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Wintersleep have always seemed a bit more than ‘just anotherindie-rock band’, and not because they're from Nova Scotia (though thathelps...). There's a certain honestyand evocation to ... Lees meer

When Cardiff, Wales' Los Campesinos! started off in 2007 with Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP (QRO review), the Pavement (QRO album review)-inspired (and covering - QRO video), over-stuffed, boy/g... Lees meer

After 2005's double-disc Blinking Lights and OtherRevelations, Mark Oliver Everett - betterknown as Eels - put out a lot of stuff that wasn't another studio album,from a greatest hits collection (M... Lees meer

Two LPs and more than a few EPs in, Cold War Kids are stilla hit-or-miss band. Sometimes,their indie-soul-saloon-blues hits it on the nose; other times, it isforgettable at best. They've had amuc... Lees meer

What do you do after you had one of the the best albums of 2007 (QROTop Albums of 2007)? If you're Britt Daniel of Spoon, aftertouring the top-notch Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (QRO review), you let the band l... Lees meer

In the twenty-first century, indie-rock has seriouslyembraced the orchestral, from the massive success of Arcade Fire (QRO livereview) to the more esoteric one-man workof Beirut (QRO photos). Coll... Lees meer

Chicago's OK Go have had their ‘alt-moments’, like servingas house band for the 20th anniversary tour of Ira Glass'This American Life, or making the video for 2005's "A Million Way... Lees meer

The alt-country & anti-folk scenes are full of ‘littleladies’ doing their thang with twang & charm, so you might just pass overDawn Landes (QRO interview) - and you'dbe wrong. ... Lees meer

There was a time, earlier this century, where the indieworld seemed saturated by Anglo New Wave revival acts, and at the forefrontwere New York's Interpol & Birmingham's (U.K.) Editors. While ... Lees meer

On last year's self-titled sophomore release VultureWhale II (QRO review), theBirmingham, Alabama band managed to show up both the alt-country &party-rock scenes, two of the biggest these days ... Lees meer