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New Album Releases For Tuesday 8/24/10
August 25, 2010 – 5:05 pm | 2 Comments

This week is loaded with groups we really must revisit, but it’s Maximum Balloon that has our attention.
Maximum Balloon, which Dave Sitek from TV on the Radio has welded together, release the flavorful self-titled masterpiece …

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New Album Releases For Tuesday 8/11/2009
August 11, 2009 – 4:18 pm | No Comment
New Album Releases For Tuesday 8/11/2009

Yikes, this list is extensive.  A lot of groups MySpace labeled as punk/country are out there this week as well as ones from North Carolina.  We’re not here to focus on things like that though, …

Album Review: The Assembly Line – Graves Like Oceans
August 6, 2009 – 2:05 pm | One Comment
Album Review: The Assembly Line – Graves Like Oceans

Rating: 8.1/10
The Assembly Line is hardly assembled.  Since the ‘band’ began after Thorfin Nguyen’s previous efforts, he has been the only consistent face to associate with the name, as well as the man to talk …

Bands You Must Know: Screaming Lights
August 6, 2009 – 12:40 pm | 5 Comments
Bands You Must Know: Screaming Lights

Adding great music to our constantly growing list of ‘Bands You Must Know‘ is Screaming Lights.  The UK band claiming home to Liverpool, marks one of this year’s best surprises, while satiating our UK rock …

Video: The Bravery – Tyrant
July 31, 2009 – 2:55 pm | No Comment
Video: The Bravery – Tyrant

While The Bravery continues to hammer away details on their latest album and to set up tour dates for the Fall, we thought about hitting up “Tyrant” off of their 2005 self-titled debut album to …

Sea Wolf’s White Water, White Bloom Announced
July 30, 2009 – 3:57 pm | No Comment
Sea Wolf’s White Water, White Bloom Announced

Leaves in the River brought Alex Brown Church and the rest of Sea Wolf much further than the charming lead singer and guitarist could have asked for.   Their live show turned an album we gave …

Blacklist Into The Spotlight With New Album
July 28, 2009 – 3:35 pm | One Comment
Blacklist Into The Spotlight With New Album

Let the glamorous U2 references roll from your tongue or even the rigid White Lies ones.  Blacklist has emerged onto the stormy indie rock scene with Midnight of the Century off of Wierd Records, which …