Let's say I had a buddy named Lorenz. We'd call him L, since he has a "Z" in his name and that's silly. If you'd ever meet L, you may not learn that he loves to dance, but he does. This sexy German fellow would...
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The UK is crushing the US these days in terms of pop punk. If any of you are friends with me, then you've heard me yapping about Neck Deep (sick Welsh band). Well now it's time to yap about WSTR. The Liverpool pop punk quintet...
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If can you recall my affinity for Notti-teens (no! not a porn genre on RedTube [jeez!], but the "dubious subsect of British youths known for their awkward white kid version of "daggering"?, Saint Raymond and Ady Suleiman?), well Saint Raymond finally came out with first...
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Indie-folker-foursome from Philly, Hop Along, began as a solo acoustic project known as Hop Along, Queen Ansleis when the lead was just a senior in high school. Several new band members and a few identity iterations later, Hop Along began gathering positive buzz on the interwebs, then...
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Here's exactly one hour of tunes for you so I can "fit in." :-/ Most all the bands I included are worth investigating per their particular sound on their own. I'm a belieber in bands with good solid albums. Something dependable start to finish. Something...
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(NO - not a dude named Al - Bairre) South Africa, for anyone that's been, is known for its exclusive production of Mercedes Benz C Class right-hand drive cars, lion burgers, the filming of District 9, the largest diamond ever - therein stole by the British, the highest...
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Happy little pre-Thanksgiving jam from Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes. These Nashvillains Kickstartered their debut album back in 2010, really an all-around smart way to do it. Although they are Nashville-based, there are some links to the Midwest, therein the homage to "the Great...
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Double Dose of Dames: Tuesday Edition, brought to you by dope ladies who sing good songs. Catey Shaw - the bisexual Brooklynite ukulele subway performer - and POLICA - twin city synthpopper named for the Polish word for "work ethic." What do they have in common?...
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There seems to be a fair amount of folk/indie rock with female leads that are making solid solid albums (not surprising Laura Stevenson's previous labelmate was Waxahatchee). The newest to this year's list, Laura Stevenson and her album "Cocksure": a Hudson River Valley-native who's obviously...
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If you're in a rut for some new Japandroids (they basically just don't make albums because they've admitted, "we stink at our instruments so it takes us a long time to make stuff") or perhaps some old school early 90's Goo Goo Dolls, fear no...
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