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Fivespeed - Morning Over Midnight
Fivespeed Slows DownAlthough Fivespeed’s first major label release Morning Over Midnight could be referred to as Nu-Metal, it actually sounds more like 90’s alt-rock with a twist. The band is often compared to their...
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Peeping Tom Hits Europe
Peeping Tom has announced a jam-packed November tour hitting nineteen cities across the Old World. Supporting acts include Gnarls Barkley (in Paris, Manchester, and London only) and Dub Trio for the remaining...
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CBGB's Last Stand
CBGB didn't become famous for country, bluegrass, and blues, as the name might have suggested, but perhaps punk rock and new wave could be classified under "Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers," the rest of the club's acronym moniker. Since 1973...
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Bardo Pond - Ticket Crystals
A Good Place for FishingMaking their debut on a self-released cassette back in 1992, Philadelphia's Bardo Pond has since been a vehicle of experimental discovery for its members. With their newest offering Ticket Crystals, the band toys with sounds...
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Wired All Wrong - Break Out the Battle Tapes
Party Like It's 1996Like crushing up medicine and mixing it into a youngster's applesauce, it sometimes takes a bit of sleight-of-hand to get one musical genre close to listeners' ears. Outside of Nine Inch Nails and the most aggro entries in the...
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Darkness Vocalist Makes His Exit
Justin Hawkins, vocalist for British band The Darkness, has decided to leave the band in order to clean himself up. "It will be an upheaval," he told The Sun. "But it's time for me to move on. It would be damaging to my recovery to stay on. I'm not...
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Tom Petty - Highway Companion
Travels With TomHighway Companion, Tom Petty’s third solo album, is such a majestic, relevant work that it’s hard to believe he’s been in the game 30 years. Working with just fellow Traveling Wilbury Jeff...
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Basement Jaxx - Crazy Itch Radio
Does This Make Them Crazy? Felix Buxton, Simon Ratcliffe and the rotation of divas and boasters who form Basement Jaxx have been throwing everything and the kitchen sink onto the dance floor since the days of Remedy's "Red Alert" and "Rendez-Vu."...
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