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(SideOneDummy)   www.sideonedummy.com   It's hard to think of another young band as ambitious and downright audacious as Gaslight Anthem. Both their debut full-length Sink or Swim more...

(Victorian Pictures)   www.gasolinesilver.com   Minnesota guitarist Ron Franklin has slowly but surely built a rep for being one of the most promising roots-oriented young musicians more...

(Dead Oceans)   www.deadoceans.com   Perhaps the most startling symptom of this generation's crop of new musical acts rising up from the American rock underground is the poor decisio more...

(Hellcat)   www.hell-cat.com   GBH has always been an underdog of sorts. Which, if you think about it, is probably best for a punk rock band; it's hard to rail against the world whe more...

(Hepcat)   www.hepcatrecords.com   I was at a pal's house in eastern Oregon on Thanksgiving nearly a decade ago when, during out after dinner conversation, we were chatting up old more...

(Bronzerat Records)   www.bronzerat.com   There it is. That moment. It's charming and unsettling. The  ooh-wee-oohs on The Beach Boys' "I Get Around" perked things up in a comf more...

(Bronzerat)   www.bronzerat.com     Maybe it's this writer's imagination, but does it seem like all the action and edge - all the unusualness and eccentricity - in pop recordin more...

(Rhino)   www.rhino.com   Boxed sets most often than not are fodder for die-hard fans, and 11 live discs is really something not meant for the casual listener. Genesis Live marks t more...

(Alucard Records)   www.blazemonger.com/gg/   Often overshadowed by contemporaries like King Crimson or Yes, England's Gentle Giant may not have been one of the best-known bands of more...

(Alucard Records)   www.blazemonger.com/gg/   British progressive rockers Gentle Giant stood at a crossroads in 1975. Although the band's line-up - brothers Derek (vocals, guitar) a more...