Ireland's biggest band (even rivaling U2) has built an impressive North American fan base from scratch. They put on an incredibly dynamic show and their constant touring, both on their own and with Damien Rice, Calexico, and The New Pornographers, has paid off to the point where they sell out large clubs in all the major cities. This is their fifth studio album and first for Anti. It's also their most cohesive. The band have reconciled their various personalities into one volatile organism, synthesizing go...   [ read more ]

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Repressed on CD for the first time! This album was available on vinyl last year and sold out in a heartbeat. Thurston Moore and Byron Cooley did and had this to say about it, "This is the shit. Using a classic, early Rough Trade template, crossed with thick bottomed-thug riffing of Australia's X, perhaps leavened by the guitar-heavy wave-throb of very early Devo (circa those Ryko cds), these guys come up with some great scuzz-punk hump. It's one of the few new American rock records to not reference no-wave...   [ read more ]

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Having each cut their musical teeth many years prior on bands like Cows, Butthole Surfers, and Scratch Acid, Seattle's A Frames formed during the late '90s and began collectively designing their own brand of stripped-down neo-modern experimental noise. Erin Sullivan's angular, angry guitars and bleak, deadpan lyrics march over Lars Finberg's robotic trashcan beats and Min Yee's stirring, sexy low end. Over a handful of now collectible 7"s and two albums, the A Frames have issued minimalist, propulsive song...   [ read more ]

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