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Into the Light
In 2007, singer Shannon Funchess and synth-player Bruno Coviello formed Light Asylum, an aggressive dark wave project that mixes its pop-wise futuristic neons with gothic pure blacks. After last year's taut In Tension EP, the…
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Meet Father John Misty
"Father John Misty" is the alter ego of Josh Tillman, formerly the drummer of Seattle-based folk-rockers Fleet Foxes. Though he's released several solo albums, his debut under his Misty moniker, Fear Fun (Sub Pop), is…
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Neon Trees: Just Another Band from Provo, Utah
Neon trees is a band you wouldn't expect to emerge from Mormon country. On their forthcoming album Picture Show, the Utah-based quartet evokes the best of '80s synth-pop and post-punk with the kind of flamboyance…
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Voice Male
Adam Levine has spent the better part of a decade peeling off his clothes in public. Whether the Maroon 5 frontman is rolling around in bed with a model for a music video or stripping…
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Memory Maker
Since M. Ward completed his analog-baked, Americana breakthrough Hold Time in early 2009, he hasn't had much time to himself. The following years have been punctuated by the release and subsequent tours of critically acclaimed…
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In Mr. Dream's Dreams
Following the release of Mr. Dream's thrashing Fatherland EP, we (naturally) enlisted dream expert Penney Peirce to analyze their dreams. Below, Adam Moerder, Matt Morello and Nick Sylvester relate recent dreams, and Peirce reveals their…
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Big Fun in the Big Town
(Five Day Weekend)Not unlike The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, but focusing on New York's nascent "rap" culture circa 1986, Dutch filmmaker Bram Van Splunteren's extraordinary documentary Big Fun in the Big Town is an affectionate…
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Medicine
Reissued albums(Captured Tracks)Medicine was America's foremost "shoegazing" band, seen as a Los Angeles-based equivalent to My Bloody Valentine. Critical darlings, Medicine's mainstream moment came via a cameo in the film The Crow before breaking up…
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Best Coast
The Only Place(Mexican Summer)Best Coast's debut album was met with the kind of critical reception of a young band's dreams. On their latest, singer-songwriter Bethany Cosentino grapples with rock stardom. Lyrically... it's not her finest,…
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Andrew Wyatt Is En Pointe
Andrew Wyatt (whose indie dance-pop band Miike Snow released their sophomore LP, Happy to You, last month) is a busy man. But when choreographer Wayne McGregor, designer Gareth Pugh and pop renaissance man Mark Ronson…
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K-Holes
Dismania (Hardly Art) Put that ketamine away! If you want to experience a gnarly trip, just push play on the raucous sophomore LP by New York garage punks the K-Holes. Featuring Jack Hines (formerly of…
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Theresa Andersson
Street Parade (Basin Street Records)Andersson, a modern-folk singer born in Sweden but relocated to New Orleans, explores a variety of genres on her new LP, from quirky Björk-esque beats to Big Easy-style jazz. Inspired by…
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Melanie Fiona
The MF Life (SRC Records)On her eclectic second album, Canadian R&B singer Melanie Fiona establishes herself as a classic soul singer with range -- a Gladys Knight for the new millennium. When she coos, "It's…
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Being St. Vincent
My visions of being in a touring rock 'n' roll band mostly stem from the lyrics to Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Travelin' Band" and the scene in Almost Famous where Billy Crudup cannonballs off a suburban…
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Being Gabe Saporta
The universe is speaking to Gabe Saporta, and he's listening. Over an afternoon snack of heart-shaped cookies from Billy's Bakery -- a Valentine's Day gift from his girlfriend, designer Erin Fetherston -- the lanky singer…
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Kreayshawn
When Columbia Records doled out a big fat check, signing Kreayshawn after her "Gucci Gucci" YouTube video went viral last May, the 22-year-old rapper-slash-director bought a bag of Hot Cheetos and a Cup O' Noodles.…
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Flying Lotus
Almost two years ago, L.A. producer Flying Lotus released Cosmogramma -- not just one of the best albums of 2010, but one that featured some of the most ambitious, sophisticated and fearlessly personal music in…
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Lana Kim
Lana Kim says she's not one to quote the Bible, but on a cool January morning that's precisely what she's doing. "There's this one verse about having a calm and quiet spirit," says the 33-year-old…
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Caveman
The story of how the five guys in Caveman met is straight out of a "Shit Guys in New York Bands Say" video. Front man Matthew Iwanusa and his high school friend, guitarist Jimmy Carbonetti,…
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Devonté Hynes
Devonté Hynes has embarked on a very promising third -- but not final -- act. The 26-year- old musician, who found success with two very different bands --Test Icicles and Lightspeed Champion -- has reemerged…
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