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Byrne, Baby, Byrne
posted: October 18, 2010
No one said you can’t write a good country song living in the urban Northeast, but it may be true that you’ll find more fodder on Southern terrain. Singer-songwriter Shawn Byrne make the pilgrimage from…
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Apocalyptic Rock
posted: October 13, 2010
Originality is a hard thing to come by, and even harder to sustain. Whether you’re M.I.A. or Tom Waits, eventually someone’s gonna plunder your goods. So, Charlotte, North Carolina band, The Lo and Beholds, better…
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Walking the Line
posted: October 11, 2010
Years ago, you knew a band was the shit if they played The Peach Pit on 90210. Younger generations had The O.C. as their musical zeitgeist. And the new guys now have the Canadian teen…
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Where the Wild Things Are
posted: October 6, 2010
Leaving civilization behind and heading into the wild to get back to a simpler way of life can lead to one of several outcomes: You eat some sort of poisonous plant by accident and it’s…
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Q&A With Tonic
posted: October 5, 2010
The past few years have witnessed a resurgence of bands who defined their sound in the ’90s alt/pop rock aesthetic. Bands like Third Eye Blind and The Gin Blossoms, for instance, are still playing today and gaining…
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The Boys of Summer
posted: October 4, 2010
Does growing up under the California sun make a musician more likely to turn out warm, blissful melodies made for a drive down the Pacific Coast Highway? We’re saying “yes,” based solely on Redland, California…
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