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Wednesday, January 19 2011

Part 3: From Perfume Genius to Xiu Xiu

Slipped Discs continues with the return of a legendary power pop band, previously unreleased Springsteen gems, the resurrection of '60s British folk rock sounds, loads of indie rockers and many more. All records that missed our top 70 list last year.


Tuesday, December 7 2010

The Best Indie Rock of 2010

"Indie rock" has become a term as amorphous and hard-to-pin-down as some of its associated lingo. But for our purposes here, we'll go with a line of demarcation strangely omitted from the discussion much of the time: the rock portion of the equation.


Reviews

Tuesday, June 29 2010

Wolf Parade: Expo 86

The echo that has always soaked Krug's vocals has, on Expo 86, spilled out into every element of the record. Each sound feels like it's running into the next, so everything gets confused instead of complicated.


Tuesday, June 17 2008

Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer

How do you follow up a well-received album of ragged, messy indie rock? Why, with a sprawling, dystopian epic, of course.


Monday, May 15 2006

Wolf Parade

PopMatters' Megan Milks deconstructs the speedy rise of one of Canada's (and America's) newest 'it' acts, finding out what's left when the buzz is stripped away.


Thursday, September 29 2005

Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary

Cue the Hyperbole.


Tuesday, July 26 2005

Wolf Parade: Wolf Parade

A Brilliant Sample Of Their Fall Debut. Will Summer End Already!?"


Blogs

Tuesday, May 4 2010

Wolf Parade - Expo 86 (new album / stream)

Wolf Parade Expo 86 (Sub Pop) Releasing: 29 June There has probably never been a bigger week for fans of Canadian alt-rock collectives than this…


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