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Canopy Glow
by Anathallo
Anathallo don’t give away too much of a story. In “Sleeping Torpor,” children hide in a coat rack fr...
Vacilando Territory Blues
by J Tillman
Joshua Tillman has been soft-releasing gently lauded solo albums since 2004, but since joining Fleet...
White Light Strobing
by Desolation Wilderness
Recent albums from Brooklyn’s Deerhunter and Crystal Stilts used dense, all-encompassing reverb as a...
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SST Records
SST's standing in rock history is rumor or hype for many. Even those who were there question their memory: Could it really have been that good? Yet in terms of scope, influence, and sheer jolting greatness in the 1980s, only Def Jam comes close to eclipsing. For punks, it was as if Marvin Gaye had founded Motown and released one What's Going On after another: Black Flag's Damaged, Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime, Meat Puppets II, Husker Du's Zen Arcade – each one a blazing new world. "[We] knew there was nothi...
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eMusic Selects Q&A: The Rural Alberta Advantage
The Rural Alberta Advantage are Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole and Paul Banwatt. They come from Toronto (singer Nils Edenloff hails from Alberta, hence the name), and Hometowns is their first record, and it is a great one. Hometowns is a classic indie-rock record, both in aim and in result. Their songs sigh and exclaim, occasionally simultaneously, their emotions varied but the sincerity a constant.
Certainly any comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel have a germ of truth. Moments on Hometowns — "Rush Apart," "Frank, AB" ...
Certainly any comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel have a germ of truth. Moments on Hometowns — "Rush Apart," "Frank, AB" ...
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Top Alternative/Punk Tracks
| Listen | Track Name | Length | Download |
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| 1. | |
Frank, AB
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3:26 |  |
| 2. | |
Nothing Ever Happened
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5:50 | |
| 3. | |
Never Stops
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3:04 | |
| 4. | |
Undertow
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4:12 | |
| 5. | |
A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife
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5:51 | |
| 6. | |
Agoraphobia
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3:22 | |
| 7. | |
Little Kids
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4:22 | |
| 8. | |
Cover Me Slowy
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1:21 | |
| 9. | |
Saved by Old Times
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3:50 | |
| 10. | |
Microcastle
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3:40 | |
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