Harlem Shakes
Burning Birthdays
Lustrous melodies paired with effervescent keyboards and radiant vocals (complete with oohs and ahhs at the right offbeats) have filled our headphones. It’s readily apparent New York’s Harlem Shakes have the must-hear EP pop release of the month.
We will admit, however, the low-fi wall of sound everyone’s buzzing about just doesn’t […]

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Ror-Shak
Deep
Label: Koch Records
Release Date: March 13, 2007
Much like the Swiss psychiatrist’s subliminal ink blots, two DJs from New York feel there are no wrong answers when it comes to musical interpretation…but there are creative answers.
As such, New York DJ duo Ror-Shak (DB  & Shaun Morris AKA Stakka) have unfurled a bouquet of delirious beats in […]

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Let’s Go Sailing
Chaos in Order
Label: GR2 Records
Release Date: March 27, 2007
L.A. latest dream pop indie band is a little group called Let’s Go Sailing. Fronted by Shana Levy (formerly of Irving), the group’s sound has that sweet misty haziness of a California sunrise. It’s sophisticated twee for you and yours. Some tracks off their debut, […]

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Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven
The First Annual Camp Out (DVD)
Studio: MVD Visual
Indie rock innovators Camper Van Beethoven, freshly regrouped after a 13-year hiatus, and alt-rock godfathers Cracker recently released a DVD of the first Camp Out in Pioneertown, California — one door down from the barn-turned-sound-stage where Cracker recorded platinum-selling Kerosene Hat (1994).
Filmed September 9 […]

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The Mooney Suzuki
Have Mercy

Bad things happen in threes, my friends. And as such, the New York-based blam punk trio Mooney Suzuki encountered their bad luck in a series of three, as follows:

After a rousing EP (Maximum Black) enlisted The Matrix to product major label debut (Columbia) and received zilch for promotional support
Guitarist Graham Tyler’s dad […]

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New tour announced to promote Cassadaga, in stores April 10. Read our review here.
UPDATE:
April 25, 2007 - State Theater, Minneapolis, MN 
Bright Eyes - US Winter 2007

Sun-Feb-25, Chicago, IL, Metro w/ Maria Taylor, All Smiles
Tue-Feb-27, Toronto, ON, Opera House w/ Ohbijou
Wed-Feb-28, Somerville, MA, Somerville Theatre w/ M. Ward
Fri-Mar-02, New York, NY, Bowery […]

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Royalty, Etc. Turns One
Big Anniversary Party at Minneapolis’ Big V’s on Sat., Feb. 24
In an April 2006 interview with Ty Morse, the head of the Royalty, Etc. label, we talked with the businessman and singer/songwriter about his love of the Twin Cities music scene and how nobody else was signing his favorite local […]

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Thunderegg
This Week
Release Date: February 20, 2007
Hey Einstein, in case you didn’t know, “thundereggs are rough spheres, most about as big as a baseball. They look uninteresting on the outside, but slicing them in half may reveal highly attractive patterns and colors valuable in jewelry.” They’re also the state rock of Oregon, which coincidentally, is where […]

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Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller
Jonny Greenwood (Various Artists)
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Label: Trojan Records
Jonny Greenwood be jammin’ next month.
As Radiohead fans begrudgingly accept Thom Yorke’s Grammy snub and have no non-EMI album release date to opine for, we’re sure they’ll be quick to pick the guitarist’s second solo project since Bodysong.
With impresario’s approach to mix-taping, […]

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Angelspit
Krankhaus
Label: Dancing Ferret Discs
Intense attitude, aggressive industrial synth and politically-charged lyrics combine on Angelspit’s debut album, Krankhaus (German translation: “sick house”).
ZooG and Destroyx, an Austrailian duo who met in the underground zine culture, combine vocoder, theremin and plenty of electronic toys to meld a blistering brand of sadistic electropop.
RIYL: KMFDM, NIN, Atari Teenage Riot
Angelspit : […]

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