When a band member leaves, either on good terms or bad, how remaining members choose to respond can be debilitating. After losing bassist Carlos Dengler, Interpol’s fifth studio album El Pintor stands as a risky move. However, over the course of Interpol’s 10 years on the scene, the band’s grown well prepared for the ups and downs associated […]
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The Chicago Tribune could not be more right in declaring French songstress Julie Meckler as one of their “Artists to Watch in 2011,” although her debut album Queenshead is finally hitting us two years later thanks to a successful Kickstarter from back then. Meckler, who was formerly an actress overseas, is joined by a group of […]
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Love Isn’t Gone Fall not coming soon enough? Still haven’t found an A.C. unit for your sweaty apartment? The Petticoat Tearoom have some mountain jams to ease your estival blues. They’re not your standard banjo-wielding hipsters, either– the songs on their latest album “Love Isn’t Gone” are packed with seamless instrumental talent. So press play, […]
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Now that Chasing Mars is as well-balanced as a high-energy rock band, this upcoming release is going to be much different from the last.
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Before his mid-November concert at SPACE in Evanston, Illinois, singer, songwriter and producer Duncan Sheik, who was catapulted to stardom and pigeonholed as a “one-hit wonder” by the success of his breathy single, “Barely Breathing,” shared some thoughts behind what prompted him to embark on his most recent projects and what was next on his […]
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When a musician takes an aside and speaks, it sticks out amidst the rest of their music …
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Clueless offers a soundtrack that contradicts the movie’s title.
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Extend a welcome to Alessi Laurent-Marke through multiple mediums.
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Even the seasoned “indie” connoisseur should be able to come away with something new.
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This may not be the best, brightest or newest band on the block, but Conduits show a lot of promise on their first full-length
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