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Baby Dee – “Safe Inside The Day”

On her third album, Baby Dee bites back with a witty, sardonic and demented odyssey into her flamboyant pseudo-autobiographical baroque story. She’s a musical rogue and a savvy libertine that hints at a twisted, manic amalgamation of Nick Cave and Tom Waits with a deep, dark and direct vocal delivery. The ornate pianos, harps and [...]

23 Jan 2008 | More
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Grand Ole Party - “Humanimals”

Lead singer Kristin Gundred rips into each track on Grand Ole Party’s debut album obviously influenced by Motown girl groups and sexy cabaret dancers. While applying their own funky fresh beats and sultry clashes, the band creates an explosive sound especially with tracks like “Belle Isle” and “Radio!” (dub legend The Scientist contributes a little [...]

23 Jan 2008 | 1 comment | More
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The Whigs - “Mission Control”

Jam-packed with toe-tapping tunes and off beat rhythms, The Whigs continue to make indie rock “cool” with their second album. The first two tracks, “Like a Vibration” and “Production City”, seem to go hand-in-hand with frat party danceability and rapid beats while songs like “I Never Wanna Go Home” are reminiscent of those too often [...]

23 Jan 2008 | More
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Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward Project to be Released in March

Well, she certainly beat Scarlett Johansson to the punch, didn’t she? On March 18, Merge Records will release Volume 1, the long-awaited musical pairing of actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, called She & Him. First meeting in 2006 for a film sountrack contribution, Deschanel and Ward realized they could make beautiful music together, and in between [...]

23 Jan 2008 | More
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Shortlist Music Prize Finalists Announced

The ten finalists for the Seventh Annual Shortlist Prize were announced today, with the assumed contenders: Arcade Fire, Burial, Feist, Justice, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Spoon, Stars, Wilco and Working for a Nuclear Free City. Well, Working for a Nuclear Free City and Burial might, arguably, be surprising to some out there. Right? If you don’t [...]

22 Jan 2008 | More
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Stars to Tour in March, West Coast Dates TK

March 19 will mark the return of Stars to the US highways in 2008 in support of its critically-acclaimed 2007 Arts&Crafts release In the Bedroom After the War. The dates below are for the East Coast, through April 1 in Buffalo NY. West Coasts dates TK. Looks like the venues are on the smallish side, [...]

22 Jan 2008 | More
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Blonde Redhead and The Raveonettes at Terminal 5, NYC, 1.19.08

Blonde Redhead returned to their home turf for a sold out show at Terminal 5, one of New York’s newest venues, and with a capacity of 3000, a larger one for indie bands.
They opened with “Heroine”, with the set drawing heavily from their seventh (and most accessible) album, 23, which continued their transformation from a [...]

22 Jan 2008 | More
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Mars Volta at Terminal 5, NYC, 1.14.08

Heaps of hoopla surrounded the recent reunion of Led Zeppelin. In case you’ve been under a silent rock, the announcement spurred a flurry of press and renewed fan sentiment. When tickets to the quartet’s one-off show in London went up on the Internet as a lottery, so many people signed online that it [...]

21 Jan 2008 | 2 comments | More
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Retrograde Motion this Tuesday with Violet Hour!

This Tuesday, 1/22, the smashing new weekly Retrograde Motion party, hosted by Faith-Ann Young and Aishah Roberts is proud to unveil the debut show of Violet Hour, on at 10:45 sharp. www.myspace.com/violethour
And with $3 drink specials from 10 to 12 (well drinks and beer), how can you resist? Dj’s Nora Walker, Criminal Muse and Sentimentalist [...]

21 Jan 2008 | More
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Louis XIV, Hot Hot Heat and Editors at Terminal 5, NYC, 01.17.08

 
I don’t say this too often, but last night was one of the best line-ups I’ve seen all year. I’ve been to my fair share of triple threat gigs, but this one was extra memorable. Though there wasn’t one real common musical thread between the three bands (besides the fact that they all play rock [...]

19 Jan 2008 | 1 comment | More
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