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Dewey Decibel: Ice Farmer

In addition to having a clever name, Nashville’s Dewey Decibel write some damn catchy pop music. Not the bubble gum variety, but the kind that deceives you with catchy melodies and double-tracked vocals with downright mournful and introspective lyrics. “Ice…

Phono Emergency Tool: Get Lost

The title track from the new album by Italian Indie Outfit Phono Emergency Tool (PET) The name “phono emergency tool” appears for the first time on ‘Soniche Avventure VIII’ , a cd compilation by Fridge Records (2003) through “I’d rather…

Kittens Ablaze: Gloom Doom Buttercups

From the album The Monstrous Vanguard Time was, an indie rock band would catch more than a few sideways stares for enlisting a – gasp! – string player. So sacrosanct was the gilded less-is-more template favored by the genre’s progenitors…

Powderburn: Black Untold

From their 4th album One Fix Powderburn, a hard rock foursome that calls Austin, Texas home is; Ken Lockman on vocals/guitars, Eric Anthony on lead guitar/vocals, Greg Enkler on bass/vocals and Patrick Swift on drums. With classic head banging percussion,…