Who Are They? Cage the Elephant Where Are They From? Bowling Green, Kentucky When Did They Start? 2005 Why Should You Care? Cage the Elephant crafts their own unique sound off of a solid blues-rock foundation. Their first album is full of catchy-yet-witty songs that have a tendency to stick with the listener long after […]
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists’ music has always been about mixing other styles of rock on top of a solid punk foundation. The band’s latest effort, The Brutalist Bricks, follows that same principle all the way to become their most musically-diverse record yet. The album features everything from post-hardcore leanings on “The Stick” to Petty-esque
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The Mercury lounge is a mullet-like venue, bar in the front, concert in the back. Inside, the band members roamed around the sparsely occupied bar area prior to the show laughing and chatting with friends and fans. The informality of the setting added a nice chill vibe, and it was great to be able to
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Band: The Fratellis Where Are They From? Glasgow, Scotland When Did They Start? 2005 Who Are They? The Fratellis are probably best described as a pop garage rock band, if such a title exists. Their style is similar to that of contemporaries like The Strokes and The Vines, but The Fratellis feature a more “danceable”
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“Life is life, dreams are dreams, and I’m floating somewhere in between.” These lyrics to UK-based Dan Blacks song “Life Slash Dreams” sum up a lot of what his album UN is all about. Dive headfirst into a world where you no longer hear beats and rhythms, you feel them. Each song combines a killer
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