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W.H. Walker: SUDS! [Album Review]

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If there were ever a genre-mashing type of music that absolutely needed to become widespread, it would have to be doo wop punk. And no, this not pointed in the direction of the popular ska scene from the 90’s. For a direct reference, please check out W.H. Walker’s triumphant EP SUDS! Never before has the sounds of the 50’s ever seemed to blend so perfectly with, well, anything! In this case, it meshes brilliantly with new age punk. With a good bit of 70’s Superdome packing choruses and new wave punk hooks, let’s just say that Walker knows all the ingredients to create a real good time. Read More »W.H. Walker: SUDS! [Album Review]

Ezra Holbrook: Save Yourself [Album Review]

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Ezra Holbrook has that sensational type of voice that just burns within you and melts away all your despair like the lit end of a Camel cigarette. His harrowing Bazan-like words of power, hopelessness, and the eternal fires of love and disenchantment compliments his illustrious pipes. He is almost everything you might expect to hear in some bar filled with the hopelessly hopeless and desperate souls of his home of the great Portlandia. But Save Yourself proves he is also so much more than just another face concreted on the streets of paradise. Read More »Ezra Holbrook: Save Yourself [Album Review]

Lindsay Fuller: The Last Light I See [Album Review]

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One of the first lines you will hear on Lindsay Fuller’s beautiful, lyrically-based album The Last Light I See is: but every tale needs a villain so I signed myself up. And it pretty much gets even more awesomely depressing (yet also enlightening) from this point on. This Seattle artist has a style that is somewhere mixed in with the anger of Ani Difranco and the sad storytelling soulfulness of Traci Chapman. But, her stories are way cooler. Though riddled with beautiful piano solos and wonderful strumming, the tales of heartache, dead birds of life, penniless gypsies, and a fear of love that is so strong it leads you to suicide is what really makes this album very captivating. Read More »Lindsay Fuller: The Last Light I See [Album Review]

Electric Needle Room: The Presidents of the United States of America (Volume 1) [Album Review]

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Did you know that George Washington was unable to have biological children because of a contraction of small pox in his youth? Or that Andrew Jackson once killed a man for insulting his wife? Do you really know absolutely anything about our 13th president Millard Fillmore? Well Matt Beat, a.k.a. Electric Needle Room, knows a lot. And he wants to tell you a little something about each of our first 15 presidents through 3-5 minute bedroom pop infused songs on The Presidents of the United States of America (Volume 1). Read More »Electric Needle Room: The Presidents of the United States of America (Volume 1) [Album Review]

Anja McCloskey [Feautre]

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What is that glimmering light reflecting off the empty RC Cola can on my window sill? The sun is not shining, but everything seems so bright. That’s when I realized that is was a spirit from an estranged universe shining in and talking to me through my iTunes, its Anja McCloskey singing “Instigate It”. And that is much better anyway! This American-German singer-songwriter and accordionist, who resides in the UK, has a specifically fine-tuned set of vocals that tell of how the heavens can come crashing down on to us at any moment; it’s simply enlightening. So we better start loving now. Read More »Anja McCloskey [Feautre]

Simon Goalpost: Embankment Verse [Album Review]

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From the late 80’s until the mid 90’s, the UK was at its pinnacle in the indie-pop punk community. Well, it might not be all historians telling it as such, but just ask those who were knee deep in the midst of the madness and they will surely say it was most definitely so. And a little group known as Thrilled Skinny might have always been name dropped at this time. Therefore, our hero Simon Goalpoast was undoubtedly the frontman behind one of the nation’s coolest acts. And now, for the first time, we have been blessed with a sultry yet sweet collection of beautiful indie pop tracks on Embankment Verse. Read More »Simon Goalpost: Embankment Verse [Album Review]

The Modern Skirts: Grammahawk [Album Review]

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In the past, The Modern Skirts have proved themselves to be one of the finest piano-laced indie pop groups in the western hemisphere. But, to be so damn good really seems to come with a price. The dreaded pigeon-holing effect becomes a factor. And any real artist, or avid listener, knows that this could very well mean the death of wonderful musical acts. The Skirts blasted out of nowhere in 2005 with an album that everyone couldn’t stop loving. In 2008, they stepped their game up once again with one of the finest indie pop albums of last decade. They even managed to get one of their most popular tracks on the video game Rockband 2. So, is all this well earned respect a bad thing? One entire sitting with their latest album, Grammahawk, might very well proved the answer really is – Yes. And No! Read More »The Modern Skirts: Grammahawk [Album Review]

Memorials (Band)

The Memorials: The Memorials [Album Review]

No one can, or should even try to, deny that Thomas Pridgen is to drums what Mick Portnoy believes he is to drums. His track record speaks for itself. But, who would have thought that, after leaving The Mars Volta, this prestigious man would go beyond his self and develop his own project that would go on a hunt for that long lost thing we used to call rock n roll. His year-old project, The Memorials might just be a strange bit of Alice Cooper meets Jimi Hendrix, with a Blondie-esque lead songstress. Now, that’s pretty damn rock n’ roll.

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Campfire OK

Campfire OK: Strange Like We Are [Album Review]

The cooler than ice members of Campfire OK are all just Martin Scorseses of the indie rock world. Scorsese, who actually went to film school, has been constantly thrown into categories of filmmakers that include folks who never took the time to study, but got damn lucky and just jumped on in. While such swift and risky behavior can be commended, what about the other guys? These Seattle based dudes have literally studied music, and have made it a staple in their lives long enough to “have honorary PhD’s” as their website suggests. And Strange Like We Are clearly shows that sometimes the experts in their fields can be the best people to turn to.

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