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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Grooms Go From Pavement To Peter Gabriel On 'Prom'
posted: July 20, 2011
The Brooklyn-based trio Grooms debuted in 2010 with the album Rejoicer, prompting members of the press to haul out wheelbarrows full of references to ˜90s alt rock, with Pavement and Sonic Youth taking up the…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumours: How 2011 Is Shaping Up So Far
posted: July 13, 2011
Okay, so early July may not mark the precise midpoint of the year, but it’s pretty damn close, and when you factor in for time lost lolling about in summer-vacation mode on and around Independence…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Take A Trip With Jesse Sykes, White Hills And Wooden Shjips
posted: July 6, 2011
If you think modern-day psychedelic rock is all about paisley-bedecked revivalists stomping on fuzzboxes with their carefully maintained Beatle boots, forging facsimiles of every riff contained on the Nuggets box”not that there’s anything wrong with…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: That '70s Show – A U.K. Art-Rock Renaissance?
posted: June 29, 2011
From high-profile NPR darlings like The Decemberists to more underground-oriented acts such as The Globes and Teeth of the Sea, there’s no shortage of current bands banging around whose sound suggests…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Thomas Dolby Dreams Of A Floating City
posted: June 22, 2011
Even if you have only a passing knowledge of ˜80s new wave, it’s likely that Thomas Dolby has a place in your heart for lending some class”not to mention the occasional touch of funk”to the…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: The Fleshtones Are Too Wired To Retire
posted: June 15, 2011
These days, every other band with a fuzzbox and a copy of Nuggets can cop the garage-band tag; at this point, there’s plenty of precedent established for assimilating the spartan-but-searing sounds of ’60s garage rockers…
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