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EMA (aka Erika M. Anderson) really comes into her own on The Future’s Void, the follow-up to Past Life Martyred Saints. The new album features a balance of noise and avant folk as Anderson vacillates from whispering to sc...
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Influenced by the glam rock of the ‘70s, Mojo Gurus — Kevin Steele (lead vocals, harmonica), Doc Lovett (guitar, vocals), Vinnie Granese (bass, vocals) and Sean Doyle (drums, vocals) — revel in rock ‘n’ roll abandon on their br...
Flicks
Indonesian-born 20-something stuntwoman Livi Zheng co-wrote, directed and starred in Brush with Danger. The thriller is the story of a brother (Ken Zheng) and sister (Livi Zheng) who immigrate illegally to the United States and...
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After 15 years and seven albums, Rise Against has withstood punk trends to become a mainstay on the scene. The band’s new album, The Black Market, solidifies its reputation. Recorded between January and March at Blasting Room S...
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Nominated for four awards including Album of the Year, twenty one pilots certainly made an impression at this summer’s inaugural Alternative Press Music Awards when singer Tyler Joseph scaled tall scaffolding in a daredevil stu...
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Next month, Austin’s Mineral will reissue their two seminal albums, 1996’s The Power Of Failing and 1998’s EndSerenading, each remastered and on Double 180 Gram DMM vinyl. The band is also putting out Mineral – 1994-1998, a dou...
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After spending the summer on the festival circuit, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Meg Myers has lined up a club tour this fall. Her latest EP, Make a Shadow, has yielded two singles: “Desire” and “Heart Heart Head,&#...
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As the story goes, Fitz and the Tantrums came together in 2008. Frontman Fitz had written the tune “Breakin’ the Chains of Love” on an old electronic organ and recruited college pal James King to help him fles...
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Recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles during the summer of 2013, The Black Keys’ new album presents a kinder, gentler version of the garage blues they’ve played for the past decade. Danger Mouse is still at the helm, adding l...
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A New Orleans band that doesn’t necessarily sound like a New Orleans band, The Iguanas have been kicking around since 1989. With their recent releases, 2012’s Sin to Sin and this year’s Juarez, the band has hit a new creative h...