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Southern Comfort: An Interview with Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell

[8.Nov.07] :. Band of Horses' reluctant frontman talks about moving back South to record his new album, the fading playoff hopes of the New York Yankees, and indie rock's most influential beards.

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Saving Humanity: An Interview with John Vanderslice

[25.Jul.07] :. "I am in general very anti-government." John Vanderslice brings his political and economic sides to the fore in taking on the world's crazies.

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Leerone: Imaginary Biographies

[30.Apr.08] :. Leerone's docile piano pop manages to capture some of the more desirable characteristics of today's female singer/songwriters while discarding their annoying eccentricities.

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Aaron Robinson: We Are Racing Ghosts

[18.Apr.08] :. We Are Racing Ghosts is full of inspirational, well-intentioned pop songs of the singer-songwriter variety.

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BIg Bang: Wild Bird

[17.Apr.08] :. Wild Bird is just too bland and uninspiring to compete with the multitude of acts coming out of L.A. these days.

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Lima Charlie: It's So Easy to be Creepy

[16.Apr.08] :. Lima Charlie is like the band Phish with goofier lyrics.

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Ken Hyland: Self Portrait

[15.Apr.08] :. New Jersey native hopes some record exec douchebag will make him the next Jack Johnson or something.

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Music   Lick Lick: Lick Lick

Music   The Rest: Atlantis, Oh Our Saviour

Music   Gran Ronde: On and On

Music   Vernon Elliott Ensemble: Ivor the Engine& Pogles Wood

Music   Elijah Ebenezer Wyman: Butterfly Needles

Music   Aster: Some Things Seldom Heard Of

Music   Neimo: Neimo

Music   Adam Green: Sixes and Sevens

Music   Ulaan Khol: I

Music   Shortstack: The Covers

Music   Baumer: Were It Not for You

Music   Kerowack: The First EP

Music   HIJK: The Pen and the Letter

Music   Brian Dewan: Words of Wisdom

Music   Aarktica: Matchless Years

Music   Amateur Radio Operator: Sirens of Titan

Music   Rings: Black Habit

Music   Tirra Lirra: Breathe Bodies

Music   Junk Science: Gran’Dad’s Nerve Tonic

Music   We Tigers: Rivals

Music   Arthur Yoria: Handshake Smiles

Music   Gultskra Artikler: Kasha Iz Topora

Music   Sylvain Chauveau: S.

Music   Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts: Face à Lest

Music   The Owls: Daughters and Suns

Music   Mixtapes and Cellmates: Mixtapes and Cellmates

Music   The Yellow Swans: Descension

Music   Feu Thérèse: Ça Va Cogner

Music   The Sadies: New Seasons

Music   Matt Pond PA: Last Light

Music   Goon Moon: Lickers Last Leg

Music   Sleeping States: There the Open Spaces

Music   Odeath: Head Home

Music   Mobile: Tomorrow Starts Today

Music   Michael Fakesch: Dos

Music   The Cape May: Glass Mountain Roads

Music   Greg Palast: Live from the Armed Madhouse

Music   Los Campesinos!: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets

Music   Lay Low: Please Dont Hate Me

Music   Two Gallants: The Scenery Of Farewell

Music   B for Brontosaurus: A Thousand Times Yes

Music   Tied & Tickled Trio: Aelita

Music   Shapes and Sizes: Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner

Music   Alsace Lorraine: Dark One

Music   Coffinberry: God Damn Dogs

Music   Parts & Labor: Mapmaker

Music   The Chrysler: Cold War Classic

Music   Pterodactyl: Pterodactyl

Music   Alex Delivery: Star Destroyer

Music   Elvis Perkins: Ash Wednesday

Music   Chris Garneau: Music For Tourists

Music   Robert Gomez: Brand New Towns

Music   Memphis: A Little Place in the Wilderness

Music   Im from Barcelona: Let Me Introduce My Friends

Music   Illinois: What the Hell Do I Know?

Music   Partyline: Zombie Terrorist

Music   The Detachment Kit: +

Music   Dr. Dog: We All Belong

Music   Cezanne: Breaking Bats for Jesus

Music   Piebald: Accidental Gentleman

Music   The Green Pajamas: The Night Races Into Anna

Music   The Broken West: I Cant Go On, Ill Go On

Music   Tom Brosseau: Grand Forks

Music   Scissors for Lefty: Scissors for Lefty EP

Music   Beatnik Filmstars: Barking (A Collection of Oddities)

Music   Julie Loyd: All That You Ask For

Music   Librarians: Alright Easy Candy Stranger

Music   The Heart Attacks: Hellbound and Heartless

Music   This Moment in Black History: It Takes a Nation of Assholes to Hold Us Back

Music   Fear Before the March of Flames: The Always Open Mouth

Music   Cold War Kids: Robber & Cowards

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Shouting Incoherently in a Crowded Theater

[21.Sep.07] :. When a 21-year-old Florida college student was tackled and Tasered by campus cops at a recent John Kerry speech, the ensuing YouTube footage set off a mini-debate about the issues of free speech and...

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Rudy Giuliani's 2001 Pro-Immigration Stance

[17.Sep.07] :. A new video has surfaced from shortly after 9/11, where then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani inadvertently riffs about all the services the Big Apple offers to illegal immigrants. The comments came in response...

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The Press and General Petraeus

[11.Sep.07] :. The media has given decidedly mixed results of General Petraeus' much awaited testimony to the U.S. Congress. After appearing before both houses of Congress, the four-star general has given a frank,...

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50 Cent Endorses Hillary

[5.Sep.07] :. If you thought politics made strange bedfellows, look what happens when politics and pop culture combine. That's right, inveterate rapper and former crack dealer 50 Cent, has weighed in on the 2008...

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YouTube Strikes Again

[27.Aug.07] :. With the proliferation of New Media in politics it has become abundantly clear that in the 21st Century no President, pundit or policy wonk is immune to the intense scrutiny of their own statements...

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