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The Acorn lets loose in New York

May 6, 2008, at Mercury Lounge

I’d first heard mention of the Acorn while at SXSW this spring. A Canadian friend insisted it was one of THE bands worth seeing at the festival. I failed to follow his advice while in Austin, but got my second chance on May 6, 2008, when the Ot...

Charlotte Sometimes strikes balance between powerful and passive

It started with a snotty kid in junior high and ended in a major-label record deal. When Charlotte Sometimes was b...

Band of the Month: Kill Krinkle Club

WHO IT ISIrish-Swedish pairing of Justin Commins (vocals, guitar, keyboards, sampler, chime...


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Jen Ng loves Sub-Studio

Cornell graduates Anna Corpron and Sean Auyeung combine the...

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Elephant Shell (Saddle Creek)

The debut album that fails to live up to the promise of preceding EPs is a modern music cliché regrettably grounde...

Live Reviews

Flight of the Conchords prove they've got game in NYC

May 6, 2008, at Town Hall

“It’s not TV. It’s HBO,” quotes the channel’s ad campaign. Flight of the Conchords is one of the latest p...

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