Pages tagged “issue 42”

Ladyhawk: Shots

Much like The Replacements before them...  read more

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Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster...

Seconds into “Death to Los Campesinos!”—which opens the debut full-length by this barely post-collegiate septet...  read more

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Colour Revolt: Plunder, Beg, and Curse

Colour Revolt hails from Oxford, so the British “u” in the band’s name seems appropriate...  read more

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Colin Meloy Sings Live!

“Tonight I’m gonna play you the worst song I ever wrote,” Colin Meloy announces before launching into...  read more

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Counting Crows: Saturday Nights, Sunday Mornings

I should’ve seen it coming when the Counting Crows went...  read more

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Squeezebox Redux

The accordion does not have history on its side. The instrument has been widely jeered for its enduring role in polka bands and klezmer-fueled bar mitzvahs—indeed, DeVotchKa’s Tom Hagerman says the accordion was “practically a license for pummeling back in the day...”  read more

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Nathaniel Rich

There is little beyond exuberance to betray The Mayor's Tongue as a debut...  read more

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The Life Before Her Eyes

Based on Laura Kasischke’s 2002 novel...  read more

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Hilary McRae: Through These Walls

The debut of Florida native Hilary McRae showcases...  read more

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The Kooks: Konk

Though we tend to agree with our cousins across the pond...  read more

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