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REVIEW: Panther Attack! gives us heart-pounding, funky post-rock
Panther Attack! @ Club Tropical (credit unknown) Panther Attack!'s full-length album, Martyr Bonus , was released in 2007. The quartet, from Seattle, Wash., is composed of a bassist, guitarist, and two drummers -- with one drummer often…
SPOTLIGHT: Lightspeed Champion releases new full length LP
Lightspeed Champion is the brain child of Devonté Hynes and has been active since 2005. In 2007, he released Falling off the Lavender Bridge to critical acclaim. This record was recorded and produced in Omaha, Nebraska with the help of…
SPOTLIGHT: Jack Conte, one-man band, destined for limelight stay
Jack Conte Ladies and gentlemen, meet Jack Conte. He is a San Francisco native that has only been on the scene for about three years, but will stay in the limelight for much longer than fifteen minutes if he continues releasing EPs like he…
Review: Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Despite a newly inducted sonic clarity, Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest takes the high road: This is not an album that relies on "slick" production to craft something of quality. No, while Veckatimest is undeniably better recorded than previous…
New Sophe Lux EP 'Hungry Ghost'
The most important thing I can say about (and to) Sophe Lux is this: get your ass in a studio and put out a full-blown rock opera now! These guys totally get it. And by “it” I mean the concept of modern music as serious art that still…
Melora Creager's Rasputina metamorphasis
This limited-edition CD was my introduction to Ms. Melora Creager, and what an introduction it turned out to be . The resonant feeling I heard on the first playing sent me off on a web-surfing frenzy that ended with my debit card lying on…
"Well we'll all be alone when we sing our final note"
For anyone who has experienced the genre-bending and ranging music of Cerberus Shoal any time in the past decade, this rebirth known as Fire on Fire should come as no surprise. That band seemed to make a habit of reinventing their sound…
Review: What Laura Says - Thinks and Feels
What Laura Says Thinks and Feels Terpsikshore Records, 2008 What Laura Says opens their second release with a collection, of sorts, of musical styles: "Couldn't Lose Myself If I Tried" opens with a gentle folk-inflected tune before it…