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Ripley Johnson’s Rose City Band, on Thrill Jockey Records, has two new releases and debut LP, self-titled, starts out shining, emotional and the overall sentimentality of the psych-trip is stunning....
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If alternative artists are always suspect to hyperbole, it is likewise with pop and Americana, but occasionally artists actually claim a certain niche, and this is a good thing....
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Laura Marling long ago became an indie-folk darling, yet she is still able to do even more....
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It would be easy to dismiss Cannabis Corpse as just another parody act cut from the same regal cloth as “Weird Al” Yankovic or Spinal Tap....
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Pearl Jam’s career has been quite impressive, from early nineties grunge breakthrough to over the decades becoming one of the most reliable big rock bands in the world....
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A new and spirited sounding cultural commentary over guitar is common in the alternative music scene these days....
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M. Ward has been a modern folk hero for years, but a subtle one....
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If you know music history very well, bending your mind toward all-girl musical collectives should cause an intense gradient of possibility and intermixture to insta-color your mind....
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Remember when indie rock could just be indie rock?...
Ripley Johnson’s Rose City Band, on Thrill Jockey Records, has two new releases and debut LP, self-titled, starts out shining, emotional and the overall sentimentality of the psych-trip is stunning....
If alternative artists are always suspect to hyperbole, it is likewise with pop and Americana, but occasionally artists actually claim a certain niche, and this is a good thing....
Laura Marling long ago became an indie-folk darling, yet she is still able to do even more....
It would be easy to dismiss Cannabis Corpse as just another parody act cut from the same regal cloth as “Weird Al” Yankovic or Spinal Tap....
Pearl Jam’s career has been quite impressive, from early nineties grunge breakthrough to over the decades becoming one of the most reliable big rock bands in the world....
A new and spirited sounding cultural commentary over guitar is common in the alternative music scene these days....
M. Ward has been a modern folk hero for years, but a subtle one....
If you know music history very well, bending your mind toward all-girl musical collectives should cause an intense gradient of possibility and intermixture to insta-color your mind....
Remember when indie rock could just be indie rock?...