Long before the Black Keys or The White Stripes, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion was amping and warping the blues into a sweaty, punked-up version of its former self....
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Commenting on the band's sound, someone once told the Fresh & Onlys, "It sounds like every song is a different band." To this San Francisco four-piece, that's a big compliment....
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Earlier this summer the Austin group The Eastern Sea put out their latest opus Plague and played a few tracks off it during a stellar Studio 1A performance....
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Throughout her career, Amy Cook has been able to count on her peers to help her out. Early on, she was tapped by Alejandro Escovedo to open for him on a national tour, and he later produced her 2010 effort Let The Light In....
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From the Upper-Midwest (Twin) cities that brought you the likes of Husker Du, The Jayhawks, The Replacements and Prince comes the Minneapolis quartet Night Moves....
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Our neighbor to the north (not Oklahoma) is a vast, largely untapped resource when it comes to music. Sure, there've been a few huge artists that crossed the 49th Parallel and found big-time success over here. You have your Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, The Guess Who (a...
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Deerhoof have been critical darlings almost since the band's founding, and they continue that winning streak with the new song "The Trouble With Candyhands."...
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Sparked by her performance on The Voice, Rebecca Loebe decided to write about her itinerant lifestyle. What results is an honest song from an artist who's not afraid to blaze her own path, no matter how bumpy the road....
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Spigel began her career in Tel Aviv in 1981 as bassist for the post-punk/New Wave act Minimal Compact. ...
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Today Seapony release their sophomore full-length Falling, built on tight rhythm and zippy guitar hooks....
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Even with the differences in sound, bluegrass and punk rock share some common blood. Breakneck tempos, emphasis on the live experience, rousing sing-alongs--these are aspects shared by both genres, and Austin group Whiskey...
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