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The pastoral lakeside- with-mountainview watercolour landscape that adorns the cover of the new Pantha Du Prince album, Black Noise, is about as ill-fitting a cover for an electro-house album as yo... Lees meer

Although the most notable thing on Holly Miranda's resume is membership in the mini-buzz indie band The Jealous Girlfriends, she first came to New York's music scene as a solo artist. The Girlfrien... Lees meer

Montreal-based Madcaps' new collection Juice is decent, but would benefit from a little more breadth, both musically and lyrically. The songs are mostly straightforward, no-nonsense rockers that co... Lees meer

Pavement are the latest in a long line of indie rock reunions, and release the obligatory "greatest hits" set to coincide with their spring/summer slate of festival dates and one-offs. The brats ha... Lees meer

After stumbling through their last two mediocre studio albums, Beat The Devil's Tattoo shows Black Rebel Motorcycle Club aren't ready to accept the pink slip just yet.It's almost as if the band kep... Lees meer

If much of Valleys Of Neptune sounds familiar, it is. Although it's comprised of previously unreleased studio recordings that had been carefully hidden away by the Hendrix family, many versions of ... Lees meer

Broken Bells is Shins frontman James Mercer's new project with Danger Mouse. And yes, a weird idea has resulted in a weird album.First single "The High Road" is what The Shins would sound like if t... Lees meer

Liars have charted a rather strange course over their career. They began as a one of New Yorks top dance-punk bands, but the trio ditched the post-punk motifs on their second disc, alienating criti... Lees meer

Fan Death is a collaboration between Dandi Wind (here going by Dandilion Wind Opaine) and Marta Jaciubek-McKeever, a much more dance-pop-oriented take on Dani Wind's usual dark synth rock. The proj... Lees meer

From behind enemy lines emerges Acrassicauda, an Iraqi heavy metal band that first came to consciousness as part of the acclaimed Heavy Metal In Baghdad documentary. In the years since, the fellas ... Lees meer