Posts Tagged ‘Lips’
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Nathan Lawr and the Minotaurs
In terms of national recognition, it should be noted that drummers usually get the short of the stick. Based on personal observations, most people seem to prefer a guitar solo to a drum solo any day of the week, disregarding th...
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Jealous Girlfriends From Brooklyn
Some cities are simply blessed with a ceaselessly active music scene. While most major cities have their share of prominently historical artists to tout about, there are few that can accurately describe their city as still bein...
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REVIEW: The Silent League – Of Stars and Other Somebodies
Justin Russo follows up a pleasing debut with a more expansively fulfilling continuation of his enjoyable style: infectiously majestic orchestral chamber-pop with hints of country and 60s pop.
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Tunng Hits the Sweet Spot with Good Arrows
I imagine that writing music for adverts is one of the most frustrating occupations known to man.While any music-related occupation usually comes off as expressively appealing to many, the world of creating “background mu...
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The Silent League Continues to Make Enjoyable Sounds
I would imagine that hanging around Mercury Rev would do extreme justice in molding a musical intellect. Keyboardist Justin Russo was fortunately given that opportunity for quite some time. Possessing one of the largest cult fo...
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Great Northern Provides Memorable Depth on Debut
On the cover of Great Northern‘s debut album, Trading Twilight for Daylight, sits a barren tree backed by an arctic landscape. Such a dormant image is ironic considering the band’s lively and articulately layered so...
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God Save The Clientele!
The Clientele are achieving an odd form of success for a British band. In most cases, bands from different countries find initial success in their native country prior to any other location overseas. However, in this case, the ...
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Robbers On High Street
Many people might take a look at Robbers On High Street‘s promo shot and assume that their experience is somewhat limited. I mean, from the picture above, the three members look straight out of high school. Well, this is ...
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Blue Fringe: Don’t Mind the “Religious” Tag
In this world of constant indecisiveness, music is one of the only aspects in life that individuals of all religions, races, and philosophies can enjoy together, to a collective extent. Apart from the occasional political balla...
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Dappled Cities Fly Tweak Their Name and Sound
The five members of Dappled Cities comfortably define themselves as a band who creates “oddball pop”. Oddball pop? Well, the particular specification seems to be getting more common by the day with bands like Daniel...