Silver Scooter
The Blue Law (Peek-A-Boo). Review by Randall Stephens.
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The Pernice Brothers
The World Won’t End (Ashmont). Review by Randall Stephens.
National Skyline
Exit Now (File 13). Review by Randall Stephens.
The Helio Sequence
Com Plex (Cavity Search). Review by Randall Stephens.
Lenola
Treat Me to Some Life (File 13). Review by Randall Stephens.
The No-No’s
Portland scenesters the No-No’s have been at the indie-pop-punk wheel since t…
The Lilys
Enfant terrible Kurt Heasley has gone through a number of musical inca…
Oranger (Stephens)
Why a band like San Francisco-based Oranger is not on spinART is beyond me. T…
Dressy Bessy
Dressy Bessy have cranked out their share of buoyant and comely indie-pop thr…
Cinerama
David Gedge, long famous as the frontman for the UK indie favorite the Weddin…
Vic Chesnutt and Mr. And Mrs. Keneipp
Although Merriment is credited to Vic Chesnutt and the Keneipps, it is…
Mollie O’Brien
Mollie O’Brien, a fixture in the bluegrass folk scene, presents 10 trademark …
Star Hustler
Jason Hatfield’s group, Star Hustler, goes the trad-country route, with mando…
Rian Murphy and Will Oldham
This is impressive. Although there are only four songs on this EP from Oldham…
Red Carpet Ring
One of the most interesting new labels on the indie pop scene is the New Hampshire-based Red Carpet Ring. Randall Stephens talked with label founder Paul Vittum to find out what’s new at the home of such bands as the Princeton Reverbs Colonial, My Place in Space, and Fablefactory.
Magnetic Fields
Not only is Stephin Merritt one of the most revered songwriters around, he’s also one of the most prolific, with the massive three-disc 69 Love Songs and records from alter-egos the 6ths and the Future Bible Heroes out in just the last year. Randall Stephens caught up with Merritt in a rare moment between projects to try to catch up.
Birdie
With connections to Dolly Mixture, St. Etienne, and Heavenly, Birdie emerges …
Ladytron
It’s a safe bet that if a band has the word “tron” in its name, then you’re i…
Versus
Hurrah is Versus’ first full-length on their new label, Merge Records….
The Marshmallow Coast
Andrew Gonzales, the brains behind Marshmallow Coast, is into the lighter sid…
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