Despite some individual members’ supreme awfulness over the years as well as the automatic lameness of the whole cash-cow reunion charade, I’m kind of intrigued to see the original line-up of Jane’s Addiction play again. Lone hold-out Eric Avery had long said he had no interest in pursuing the past, but I guess he caved […]

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With former members of Elevator Action and Columbia, South Carolina’s sadly defunct Orgone Accumulator, Brooklyn’s Telltale showcases an intriguing mix of experimental no-wave, minimalist post-punk, and dark shoegaze. The result is akin to pre-Bad Moon Rising Sonic Youth, as Eric Gilstrap’s voice recalls Thurston Moore’s youthful, angst-ridden inflection when he punches up the tension. The […]

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Having already been sold on Marnie Stern, I needed little to no convincing to want to go see her live, but a friend of mine has it on good authority that her live show is incredible, which just adds fuel to my fire. She’s touring the US in March to show off her fretboard magic […]

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Strangely, Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive stream of Cursive’s “I Couldn’t Love You”, off the band’s forthcoming Mama, I’m Swollen out on Saddle Creek March 10. At first, it sounds more like a song by The Good Life, Tim Kasher’s other band, but the tension brims into uncomfortable emotional weirdness, which is much more indicative […]

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Ladytron will support The Faint on a North American tour for a month starting April Fool’s Day in support of 2008’s Velocifero. The Tomorrow EP will precede the shows by a month, as it will be available digitally on March 3rd. Then the band heads over to Europe to play a few dates with Depeche Mode. […]

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Kismet! New video from A Place to Bury Strangers and they will be on tour in April, coming to a city near me. 3-31 Dublin, Ireleand – Whelans 4-1 Glasgow, UK – Stereo 4-2 Manchester, UK – Ruby Lounge 4-3 Leeds, UK – Cockpit 4-5 Birmingham, UK – Barfly 4-6 London, UK – Kings College […]

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The new Cursive record, Mama, I’m Swollen, will be out March 10, 2009 via Saddle Creek. It’s the band’s sixth studio album and follows the sorely underrated Happy Hollow from 2006. With Cursive’s penchant for heavy-handed, thematically driven song cycles, chances are good that Mama, I’m Swollen will follow suit, though that title, as awesome […]

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