Another consecutive day featuring two Australian bands in a row. I’m not sure why it is so sudden, but 2006 has really been a
Lately, if there’s one major stereotype for “indie music”, it’s usually either substituting claps for percussion or replacing incoherent mumblings where the vocals should
The Shames consider themselves to be following the “grand New York tradition” of bands such as The Velvet Underground, The Ramones, and more recently
Many would claim that Chicago is one of the most important birthplaces of alternative rock, with bands such as the Smashing Pumpkins, Smog, and
While Silversun Pickups have been one of the most blogged about rookie bands in 2006, I saw and heard them for the first time
Some bands just sound better when it’s raining outside. This is a fact, particulary in mind of those dark and moody bands of the
The Cat Empire are one of those bands that makes you want to explore every music genre imaginable. Aptly put, they take from almost
In the typical hipster community, when a band breaks through because of a cover song, it’s death by criticism. What about when the cover
Ever since I posted about The Postmarks about a month ago (here), they have been critically acclaimed blog darlings. According to Elbo.ws, ‘Goodbye’ was
As a diehard Yankees fan (yeah, shoot me), some of my friends have the assumption that I despise bands from Boston. That’s rubbish. While