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Melissa Auf der Maur breaks down the complicated concept of her concept album

March 20, 2010

We’ve been hella excited for Melissa Auf der Maur‘s sophomore solo album, but also a little nervous. More than just an album, this is Auf der Maur’s “multimedia project,” with a concept that extends to a short film and a comic book. Honestly, we had no idea what it was about until our friends at [...]

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Nikki & Rich are too sexy for their sound

March 19, 2010

It’s kind of hard to know what to make of the singing/production duo of Nikki & Rich. First, they’re both very attractive, like in a TV star kind of way. Like, if they were actually on a CBS drama we wouldn’t be surprised. So it’s only natural to be skeptical of any musical talent beneath [...]

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Sia announces album details and lets you stream it starting now

March 16, 2010

After some heady anticipation (thanks to the warm reception of “You’ve Changed” – see below), Sia has released the cover art and drop date for her new album. We Are Born drops in the US on June 8th on her own Monkey Puzzle label but through a deal with Jive. A full six tracks from [...]

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Minus the Bear give away another free track from their omni-ous album

March 8, 2010

So far, we everything we’ve heard from OMNI, the forthcoming album from Minus the Bear is just great. Before the end of 2009, we got our hands on “Broken China” (download it below), and got a listen to “Into The Mirror.” Now, if you go to the band’s album site, you can download “My Time.” [...]

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Neon Indian makes a new single and a big deal about it

March 5, 2010

New material from Neon Indian is most welcome, even though it’s only been 5 months since the release of NI’s debut, Psychic Chasms. Still, it seems like Alan Palomo (the man behind the Indian as well as Vega) is making next week’s drop of “Sleep Paralyst” kind of a big deal. Maybe it is. Or [...]

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Walter Schreifels sings a lullaby in the great outdoors

February 24, 2010

This video for Walter Schreifels‘ “Arthur Lee’s Lullaby” owns for several reasons. One, he comes close to flashing us in that bathrobe but thankfully does not. Two, we see him playing a real Wurlitzer. Three, there is confetti. Yeah! Confetti!! Taken from Schreifels’ forthcoming solo debut, An Open Letter To The Scene, the former hardcore [...]

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Keane returns with a mini-album full of K’naan

February 24, 2010

Keane will release a new collection of material this spring. Night Train will be an eight track “album” of songs the band wrote while on tour for their previous release, Perfect Symmetry. The collection includes live fave “My Shadow” as well as two collabos with K’naan – “Stop for a Minute” and “Looking Back” – [...]

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Metric guns their way onto the charts

February 16, 2010

Somehow, Metric has found their 2009 album, Fantasies, on the Billboard 200 album charts. After the recent success of the album’s third single, “Gold Guns Girls,” the album has entered the Top 200 at 162. Kind of remarkable given that this is the band’s third album and the band isn’t even on tour. They will [...]

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