Archive for April, 2011

  • Being unfamiliar with anything by The Morning Benders before hearing this EP, I decided to listen to both the Japan Echo EP and the work that spawned this extended play, 2010’s full...

    The Morning Benders – Japan Echo EP (2011)

    Being unfamiliar with anything by The Morning Benders before hearing this EP, I decided to listen to both the Japan Echo EP and the work that spawned this extended play, 2010’s full...

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  • I’m not sure who came up with the marketing plan that includes the idea of releasing a soundtrack and then releasing a further album that contains remixes off that original...

    Tron Legacy Reconfigured (2011)

    I’m not sure who came up with the marketing plan that includes the idea of releasing a soundtrack and then releasing a further album that contains remixes off that original...

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  • Any fan of Mumford & Sons or The Avett Brothers will love Ha Ha Tonka.  Their rustic, Americana sound is sugarcoated with sweet harmonies and set on fire by mind-blowing...

    Ha Ha Tonka – “Death of a Decade”

    Any fan of Mumford & Sons or The Avett Brothers will love Ha Ha Tonka.  Their rustic, Americana sound is sugarcoated with sweet harmonies and set on fire by mind-blowing...

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  • 1       RADIOHEAD       The King Of Limbs       TBD 2       LUPE FIASCO     Lasers  Atlantic 3       MIDDLE BROTHER  Middle Brother  Partisan 4       GENERATIONALS   Actor-Caster    Park The Van 5       BRIGHT EYES     The People’s Key       ...

    CMJ Charts Week of 4/12

    1       RADIOHEAD       The King Of Limbs       TBD 2       LUPE FIASCO     Lasers  Atlantic 3       MIDDLE BROTHER  Middle Brother  Partisan 4       GENERATIONALS   Actor-Caster    Park The Van 5       BRIGHT EYES     The People’s Key       ...

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  • Lykke Li’s 2008 debut release, “Youth Novels,” was Swedish indie pop at its best. Smart, restrained and impossibly catchy. If that album was the honey – something sweet to lure...

    Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes (2011)

    Lykke Li’s 2008 debut release, “Youth Novels,” was Swedish indie pop at its best. Smart, restrained and impossibly catchy. If that album was the honey – something sweet to lure...

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  • Polly Jean Harvey is back with her eighth album, “Let England Shake,” and it is arguable her best. Harvey has been at the forefront of some of the darkest and...

    PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (2011)

    Polly Jean Harvey is back with her eighth album, “Let England Shake,” and it is arguable her best. Harvey has been at the forefront of some of the darkest and...

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  • The Dum Dum girls sounds is not new to college ears. Their likeness to west-coast surfer rock is smashed into 60s wafty grooves. “Bhang Bhang, I’m a Burnout” is a...

    Dum Dum Girls, I Will Be (2010)

    The Dum Dum girls sounds is not new to college ears. Their likeness to west-coast surfer rock is smashed into 60s wafty grooves. “Bhang Bhang, I’m a Burnout” is a...

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  • This concert was sponsored by Sound in Motion and was held at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium on Friday, April 1st, 2011. The SIM’s (Sound in Motion) DJs consisted of 7...

    Tiesto @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium – (4/1/2011)

    This concert was sponsored by Sound in Motion and was held at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium on Friday, April 1st, 2011. The SIM’s (Sound in Motion) DJs consisted of 7...

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  • The Head and The Heart   1 RADIOHEAD The King Of Limbs TBD 2 LUPE FIASCO Lasers Atlantic 3 MIDDLE BROTHER Middle Brother Partisan 4 BRIGHT EYES The People’s Key...

    CMJ Charts Week of 4/5

    The Head and The Heart   1 RADIOHEAD The King Of Limbs TBD 2 LUPE FIASCO Lasers Atlantic 3 MIDDLE BROTHER Middle Brother Partisan 4 BRIGHT EYES The People’s Key...

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  • Dum Dum Girls 1       RADIOHEAD       The King Of Limbs       TBD 2       BRIGHT EYES     The People’s Key        Saddle Creek 3       PAPERCUTS       Fading Parade   Sub Pop 4       DUM DUM GIRLS   He Gets...

    CMJ Charts Week of 3/15

    Dum Dum Girls 1       RADIOHEAD       The King Of Limbs       TBD 2       BRIGHT EYES     The People’s Key        Saddle Creek 3       PAPERCUTS       Fading Parade   Sub Pop 4       DUM DUM GIRLS   He Gets...

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