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Six Degrees of Fitz and the T…

It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »

Six Degrees of At the Drive-I…

It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »

About the Album: Phoenix…

In our age of overnight indie mega-stars, Phoenix are the last of a dying… more »

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mosquito…

Ten seconds into Mosquito, during the eerie churn of “Sacrilege,… more »

Interview: The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips have never shied away from life’s unavoidable exis… more »

Born Ruffians, Birthmarks…

Born Ruffians’ sophomore outing, 2010′s Say It, is an album o… more »

Six Degrees of James Blake…

It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »

Paramore, Paramore

“No one’s the same as they used to be,” sings Hayley Wi… more »

Cold War Kids, Dear Miss Lone…

The Cold War Kids want respect. Over their career, they have seemingly ta… more »

Generationals, Heza

Generationals’ first two albums were unabashedly, painfully indie-r… more »

The Cave Singers, Naomi…

On their sprawling fourth studio album Noami, Seattle’s Cave Singer… more »

Youth Lagoon, Wondrous Bughou…

If The Year of Hiberation, Trevor Powers’s debut album under the na… more »

Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob…

In the past, the inherent quality of Tegan and Sara’s scrappy tunes… more »

Foxygen, We Are the 21st Cent…

Midway through “Oh Yeah,” a psych-funk goof from Foxygen… more »

Björk, bastards…

It’s not as if Björk, Iceland’s avant-pop electro-prince… more »

Of Montreal, Daughter of Clou…

Most B-sides collections are a songwriter’s way of clearing house, … more »

Of Montreal, Daughter of Clou…

Most B-sides collections are a songwriter’s way of clearing house, … more »

Andrew Bird, Hands of Glory…

Andrew Bird’s folky, jazzy brand of indie-rock is highly sophistica… more »

Sun Airway, Soft Fall…

Sun Airway’s Jon Barthmus doesn’t aim small. Soft Fall, the P… more »

Bloc Party, Four

“Can’t shake the feeling we’re moving backwards,”… more »

Eternal Summers, Correct Beha…

Nicole Yun only knows a handful of guitar chords, but she plays them pass… more »

Anywhere, Anywhere

Given that Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, mastermind of The Mars Volta’s exp… more »

Jesca Hoop, The House that Ja…

True eclecticism is a rare commodity in pop music, outright weirdness a q… more »

Zulu Winter, Language…

On their debut album Language, British quintet Zulu Winter kick up an art… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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