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Indie Rock North Americana Pop Power Pop Punk Records 

ALBUMS: July 2022 In Review

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments album, Beach Bunny, Colder Streams, Emotional Creature, Lizzo, Special, The Sadies

New titles by Lizzo, The Sadies and Beach Bunny are on the docket this month

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Alternative Rock Folk 

ALBUMS: The Lumineers Look on the BRIGHTSIDE

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2022, album, BRIGHTSIDE, Dualtone Records, folk, Jeremiah Fraites, The Lumineers, Wesley Shultz

A fourth record beaming with light and hope

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Post-Punk Punk 

LISTEN: Die! Die! Die! — Our Darlings

February 17, 2022February 19, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments album, Amphetamine Reptile, Die! Die! Die!, New Zealand, Premiere, Steve Albini, Tall Dwarfs, This Is Not An Island

Dig the first album from the original lineup of the New Zealand punk juggernaut since 2005

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Getting in Focus: Picture This by Huey Lewis and the News Turns 40

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, album, Anniversary, Do You Believe In Love, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis and the News, MTV, Picture This, Workin' For A Livin'

In early ’82, the beloved San Francisco band got their first taste of serious chart success

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"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock Dream Pop 

For The Love Of Loveless

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, album, Blinda Butcher, Colm O'Cloisig, Creation Records, Kevin Shields, Loveless, My Bloody Valentine, Only Shallow, Sire Records

Looking back on 30 years of My Bloody Valentine’s enduring masterpiece

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North Americana Southern Rock 

ALBUMS: The Steel Wheels of The Steel Woods

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, album, album review, All Of Your Stones, Blackberry Smoke, Georgia Satellites, Jason Cope, R.E.M., The Black Crowes, The Steel Woods

With All Of Your Stones, these Southern rock revivalists share passion with a purpose

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Britpop 

The Uncanny Auteurs

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Ian King 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, After Murder Park, album, Blur, Britpop, CMJ, Damon Albarn, Luke Haines, Melody Maker, The Auteurs

Looking back on 25 years of an underrated Britpop classic

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Pop 

The Tale of Telemachus, the Tapestry Cat

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Ron Hart 7 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, album, Carole King, cats, Jim McCrary, Tapestry, Telemachus

Curiosity got the best of me when I went digging deeper to find out more about Carole King’s kitty companion on the cover of her iconic 1971 solo LP, which turns 50 today

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