Monthly Archives: January 2012

Hear Here–Cloud Nothings ‘Attack On Memory’

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The 90s revival is alive and well in 2012, and Cloud Nothings is here with Attack On Memory to make sure angsty alt-rock, grunge-style, doesn’t get passed over. Just listen to the crunch of the guitars. Dig the coarse-ground vocals that somehow lend emotion to … Read More

Dirty Three “Rising Below” — Advance track from forthcoming album ‘Toward The Low Sun’

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It’s been too long since we’ve heard something new from the instrumental thunder from down under, the Dirty Three, and los grillos couldn’t be more excited to learn that Mick Turner (guitar), Jim White (Jim White), and Warren Ellis (violin) found time between their respectively … Read More

Hear Here–Howler ‘America Give Up’

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Cruising out of Minneapolis and on to the international scene with a jump start from last year’s Rough Trade ep, This One’s Different, and a tank full of hype, young guitar rockers Howler are set to drop full-length debut, America Give Up. With 11 songs … Read More

Leonard Cohen “Darkness”

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After announcing the forthcoming release of a his first new studio album in seven years, Old Ideas, Leonard Cohen closed out last year with the haunting poetry of advance track “Show Me The Place”. And now from the man with ‘the gift of a golden … Read More

Pop. 1280 ‘The Horror’

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Out this week is The Horror, Pop. 1280‘s full-length follow up to 2010′s The Grid ep, a gritty introduction to the band’s post-punk, cyber-noir musical vision. And if The Grid dropped listeners into an anarchic urban landscape, The HorrorĀ is a tour through that wasteland’s decaying … Read More