Category Archives: Music Review

Caught in Your Pockets — Lose Your Cool

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Band: Caught in Your Pockets Album: Lose Your Cool Release Date: January 12, 2012 The happy byproduct of seeing an Elsinore live show like I did Friday is coming away with a great new band to track. Like you get … Continue reading →

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Many Places — Another Oath

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

Band: Many Places Album: Another Oath Release Date: May 29, 2012 For many weeks, I’ve grappled with what to say, exactly, about Many Places. More to the point, the “how” of their music — how it’s ingested, that is — … Continue reading →

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Cains & Abels — My Life is Easy

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Band: Cains & Abels Album: My Life is Easy Release Date: March 27, 2012 Free mp3: “Stay Home Tonight” (’til May 11) As sensational as it might seem, I’ll nonetheless lead off with this nugget: I listened to My Life … Continue reading →

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Archie Powell & The Exports — Great Ideas in Action

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Band: Archie Powell & The Exports Album: Great Ideas in Action Release Date: May 1, 2012 I’m merely assuming here, really, but it’s my presumption that a youngster growing up predisposed to keys — be it a) an instrument they … Continue reading →

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Hollows — Vulture

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Band: Hollows Album: Vulture Release Date: April 10, 2012 Free mp3: “Up & Down” (’til April 25) This I’ve realized: Hollows is a rock band, yes, but a distinctly simple one. They cut through the middle, you know, like franchise … Continue reading →

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When Clouds Attack — Young Blood

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Band: When Clouds Attack Album: Young Blood Release Date: March 17, 2012 Free mp3: “Where We Lie” (’til April 18) I didn’t have much to share with When Clouds Attack, really, when I approached them about doing a write-up on … Continue reading →

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Outer Minds — Outer Minds

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Band: Outer Minds Album: Outer Minds Release Date: March 6, 2012 Free mp3: “Always in My Head” (’til April 11) Of the many things the Empty Bottle does exceptionally right, I’d say piecemealing bills that make good sense would be … Continue reading →

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Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s — Rot Gut, Domestic

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Band: Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s Album: Rot Gut, Domestic Release Date: March 20, 2012 Sometimes the release of a new record is one giant excuse to reconsider a group’s music of yore alongside the new stuff. For … Continue reading →

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Grandeurs — Grandeurs

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Band: Grandeurs Album: Grandeurs Release Date: January 27, 2012 I don’t know that I’ve got a comparable album I’ve listened to with such constancy over a few-day stretch like Grandeurs’ self-titled collection of seven. I don’t write this for effect, … Continue reading →

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Tin Tin Can — Strange Vibrations

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Band: Tin Tin Can Album: Strange Vibrations Release Date: March 13, 2012 I found out about Tin Tin Can in the way I’ve long preferred finding out about bands: I stumbled upon them at a gig. They opened for a … Continue reading →

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