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April 21, 2015The new Southern quartet gets suitably weird on this vivid, adventurous sophomore set.
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April 21, 2015Michael Angelakos showcases gratitude and durability while still fighting demons on his ultra-carbonated and irresistible third Passion Pit record.
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April 21, 2015It's free-form and frantic as the Odd Future leader offers some new sounds and new moods on his 2015 LP.
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April 21, 2015Catchy, barbed, and unabashedly feminist, the band's second album builds on the best of Major Arcana and the Real Hair EP.
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April 21, 2015The long-runnning, guitar-happy indie rock heroes show no signs of age or wear on their eighth studio album.
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April 21, 2015On their first album in nearly four years the Mexican rockers expertly balance pop accessibility and rock & roll swagger.
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April 21, 2015Sophomore album sees indie chamber pop act moving away from the dense classical trappings of their debut.
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April 21, 2015San Francisco country and blues singer makes one of the best '70s Marin County country-rock records in decades.
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April 21, 2015The jazz pianist pairs with bassist David Williams and drummer Victor Lewis for his colorful, swinging HighNote debut.
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April 21, 2015Sophisticated, jazz, fusion, and R&B-infused sophomore album from the gifted bassist.
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April 21, 2015Recording in analog with Bruce Watson, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist lays out a ragged, rocking redemption tale.
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April 21, 2015Super-hooky scruff pop from Seattle delivered with tuneful swagger and introspection, like a leather-clad Beach Boys or a sweater-wearing JAMC.
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April 21, 2015The singer/songwriter emerges from an extended period of self-examination with an electric rock & roll record of hopeful poignancy.
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April 21, 2015Recorded with Son Little, a rootsy EP that contains two originals and updates of two songs familiar to devout Staple Singers fans.
Album Premiere: Mittenfields Proudly Wave the 90s Indie Rock Flag With ‘Optimists’
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Madi Diaz, the Indie Pop Artist Who Loves Prog, Korn and Stoner Metal
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AllMusic Staff Picks
No Matter What You Say: The Best of Butch Engle & the Styx
November 14, 2000
No matter what anyone says this collection of Bay Area garage folk is way above average. Picking from the vast songbook of their friend Ron Elliott of the Beau Brummels, the band invested loads ot teenage angst, tightly wound emotion and good old frustration and pain into the songs. Sounding like an American Zombies, tougher and more disillusioned, the band only released a few singles, which are collected here, The rest of the set is made up of unreleased tracks and demos, and is well worth owning if you are a garage rock fan.
You (Radio Gnome Invisible, Vol. 3)
1974
Cosmic prankster Daevid Allen made his final departure from Earth last month, following a poignant message of acceptance and thanks to his fans. The Divided Alien piloted various incarnations of whimsical space rockers Gong, whose "classic lineup" is immersively captured on this 1974 album, the last installment of the band's Radio Gnome Trilogy. Truth be told, this LP is less Allen-centric than previous Gong outings, but his loopy tunefulness is present, and the group's jazzy, raga-esque, synth-fueled drones and jams were never more accomplished.