Moving Mountains: Waves

Moving Mountains’ Triple Crown Records debut, Waves, has a sound that is full of traces of post-rock from the early 2000s. From the start, the listener is captured by Moving Mountains’ post-hardcore cut “My Life Is Like A Chase Dream (And I’m Still Having Chase Dreams).” “Where Two Bodies…

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The Postelles: The Postelles

Sounding like a mix of Arctic Monkeys and early The Strokes, The Postelles’ debut self-titled album offers 12 songs, each coming in at around three minutes long, that will add a little zip to a morning commute and have you tapping your feet until you wear a hole in…

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The Wombats: This Modern Glitch

With their second full-length album since the U.S.-only release of The Wombats EP, The Wombats are back with a vengeance. Their latest release, This Modern Glitch is full of catchy choruses, fun, head-bopping and feet-tapping beats that may have the listener off of their feet. Even the slower tracks,…

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Flogging Molly: Speed Of Darkness

Celtic punk rockers, Flogging Molly are back with their fifth studio full-length Speed Of Darkness. The first two tracks off their latest release, “Speed Of Darkness” and “Revolution,” are fast-paced and hard-hitting, which pumps up the listener for what’s to come. Contrasting the first two tracks, “The Heart Of…

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Eliza Doolittle: Eliza Doolittle

Born into a theatrical family, 22-year-old London singer Eliza Doolittle—whose real name is Eliza Caird—isn’t very interested in writing about love. Instead, she has decided to take another path in writing about life experiences seen through her eyes and others’. It’s very easy to understand why she’s all for…

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The Right Now: Carry Me Home

The Right Now is full of soulful and jazzy instrumentals with sultry vocals that just draw the listener in. Stefanie Berecz’s voice has a powerful stance to it, and she is backed by eight talented musicians who help her get her emotions across. In “Ain’t Going Back” the listener…

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Korn: The Essential Kork

It may have been just me, but I thought that the alternative metal band Korn haven’t released anything in years and if they had, it probably didn’t sell too well. Much to my surprise, it turns out to be the polar opposite. Their most recent album, Korn III: Remember

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Blackfield/Anathema @ Irving Plaza

NEW YORK, NY—After nearly missing this show because I thought it was Saturday and not Friday, I showed up early to NYC‘s Irving Plaza to be sure to catch Anathema‘s set. I know they’ve traveled a great distance from their doomly beginnings as one of the “Peaceville three”—the other…

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Man Man: Life Fantastic

Aligned for the first time in their career with a real live, in-the-flesh producer (that being Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek Records), Philly indie experimentalists Man Man have removed the toys and the whistles that typified their earlier releases, and on Life Fantastic sound—dare I say…

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The Joy Formidable: The Big Roar

The Joy Formidable has been on the list of bands for me to check out for a while now, and after listening to their debut album, I don’t know why I waited so long. The album starts off with “The Everchanging Spectrum Of A Lie,” which sends out a…

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