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(Opal Records/DGM)   www.dgmlive.com     At the time, it seemed to be an intriguing collaboration between two of rock music's most interesting "artistes." The reality of 1973' more...

(Dead Oceans)   www.deadoceans.com   You just don't expect groups that sound like Frog Eyes (or are named Frog Eyes) to go for the grandeur - reach for the transcendent - that has more...

(Dim Mak)   www.dimmak.com From Monument to Masses has never been a band to shy away from politics. But instead of criticizing the mechanisms of capitalism, war, and oppressive governme more...

(Ramseur)   www.ramseurrecords.com   So what do banjos, dobros, trumpets, alto horn and a singing saw have in common? One wouldn't think very much were it not for Frontier Ruckus, a more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Eric D. Johnson took a train ride from Chicago to Olympia when he was 20, so the story goes, and on the way, he sat next to a veteran traveler named To more...

(ATP Recordings) www.atpfestival.com     What is it with instrumental bands and naughty names? First comes Holy Fuck and now there’s Fuck Buttons. Both anchor drifting electron more...

(ATP)    www.atpfestival.com/Recordings   Fuck Buttons are: two Bristol boys who dance like caged apes. They, Messrs. Hung and Power, make a kind of dirty/pretty electronica tha more...

(Matador)   www.matadorrecords.com   Fucked Up is probably the best punk band with national distribution 2008 has to offer. The incendiary Canadians built a reputation on limited-run E more...

(Matador)   www.matadorrecords.com   As a genre dedicated to its roots, punk often walks a razor-thin line between blind copycat-ism or heavy-handed cross-pollination. Toronto's Fuc more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   Ventriloquizzing continues down the mellow path of albums past with its slow, rhythmic reverberations that blend dance, rock and pop with British quartet more...