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Basia Bulat’s Debut Out February 5 on Rough Trade

Win Butler loves her, and so by extension, this honey-voiced “folk siren” who, according to her MySpace page might be “more fun than your very own pony,” will surely find a willing audience with Arcade Fire devotees and those who love unexpected flourishes of melody and instrumentation (plucky piano paired with viola and hand-claps, just [...]

11 Dec 2007 | More
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Die! Die! Die! Announce Sophomore Album

We have praised this trio’s “willful dissonance” and compared them to “mid career Sonic Youth and the noisy vigor of Jesus Lizard,” but on February 12, 2008, New Zealand’s Die! Die! Die! are set to make good on their promise with the release of their sophomore album, Promises Promises on SAF Records. Produced by [...]

11 Dec 2007 | More
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Foo Fighters Extend Winter Tour

On the heels of their Grammy nomination announcement bonanza (five!), and the continued success of the first single off of the critically-lauded Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — “The Pretender” — on Alternative radio (17 weeks at #1!), the Foo Fighters have seemingly never been bigger, better and more determined. The band has confirmed [...]

11 Dec 2007 | More