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Saint Bernadette

The Nevers

(self-released)   www.saintbernadettemusic.com For a band that names itself after a Catholic saint and adorns the cover of their new album with formal décor best suited to a christ more...

Big Harp

White Hat

(Saddle Creek)   www.saddle-creek.com   Chris (vocals/guitar/keyboards) and Stefanie Drootin-Senseney (bass/keyboard)-with the help of Chris Phillips on drums - comprise new band Big more...

Casiokids

Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammeni

(Polyvinyl) www.polyvinylrecords.com So where's the Casio? The opening (and title) track of Casiokids'  Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammeni , is a feathery orch-pop overture that layers twirling more...

Apparat

The Devil's Walk

(Mute)   www.mute.com   Berlin's prolific electronic solo act Sascha Ring, aka Apparat, releases his 7th album, 8th if you count his collaboration with Modeselektor as Moderat. A qui more...

Gabriel Miller Phillips

One For the Crow

(Self-Released)   www.gabrielmillerphillips.com   Gabriel Miller Phillips' debut is a collection of ghostly, melancholy songs, begun, it seems on acoustic guitar, but fleshed out at more...

Memoryhouse

The Years EP

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   When it comes to late ‘80s/early ‘90s shoegazer revivalism, it doesn't get more unique or distinct than the music of the Toronto duo Memoryh more...

Rocket From the Tombs

Barfly

(Fire)   www.firerecords.com   It took 37 years to get there, but the original Cleveland punks in Rocket From the Tombs have finally put out their debut studio full length. The result more...

Ben Lee

Deeper Into Dream

(Dangerbird Records)   www.dangerbirdrecords.com   It's really hard not to like Ben Lee.  His quirky, cheerful songs "We're All In This Together" and "Catch My Disease" from 20 more...

Peter Gabriel

New Blood

(Real World)   www.realworldrecords.com   Oftentimes when an artist decides to revisit his back catalog with an orchestra, it is done so with little effort and ends with disappointe more...

Cabin Dogs

Midnight Trail

(Crippled Hound)   www.cabindogs.com   Brother Rich and Rob Kwait have been playing music together for quite some time. They took in all the beauty and isolation that the Appalachian more...


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