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I posted on Ottowa’s The Acorn last year. They don’t have a new album out or anything, but since my old site is dead, I figured the band should get a shout out here at the new (and improved?) corner. Tin Fist is a nice, gentle record of indie rock and folky pop. The group [...]

Here’s a tour I can promote without any hesitation: Two of ‘07’s best bands, sharing a stage! Tokyo Police Club has announced Spring tour dates with the Cold War Kids! Check out the UK-only tune: Citizens of Tomorrow (Space Ballad) Tokyo Police Club Tokyo Police Club Tour: 3/6/07 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater * [...]

Yet another indie band from Chicago? Must be something in the water. Chin Up Chin Up shouldn’t have to ask you twice to think positive. Like many of their hometown’s ilk, the emphasis is on excellent drums and rhythm section; avant pop lyrics; and moody melodies formed by guitar lines that weave up around and [...]

Courtesy of Big O Magazine, a great, great show: He Lays in the Reins-Iron&Wine and Calexico Red Dust-Iron&Wine and Calexico Prison on Route 41-Iron&Wine and Calexico All Tomorrow’s Parties (Velvet Underground cover)-Iron&Wine and Calexico History of Lovers-Iron&Wine and Calexico Dead Man’s Will-Iron&Wine and Calexico Wild Horses (Rolling Stones cover)-Iron&Wine and Calexico

BIRDMONSTER One of my favorite indie bands offers a new cut! Cause You Can-Birdmonster BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE! Broken Social Scene – La Maroquinerie, Paris (December 16, 2005). Set list: 1. All The Gods 2. 7/4 (Shoreline) 3. Fire Eye’d Boy 4. Stars and Sons 5. Cause = Time 6. Major Label Debut (slow) 7. Handjobs [...]

A year back, on our old, attacked-by-the-RIAA-then-hijacked-by-advertisers site, we interviewed Jim Vallet from Chicago’s Track a Tiger. That was when he was promoting Woke up Early the Day I Died, the band’s debut album that wasn’t nearly as depressing as the title. Featuring lots of hooks and melodies, and very well produced, the album was [...]

It’s no secret that Arcade Fire helped create the indie rock N blog world. Funeral is still one of my favorite records ever made. I know the new album has leaked, but I’ve conscienciously stayed away from the leaked files. You can stream it and see some extremely odd videos here, or you can just [...]

After a year of (fantastic) re-releases, The Mooney Suzuki have a new record. Have Mercy is the name, and I daresay it’s one of the best studio releases this punk-turned-rock band has every produced. And it’s kind of like two albums in one. It begins with rough, punky rock n’ roll of the ‘60s and [...]

Fans of Bishop Allen and Sufjan will admire Ghost Stories for the twee factor, but folks (like me) who prefer a little more bite to their music will admire the band’s use of hum, buzz, clatter and noise as a backdrop to the band’s lighter elements. Quixoticism bounces from vaguely alt-country songs like “The Black [...]