Tuesdays Robot
Tuesdays Robot
In today’s polarized political climate, it’s hard to stay neutral, especially when you aren’t.
And Minneapolis’ Tuesdays Robot members Rick Robot and Andrew Bartelson, whom you may know from Great Big Dreams and The Como Ave Jug Band, have moved on from the 4-track demo to release a full-length album filled with opinionated […]

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Neurosonic
Drame Queen
Label: Bodog Music
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Steeping influences from nu-metal (Korn’s Take a Look in the Mirror-era), funk/rap metal (311, Linkin Park) and punk revival (My Chemical Romance), Calgary-based Neurosonic have a refreshing modern rock sound and lyrical approach. Man, we just can’t believe some of the talent coming out of Canada these days. […]

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Blind Faith
London Hyde Park 1969 DVD
Studio: Sanctuary Records
DVD Release Date: September 19, 2006
Only one Blind Faith album was ever released, and despite hitting #1 in the U.K. and U.S., a sold out tour and status as the world’s first “super group,” there is only one filmed record of a Blind Fath performance. Until now, low-resolution […]

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South Park has a new DVD release — set to hit stores on August 29th –featuring all fourteen episodes from the eighth season in an exclusive 3-disc collector’s set.
This set includes fan favorites “Good Times with Weapons,” “AWESOM-O,” a very special Christmas episode, and the infamous “The Passion of the Jew,” with mini-commentaries by Matt […]

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Sigur Ros
Sæglópur [EP/DVD]
Label: Filter U.S.
Iceland’s Sigur Ros have a penchant for doings things their own way — whether it’s creating their own language (Hopelandic), utilizing perfect pitch falsetto vocal or filming music videos. And releasing an EP/DVD more than a year after their widely acclaimed Takk…, gives us just enough of an icy taste to […]

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–Brooklyn’s DJ Never Forget has a new mix he’d like you to sample:
MP3: DJ Never Forget - “Going to Work”
–Chicago’s prog rockers Wax on Radio have a new disc, Exposition coming out September 12th. Until then, we can stream the single, “When In Rome”: RAM, WIN
–Thom Yorke’s single for “Harrowdown Hill” is out. Tracks are: […]

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Magnolia Electric Co.
Fading Trails
Label: Secretly Canadian
MP3:”Lonesome Valley” (MP3, 192kbps)

The Nice Boys
The Nice Boys
Label: Birdman Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3 “Johnny Guitar” (MP3, 192kbps)

Traindodge
Wolves
Label: Ascetic Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “You, The Disaster” (MP3, 192kbps)

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As Tall As Lions
As Tall As Lions
Label: Triple Crown
Release date: August 8, 2006
Who can’t get enough British-influenced indie pop? Music bloggers, that’s who. And in the race to find the next Coldplay, Long Island, NY’s As Tall As Lions leads by a mane (get it? that’s a lion pun right there).
We haven’t heard the group’s […]

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The Working Title
About Face
Label: Umvd Labels
As U2 heads down the same “too big to be cool but maybe crazy” path as Tom Cruise, they’ve left a spot for up and coming big guitar melodies, layered vocals and clean, forgettable rock. That’s the Working Title and their debut, About Face.
Much like the entire album, the […]

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Ada Jane
Never Been Better
Release date: August 26, 2006
Since 1999, Matt Marka has been fronting groups of various Minneapolis musicians, but about a year ago he joined up with a couple guys from Minneapolis’ 400 Bar scene — drummer Charlie Wilson and bassist John Taillon. The trio formed Ada Jane, and the group have put the […]

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