Marillion
Somewhere Else
Label: MVD Audio
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Fans of Radiohead, Muse and Coldplay take note. Marillion’s latest album, Somewhere Else, is a worthy addition to your listening line-up this week.
In the three years since the last new Marillion album, the acclaimed double album Marbles. Quite frankly, the prog group’s hardcore fans aren’t happy with the […]

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We just snagged two tix for the Mando Diao show at Minneapolis’ 400 Bar on May 8 with Pop Levi and The Films.
We’re thinking of a number between 1 and 10. Post your best guess at the number in the comments. Winning number wins 2 tickets PLUS a copy of Ode to Ochrasy, the new […]

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Hrishikesh Hirway’s solo work began under the name The One AM Radio in March 1999. On his fourth album, This Too Shall Pass, Hirway melds melancholy dream-pop vocals with ambient, sadcore riffs and drones in a 13-track brooding spectacle of forgetfulness.
Well, Hrishi just returned home from an arduous and adventuresome tour across the country and […]

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The Old Soul
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Label: Friendly Fire Recordings
Release Date: April 17, 2007
Looking for an escape from the Noreaster, east coast friends?
Strap on your favorite headphones and pop in The Old Soul’s self-titled debut. It’s a sensational three ring circus in your head, with Toronto’s Luca Maoloni as the Brian Wilson-channeling ringmaster.
Mexican mariachi, ragtime revival, Polyphonic Spree and […]

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Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts
Let’s Just Be
Label: Lonely Astronaut
Release Date: April 17, 2007
Joseph Arthur’s second album with his own label, Let’s Just Be, continues his musical evolution — this time into Rolling Stones/Wilco/Son Volt territory.
As Arthur moves further away from the looping and incorporates more guitar, his sound has a more authentic texture and […]

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The Greyboy Allstars
What Happened to TV
Label: Sci Fidelity Records
Release Date: April 17, 2007
The Greyboy Allstars may have been around for 15 years, but acid-jazz groups from San Diego rarely catch our attention. That is, until we heard their latest old-school funk and sou; album, What Happened to TV.
The group’s first album in 8 years, WH2TV […]

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Chrisopher Blue
Room Tones
Label: Sarathan Records
Release Date: April 17, 2007
How much alcohol does one need to drink to force every reviewer of your new album to use the term “booze-soaked” voice/croon/melodies, etc.? And what does Chrisopher Blue’s mom think about these types of descriptors? Then again, she neglected to include a “T” at the critical junction […]

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Some of you may remember last June when we posted our 230 Days of Customer Service Hell Over Sony DRM after playing a Trey Anastasio CD in our computer — which was then viciously attacked with a rootkit virus — and keeping track of back and forth e-mails/calls with Sony trying to rectify the matter […]

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In the 5+ years they’ve been around, the internationally-acclaimed Swedish garage rock/Brit pop band Mando Diao have enjoyed a healthy dose of buzz, praise and anticipation. However, the last decade pales in comparison to the 2007 roller coaster that’s creeping up the big hill one click at a time (hope you brought your barf bags, […]

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Seymore Saves the World
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Label: Royalty Etc.
Release Date: April 13, 2007
Every generation has a hero…a champion of the people who like Atlas, balances the world upon his shoulders to keep our dreams in the sky from crushing our hopes on Earth. Enter Seymore. Think he’s up to the challenge?
Although he’s been around the Minneapolis scene for […]

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