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Akron/Family, Sub Verses…
A cabin on the side of an active volcano is a captivating image. There, p… more »
The Como Mamas, Get an Unders…
Ester Mae Smith and sisters Angela Taylor and Della Daniels have been sin… more »
Phosphorescent, Muchacho…
Cribbing a line from the Man in Black, Phosphorescent’s Matthew Hou… more »
Thao and the Get Down Stay Do…
After spending most of her 20s touring like mad and cranking out ragged, … more »
Wanda Jackson, Unfinished Bus…
In 2011, Wanda Jackson had a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 29 … more »
The Antlers, Undersea…
Few records have expressly meditated on the searing pain of loving the dy… more »
Interview: Kelly Hogan
It’s no surprise that Kelly Hogan has made a few friends through th… more »
Scissor Sisters, Magic Hour…
After spending three records exploring the expanses of disco and pop, the… more »
Norah Jones, Little Broken He…
Norah Jones has always had a certain cool maturity. She’s spent the… more »
La Sera, Sees The Light…
Typical breakup records run the gamut of soul-crushingly sad to fuming. A… more »
Jukebox Jury: Bowerbirds
In 2005, Bowerbirds – Phil Moore and Beth Tacular – wrote the… more »
Royal Baths, Better Luck Next…
There’s the bend of slack-keyed guitar, a rumbling bass line, a ste… more »
Buxton, Nothing Here Seems St…
With Nothing Here Seems Strange, Buxton joins the ranks of folk/rock outf… more »
Ingrid Michaelson, Human Agai…
Shuffle through the back catalog of Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ingr… more »
Yelawolf, Radioactive…
Take a moment to acknowledge the obvious: A relative newcomer and slim, w… more »
Laura Veirs, Tumble Bee…
For seven albums now, Laura Veirs has played the role of ethereal folk-ni… more »
Scissor Sisters, Magic Hour (…
After spending three records exploring the expanses of disco and pop, the… 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 »