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Lauren Sloss
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Mar 22, 2012
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It would be silly to claim that throwback pop/punk sounds better in an Australian accent. But there's certainly something excellent about Sydney's Royal Headache and their new single "Down the Lane."A well-crafted, tightly composed pop song at its co...
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Lauren Sloss
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Nov 22, 2011
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Pterodactyl have become the occasionally sung heroes of the Brooklyn noise punk scene, a title deservedly earned and held up with "School Daze," the first single off of their third album Spills Out. But Spills Out takes a turn for 60s harmony-driven ...
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Lauren Sloss
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Aug 22, 2011
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Good noise-rock can be hard to come by. Perhaps because of its raw nature, it's become something of a go-to for bands looking to get loud, without much consideration to the musical skill underneath the fuzz of their guitars. Thankfully, there are ban...
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By
joesmith
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May 8, 2011
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Anyone can make music; I know I did when I banged pots and pans around as a child. But what is the purpose of music making? Irrefutably, an artist's goals is to merely to entertain the listener on some level. Sometimes it can be just that simple.Not ...
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Lauren Sloss
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Apr 8, 2011
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Hot Club De Paris is an excellent example of a particular brand of energized, frenetic British rock that manages to sound like the middle-finger-flipping child of punk rock while maintaining an excellent vocabulary.Their new album, Free the Pterodact...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Jan 4, 2010
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Udachi have been on the scene a while, a bit like this song to be honest. They come for the U S of A (NY i think) and make some deep, reverberating dub. I love this song and the original band has a most exsquisite girl lurking around in it. - Deck He...
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