2012

Deer Park Avenue: Stop & Go EP

The powerpop of Sacramento, California-based sisters Sarah (guitars and vocals) and Stephanie Snyder (drums, background vocals) is a joy to listen to. They fill their songs with a kinetic energy that is palpable and likely to make you dance. With help from the Bissonette brothers (Matt produced the EP and famed session drummer Gregg guests on the track “Millionaire”), this collection of ditties will make you think as much as it will get you moving.

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Lou Ragland: I Travel Alone

Long before they conquered American radio with their super corny smash "You Sexy Thing", London's Hot Chocolate were assumingly unaware that during their days recording singles for Apple Corps and being mentored by Mickie Most they shared their name with the funkiest group in Cleveland, Ohio at the time–led by one of the greatest voices to emerge from the Midwestern soul movement of the 1970s.

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Mika Readies New Album

MIKA has announced his new album The Origin of Love, due out on Universal Republic this fall. Following up his multi-million selling worldwide smash The Boy Who Knew Too Much

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Sub Pop Signs New Post-Punk Band Metz

Sub Pop Records has signed the ferocious Toronto-based trio METZ and will release the band’s debut full-length worldwide on October 9th, 2012. The band has created a concise video piece

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Brandi Carlile: Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a demonstration of Carlile and her band’s incredible musical talent, but it’s also a jumbled mess of genre and poor sequencing.

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