-Sacramento’s Bright Light Fever have released an mp3 for us to devour prior to their disc, The Evening Owl (Stolen Transmission), coming out at the tail end of 2006.
MP3: Bright Light Fever - “Broken Hands”
-L.A.’s The Oohlas have also dropped a chick rock track on us to pimp their disc, Best Stop Pop […]

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ZibraZibra
The End of the Lion
Label: Royalty, Etc.
With influences ranging from The Faint’s New Wave synth (”A Robot Never Forgets”) to Mindless Self Indulgence’s vocal spasms mixed over beatbox overload (”ExtraTerrestrisex The Sextraferrestrial”), ZibraZibra’s debut album, The End of the Lion is awash with Atari blips, Casio rhythms, well-timed guitar solos and joyfully adolescent lyrics. This […]

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The Brass Kings
The Brass Kings
Minneapolis singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Kaul is internationally known for his songwriting, and his “O’Brother Where Art Thou meets Minnesota bog” project, The Brass Kings, is a rousing mix of Americana folk and soulful blues. Their self-titled release is so down to earth it’s crunchy.

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The Divine Requiem
The Divine Requiem
The Divine Requiem’s approach to melodic rock isn’t entirely new, but the powerful Seven Mary Three-influenced vocals definitely set it apart. The Minneapolis quartet’s full-length debut, Days, Hours and Minutes to Seconds, is worth checking out.

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Our review as published at Filter Magazine:

Muse
State Theater, Minneapolis MN (July 26, 2006)
As 2,000+ Muse fans piled into the historic State Theater for Muse’s sold out show Wednesday evening, there’s no question escaping the 90 degree heat wave — essentially hell for snow-loving Minnesotans — was foremost in the minds of the tattooed, studded, Batman […]

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-Planning for the 8th Annual “B.O.B.” 2006 Battle Of the Bands Festival is underway! Bands representing alternative, punk, rock, rap, blues, metal, country, goth, hip hop, metal and more are competing for national and regional prizes and cash in the longest running festival of its kind. The Festival began July 1st and runs until September […]

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Under the Influence of Giants
Under the Influence of Giants
Label: Island
In stores: August 8
If you live in an alternate universe populated by leisure suits and afros, you wouldn’t blink twice at So-Cal’s Under the Influence of Giants (myspace) and their full-length debut.
But ever since Travolta gave up dancing and Shaft joined a cult, funk music […]

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Australia’s Jet is readying Shine On, the follow-up to their 2003 hit Get Born, set for release on October 3rd. With producer Dave Sardy on board again, we can expect another healthy dose of classic garage rock.
The album’s first single, “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,” hits radio August 7th. Tour info forthcoming. […]

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Black Fiction
Ghost Ride
Label: Howells Transmitter
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “Magic Hands” (192kbps)

Perish
Our Sin
Label: Anko Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “Our Sin” (192kbps)

Mondo Jet Set
Henry After A Nightlife
Label: Pink Hedgehog Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “Siren Song” (192kbps)

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Art Brut
Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Label: Downtown
We may be late to the game, but we’ve only recently given Art Brut’s CD a proper listen and just had to write something. Sure, we’d heard all the buzz about NME’s darling child from South London. We’ve even had “Formed a Band” on our rotation for a while, […]

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