Purposefully anonymous technotica groop SALARYMAN have previous experience in a well-known band, who's name you might remember from our solicitation for their 1997 debut CD release, but who's name I won't mention, they're so mysterious. What isn't mysterious is this new monster slab of funkified, rhythm-driven, synth-propelled, instrumental techno-ambient-rock, slinkier than their awesome debut, groovier too. 'Karoshi' (Japanese for "death from overwork") is a dark, moody, sometimes scary album, th...   [ read more ]

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Moving even further away from their alt-country roots, the Old 97's fifth effort is a consistently engaging and unpretentious strummy power pop nugget. Bits of the effortless hook-driven approach of Marshall Crenshaw and Nick Lowe mesh with winning melodies that stick in your skull after the first spin. Hints of Brit Invasion Beatles/Badfinger-styled harmonies also infiltrate these songs, bringing a crisp vocal attack to play, especially in bassist Murray Hammond's subtle backing wo...   [ read more ]

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Guitarist Paula Monarch and bass player Chela La Rue have come a long way since their first band, the Peeps emerged from the Phoenix, AZ music scene in the late 90's. Releasing a full-length album on Sympathy For The Record Industry in 2000, the all-girl trio's bratty Donnas meets Bikini Kill sound earned the Peeps a bit of regional fame and a slot at the 2002 Las Vegas Shakedown before the band disintegrated later that year.Following a side project with the Short Fuses' Georgia Peach and Travis Ramin (the...   [ read more ]

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