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  (Spark & Shine Records)     www.sparkandshine.com/   Kurt Bloch, legendary guitar hero of the Great Northwest and leader of the Fastbacks, has kept himself busy ove more...

(Constellation)   www.cstrecords.com   It's no stretch seeing Efrim Menuck as a Tom Wolfe-like figure in the independent rock era, and it extends beyond the co-founder of Godspeed Y more...

(DGC)   www.dgcrecords.com   If you're like me, supergroupings of any sort give you a headache. In particular anything revolving around Led Zeppelin has been particularly dry, dumb more...

(Basin Street)   www.basinstreetrecords.com   Even for New Orleans, which with its myriad musical hybrids is arguably the birthplace of the mashup, the notion seems improbable: marr more...

(Kill Rock Stars)   www.killrockstars.com   Even with a three year gap between this fourth album and their last record, this Portland, Ore., band remains relatively steady. Guitari more...

  (Kill Rock Stars)   www.killrockstars.com   We know what to expect from the Thermals: three, sometime two, buzzsaw chords; a grabby, singsong melody; taut, accusatory vocals; a more...

(Suicide Squeeze)   www.suicidesqueeze.net Angry, testosterone-fueled metal and hardcore is nothing new to the members of Seattle's These Arms Are Snakes. After all, they got their start more...

(Angular/Domino)   www.arco18.com   Even if Hidden didn't work - and it mostly does - it ought to be celebrated for sheer bravery. On this follow-up to 2008's Beat Pyramid, These Ne more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   With its heady, close harmonies, its tangle of British-folk-style acoustic guitars and its breathy invocations of the beauties of nature, These Tra more...

(United Interests)   www.unitedinterests.com   It is fair to wonder if we'd have as many pseudo-freaky ‘70s throwback rock acts around today were it not for the lingering influ more...