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The Warriors - Genuine Sense of Outrage
Genuine Sense of ...SomethingAt first The Warriors’ newest album sounds like what mainstream music listeners expect hardcore to sound like. Driving beat, check; incoherent vocals, check; the sense that poor little suburban kids have...
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Junkie XL - Booming Back at You
Whimpering Back at YouHailing from the Netherlands, Junkie XL has quickly garnered a reputation in electronic music circles as one of the industry’s most prolific freelance artists. The entirety of Western civilization can claim...
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Brighton Port Authority Finally Releases Debut Album
Brighton Port Authority's (BPA) debut album will hit stores on February 3. "I Think We Are Going To Need a Bigger Boat" is a collaborative effort with BPA and other artists like Pop, Martha Wainwright, Pete York, DJ Ashley Beedle and David Byrne....
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Tone-Loc Re-Release Debut Album for 20th Anniversary.
From the group who brought you "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina," Tone Loc is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their debut album by re-releasing it with rare bonus tracks on vinyl. Loc-ed After Dark will be in stores on January 27....
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Akron/Family Preview Music at Intimate Shows,Tour Dates
Akron/Family has just announced tour dates to preview their new album, SET 'EM WILD, SET 'EM FREE that hits stores on May 5. The tour is made up of smaller venues in order to give their audience a different concert experience with music they haven't...
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Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
Karate Karaoke Judging a book by its cover, or an album cover in this case, won't get listeners far with Fujiya & Miyagi: a Brighton Brit trio, not a Japanese duo as the name suggests, deeply influenced by German Krautrock, British shoegaze,...
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Original Tortoise Album Out April
Tortoise, Chicago's underground rock outfit, releases its first original album in 5 years on April 21st, 2009 through Thrill Jockey. Bassist Doug McCombs tells Billboard, the yet-to-be-named album has "a lot of variety" and some of the songs don't...
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The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Will This Album Curse You?An overarching concept drives each song on an album from The Mars Volta. With The Bedlam in Goliath, the story goes that main songwriter Omar Rodriguez-Lopez gifted an aged Ouija board for singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala....
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