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Discover: Finders Keepers
An enthusiasm for sounds lost, unknown, ignored or brain-meltingly weird … more »
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25 Must-See Bands at SXSW 201…
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Discover: ATO Records
It can be difficult keeping up with the weekly avalanche of new music, bu… more »
Discover: Kill Rock Stars
In an interview conducted in 2009, Kill Rock Stars founder Slim Moon desc… more »
eMusic’s Holiday Crowd-…
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A Skeptic’s Guide to De…
If you haven’t given the Deftones a minute of your time in the past… more »
Discover: Polyvinyl Records
Though they’re probably best known for of Montreal’s high-glo… more »
A Skeptic’s Guide to Ae…
In recent years, Aerosmith’s fondness for big ballads and endless r… more »
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It took a mere two releases for the fledgling Sacred Bones Records to est… more »
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For years, Warner Brothers Records has been home to musicians who want to… more »
Discover: Yep Roc Records
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Discover: Thrill Jockey Recor…
After 20 years, Thrill Jockey is still nearly synonymous with the Chicago… more »
Discover: Nacional Records
Over the last eight years, Nacional Records has made a name for themselve… more »
Going Through Changes
One of the great, long-running mythologies in popular music is the one su… more »
Discover: Up Records
Most of the great indie-rock labels of the ’80s and ’90s were… more »
Discover: Sublime Frequencies
The Seattle label Sublime Frequencies established its idiosyncratic perso… more »
Discover: Jamie Records
Harold Lipsius was perfectly positioned to take advantage of the integral… more »
Discover: Greatest Debuts
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Discover: Saddle Creek Record…
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A Beginner’s Guide to F…
Somehow, Firewater has passed a lot of people by. (I was one of them, unt… more »
eMusic’s Guide to Pitch…
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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 »