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Hurricane Bells - "This Year" (video)
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By Evan Sawdey
30 Nov 2011
After soundtracking a bit of Twilight: New Moon and releasing a lovely new record earlier this year, Hurricane Bells' Steve Schiltz takes us through his top five favorite albums of all-time, all while wondering why more kids don't love the Edge . . .
By Matt Edsall
2 Nov 2011
Their song "Monsters" got them noticed off the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack, but it's doubtful their sophomore album will turn many heads.
By Steve Jansen
13 Oct 2011
Inertia and indifference are clearly in, chez Hurricane Bells; innovation and, well, a pulse to prove life, are evidently out.
By Evan Sawdey
10 Feb 2010
Longwave frontman Steve Schiltz took time off from his main band to form Hurricane Bells and wound up on the New Moon soundtrack.
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