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The Walkmen - You & Me

Hard to believe that not too long ago, some people were writing off the Walkmen. After some recent misfires, many wondered if the Walkmen could recapture the brilliance of 2004’s Bows & Arrows. Well, with You & Me, they have done just that. This is a spectacular return to form for this great New York [...]

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Recommended Film Soundtracks For Any Collection»

From the first rickety pianola riff cooked up to accompany a Keystone Kops comedy to the orchestral pomp and Top 40 pop blasting out of modern multiplexes, music has been crucial to the cinema. Just try to imagine movies without it: dialogue thudding into dead air, chase scenes devoid of suspense, dramas without crescendo, comedies [...]

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100 MORE Indie Cover Tunes»

If you’re experiencing déjà vu, don’t worry - you really have heard it all before. Covering other people’s material is a mainstay in indie music and after the popularity of our first posting of covers, it seems people really enjoy hearing them. When deciding on a cover, many artists choose to cover an artfully crafted [...]

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The Shins: Classic Guitar Pop Goodness»

Guitar-driven pop rock in the new century has almost gone the way of jazz. Relegated to the fringes and operating on sounds borrowed from the distant past, it now appeals only to vinyl fetishists and ’60s-obsessives. Which is not to say the genre isn’t still spawning great bands. What’s refreshing about the Shins is that [...]