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2013 Pitchfork Music Festival: Mikal Cronin
Mikal Cronin shreds, ok. Mikal Cronin's bassist shreds. Mikal Cronin's guitarist REALLY shreds. Hell, even Mikal Cronin's drummer, who techni...
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The Rockometer: Death Dreams by PS I Love You
PS I Love You
Death Dreams
Paper Bag Records
I'm going through my notebook, the one I use when preparing reviews, a little black Moleskine ...
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The Rockometer: Aesthethica by Liturgy
Liturgy
Aesthethica
Thrill Jockey
Liturgy aren't a black metal act, but they do play one on stage and in the studio. The Brooklyn-based band ...
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The Rockometer: Wilderness Heart by Black Mountain
Black Mountain
Wilderness Heart
Jagjaguwar
For a band like Vancouver, longhaired throwback rockers, Black Mountain, there was really no where ...
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Shredding Females: New Jams from Marnie Stern and Screaming Females
It sure is nice to hear Marnie Stern hasn't lost one bit of that guitar-geekery which has made her the apple in many a young indie rocker's eye ...
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The Rockometer: Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel
S/T
Siltbreeze
Listening Columbus, Ohio's Mount Carmel is a bit like living in an alternate universe where glam, prog, punk, ...
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“Dealbreaker” by The Hot Rails
If it was hard being a rock band in 2003, when the Supersuckers first released the shoulda-been-a-classic single, "Rock 'N' Records (Ain't ...
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Moving Pictures: "Bell" by Screaming Females
Seeing as though Marnie Stern still won't return any of my calls, texts, and emails, and all of those lovely fruit baskets I've sent to her have ...
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