While Melanie Valera's debut The Soft and the Hardcore folded all the nervous butterflies of courtship into infectious pop songs, Wider goes even deeper. Melanie's voice soars and dips, catching you off guard with the conviction of a woman who knows her own strength. Each song moves you deeper into that warm, dimly lit place we all want to be: the eloquent, blunt, fantastic tragedy where big harmonies, insanely contagious hooks, and a turn of phrase can make you feel that the world is good; that those call...   [ read more ]

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Fostered by his extraordinary albums and high-profile tour support with Death Cab For Cutie, Spoon, Beulah, and The Dismemberment Plan, critical acclaim of Vanderslice as one of the best songwriters in indie rock continues to intensify. His fourth album is a masterwork that promises to bring his sonic vision to a much wider audience. Hailed as "a perfect pop album," it's full of bleak, heartbreaking lyrics and elegant, haunting songs.

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For the first time in many moons, the people of Earth have a real call to celebrate -- the return of Ghost. Their new offering, Hypnotic Underworld, is their best album ever -- more colorful than "Ghost," heavier than "Temple Stone," deeper and wider than "Lama Rabi Rabi," more psyched and folked than "Snuffbox Immanence" and "Second Time Around," and with a more mountainous jam than "Tune In, Turn On, Free Tibet." Believe it. Yes, "Hypnotic Underworld" is heavy with highlights, adding 70 minutes of Ghost ...   [ read more ]

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