with its smooth, confident strut will keep hearts racing long after the song concludes. (As will its porn star-heavy [...]

22 Aug 2007 | More
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illuminea - “Out of Our Mouths” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

Like another large “chamber-pop” band I won’t mention, Philadelphia’s illuminea—quirky as they are—does not suffer from genre predictability. In fact, no matter how claustrophobic the material might sound, this schizophrenic, exceedingly melodic and exceptionally talented band does not suffer at all. Their veritable kitchen-sink approach to instrumentation, with often stunning or shocking results, always leaves the [...]

22 Aug 2007 | More
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Tim Williams will be showcasing tracks from his forthcoming LP : Cake Shop on Thursday, September 6

New Yorkers - Indie singer/songwriter Tim Williams will be showcasing tracks from his forthcoming LP, WHEN WORK IS DONE [October 2 on Dovecote Records], with a show at NYC’s Cake Shop on Thursday, September 6.
The Brooklyn-based musician’s new album is a strikingly confident work that drifts from keyboard-laden marches to earnest Americana and fuzzed-out electro [...]

22 Aug 2007 | More