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Beat Radio is an alt-Americana outfit heavily disguised asindietronica. Since both genresare peaking right now, Safe Inside the Sound is eminently listenable. The winsome melodies, dressed up in s... Lees meer

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

Beach House, aka Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, are responsible for some of the smoothest bedroom pop in recent memory. On their new album, Teen Dream, the duo follows 2008's Devotion with anoth... 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

Once in a blue moon a movement kicks up on the scene thatmakes a big fuss over the way an artist's music finds its way to the listener'seardrums. Remember the four-trackhullabaloo in the ‘90... Lees meer

No parent ever wishes that their child would grow up to be ahardcore punk. Thankfully naturehas conspired to cure most of us of our desire to listen to or play this type ofmusic by the time we're ... 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

When it comes to mixing hip-hop with electronics, there are few as reliably clever as RJD2. Any of his mixes can turn on a dime: from rapid-fire percussion backed by a twisted orchestra to a boun... Lees meer