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Peggy Sue ‰ÛÒ Choir of Echoes (Yep Roc)

Peggy Sue ‰ÛÒ Choir of Echoes (Yep Roc)

  A folk album that will mend your broken heart. Peggy Sue has been around for the past ten years, in which they have undergone a few name changes, released multiple LPs, and toured with a lot of popular artists emerging from England. Despite all of this, the...

Gardens & Villa ‰ÛÒ Dunes (Secretly Canadian)

Gardens & Villa ‰ÛÒ Dunes (Secretly Canadian)

  A synthy, upbeat indie rock album For those who love synthesizers, bumpin‰' beats, a small dose of guitars, and males who have decent voices that can carry a tune, look no further than Gardens and Villa‰'s album, Dunes. The album is an easy listen, and will...

Augustines ‰ÛÒ Augustines (Votiv/Oxcart)

Augustines ‰ÛÒ Augustines (Votiv/Oxcart)

  The National on Xanax The artists formerly known as We Are Augustines kick of their new record ready to fill some stadiums and touch some teenaged hearts. Think of everything you like about the National, the spacious, swelling instrumentation, the...

Invisible Days-Invisible Days (Manimal)

Invisible Days-Invisible Days (Manimal)

  Shoegaze, psych, mellow Deerhunter with a little Arctic Monkeys Brooklyn based band, Invisible Days, has released their self-titled EP with six new tracks. The band, who has released two singles and one other EP, plays very accessible shoegaze, chill and psych...

The Pack A.D. ‰ÛÒ Do Not Engage (Nettwerk)

The Pack A.D. ‰ÛÒ Do Not Engage (Nettwerk)

  Another Run of the mill “blues-rock‰” duo It seems that in recent years, any guitar/drums duo playing some form of raw rock music is inevitably compares to The White Stripes and The Black Keys and labeled as either garage rock, blues rock or blues-punk. Such is...

Maya Vik ‰ÛÒ On It (Oslo Records)

Maya Vik ‰ÛÒ On It (Oslo Records)

  Funky, Soulful, Electronic, and Dance-inspiring Maya Vik has hit a perfect balance between her own unique sound and years of inspiration reaching back to the 1970s and 1980s. On It is funky with fun bass lines and colorful instrumentation. The album‰'s second...

Atomic Bride – Electric Order (Self-Released)

Atomic Bride – Electric Order (Self-Released)

  Angry Arcade Fire on acid Reminiscent of the aura of “Reflektor‰” but transcending in the Rocky Horror Picture Show universe, Electric Order manages to be confusing and appealing in the same riff. Originating in Seattle and dominated by a guitar god, Atomic...

POW! – Hi-Tech Boom (Castle Face Records)

POW! – Hi-Tech Boom (Castle Face Records)

  Garage goes lo-fi What do you get when you cross San Francisco, a garage band, and a synth? A little surprisingly, this band is no joke. POW! packs listeners with a punch, proclaiming a “natural Doppler effect‰” through their songs. While not quite your run of...