Local Review: Rare Facture – Light In The Dark

Local Review: Rare Facture – Light In The Dark
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Rare Facture Light In The Dark Self-Released Street: 06.30 Rare Facture = OMD + Depeche Mode Here’s a novel notion, local musos: study and learn the genre you’re interested in until it becomes your passion—if not your love—then go and make an album. Seemingly without pretension, local synth duo Tom Cella and David Burdick have

DâM-FunK: The Continuum of Modern Funk

DâM-FunK: The Continuum of Modern Funk
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DâM-FunK’s second LP, Invite the Light, dropped Sept. 4, and he hits Urban Lounge on Sept. 13. – SLUG Mag … read more

Krisiun: Strength Forged Fury

Krisiun: Strength Forged Fury
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Brutal death metal often gets taken to task for being redundant—often featuring anti-religious themes, the usual standards and “more of the same” pervade, so brutal death cries out to break new ground with room for deep emotional thought. Brazil’s brutal death metal trio does exactly the fucking opposite: full-on negative music that’s as disrespectful to

New Order: World In Motion

New Order: World In Motion
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There are bands that leave a mark on their generation, and then there is New Order. Igniting a career of perseverance following the suicide of Joy Division vocalist Ian Curtis, New Order wound post-punk alienation and the pleasure of the dancefloor into always unconventional pop songs, crafting themselves the musical pulse of their time. Cautiously

Review: Jessica Lee Wilkes – Lone Wolf

Review: Jessica Lee Wilkes – Lone Wolf
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Jessica Lee Wilkes = Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas + The Detroit Cobras … read more

Local Review: Valentine & The Regard – Werewolves

Local Review: Valentine & The Regard – Werewolves
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Valentine & The Regard Werewolves FeralCatRecords Street: 12.23.14 Valentine & The Regard = Bright Eyes + The Cure Werewolves is a nostalgic trip through a series of poignant songs written in a manner that brings to mind both Conor Oberst and Pedro the Lion. Each song sweeps through straightforward guitar harmonies with an authentic sense

Local Review: Boone – Next Best Tapes

Local Review: Boone – Next Best Tapes
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Boone Next Best Tapes Self-Released Street: 06.26 Boone = Kid Cudi + Pink Floyd No, Next Best Tapes is not the latest hip-hop release from frontiersman Daniel Boone (however interesting that might have been), but instead a solid premiere for the rising Huntsville artist, Boone. In Next Best Tapes, we find a rapper who is,