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Wolfmother – Wolfmother Review

Wolfmother The Inside Pulse My promo copy of Wolfmother did not contain the above graphic. I had no preconceived notions as to what Wolfmother would sound like. As far as I knew, it was another in a...

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The Fever – In The City of Sleep Review

Website: The Fever The Inside Pulse: In The City Of Sleep is the second full length from The Fever, which presents an entirely new sonic palette from their 2003 debut Red Bedroom. Disposing of their...

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Neil Young – Living With War Review

Website: Neil Young Full Album Stream The Inside Pulse: Being a Neil Young fan requires patience and understanding. The man has been promising to release his Archives collection for more than thirteen...

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Paul Simon – Surprise Review

Website: Paul Simon The Inside Pulse: Considering his long career, Surprise may be Paul Simon’s most aptly titled album yet. Gone are the African and Brazilian-inflected polyrhythms, the tribal beats...

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Mew – And the Glass Handed Kites Review

Website: Mew The Inside Pulse: Danish band Mew’s second full-length, “And the Glass Handed Kites” is a sprawling, grand, 54-minute indie-prog journey. Without any...

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Dirty On Purpose – Hallelujah Sirens Review

Website: Dirty On Purpose The Inside Pulse: Dirty On Purpose’s rollicking, spacey noise pop evokes a certain sadness. Trying to put your finger on exactly what type of sadness is difficult, but...

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Sam Roberts – Chemical City Review

Website: Sam Roberts The Inside Pulse: A much more ambitious album than the Sam Roberts band’s debut, Chemical City blends classic psych rock, incorporating Beatles-esque twists, crafting a modern...

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La Rocca – The Truth Review

Website: La Rocca The Inside Pulse: Maybe I’m jaded. Maybe I expect too much from my rock. I want it to be groundbreaking. I want it to be different. I want it to mean something to me....

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Neil Young – Fillmore Track List and Archives News

In what appears to be the first confirmed Neil Young archive release of this decade, Live at the Fillmore East has a confirmed release date of November 7. Neil enthusiasts know that “Archive” rumors...

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Jeremy Enigk — World Waits Review

Jeremy Enigk Official Site When Return of the Frog Queen came out in 1996, the future of Sunny Day Real Estate was uncertain. At the time, we were not to know that the band would release its...

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DJ Shadow – The Outsider Review

DJ Shadow – Official Site What is this? This is not Psyence Fiction. This is not Endtroducing. This is not audio collage. This is not an album that is enjoyable from start to finish. This is a hip-hop...

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Irving – Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers Review

Irving – Official Site Irving @ MySpace Irving’s second full-length, Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers, produced by Phil Ek, fuses singer/songwriter pop with psychedelia and new-wave nuances....

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The Slip – Eisenhower Review

The Slip – Official Site The Slip @ MySpace “Children of December”, the lead-off track from The Slip’s Eisenhower, is an amazing jangle-pop slice of nostalgia, sung from the point of view of...

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Once In A Blue Moon: Toby’s Take

What’s amazing today is how inundated we, as consumers, are with new media. Every month, I get a handful of free CDs. Of course I want to listen to them all, however, I only have so much time to...

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Sonic Youth – The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities Review

Sonic Youth – Official Site Sonic Youth on MySpace What remains most interesting about Sonic Youth in 2007 is that they still exist and that there is still reason for them to exist....

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PJ Harvey – The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 Review

PJ Harvey – Official Site PJ Harvey on MySpace It is rare that a Peel Session, or a BBC Session collection for that matter, is more than just a collection of in-store performances. Some, like...

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When A Soundtrack Is Knowingly Unoriginal

The soundtrack to Garden State — its relative “merit”, its “relevance” — has been debated by music snobs since its release. On one hand, it’s hard to argue with the choice of songs; Paul Simon, The...

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Peter Bjorn and John – Writer’s Block Review

Peter Bjorn and John - Official Site, MySpace It has been over twenty years since the release of C86, the now legendary indie pop mix tape curated by NME and now referenced in most discussions...

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Blogregators 02: Eye in the Sky

OK. So I saw an ad the other weekend for a Time-Life series on Soft Rock. This was the stuff that filled up the flea markets back in the late 70s and the 80s. It was everywhere, and most of it was...

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Bob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings Review

Bob Dylan may be Sony Legacy’s golden goose. Remaster campaigns, the Bootleg Series and an artist who is still producing quality work as he nears his septuagenarian years: that’s pretty much the gold...

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