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Half-handed Cloud – As Stowaways in Cabinets of Surf, We Live-Out in Our Members a Kind of Rebirth

July 28, 2010, 12:05 pm

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Perhaps the greatest misunderstanding about the music of John Ringhofer — aka one-man Berkeley-based band/troubadour Half-handed Cloud — is that …

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Woods – At Echo Lake

June 14, 2010, 4:55 pm

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When I first encountered Brooklyn band Woods via last year’s Songs of Shame, I didn’t want to like what I …

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Mountain Man

May 17, 2010, 12:00 am

I was fortunate enough to witness one of Alice Coltrane’s final interviews in 2006 — an event that took place …

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Beach House

February 17, 2010, 12:00 am

Over the last few years, there’s been a lot of talk about Baltimore duo Beach House — none of which …

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Xiu Xiu – Dear God, I Hate Myself

February 8, 2010, 9:40 am

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Last year, Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart went on a solo tour selling homemade chocolates. Why? Well, besides the fact …

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mewithoutYou

December 29, 2009, 12:00 am

When I first heard mewithoutYou I was in the passenger seat of a friend’s car while he blasted the song …

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Castanets

December 22, 2009, 12:00 am

In a time where buzz bands come and go like indie hotcakes, it’s been a pretty long ride for Ray …

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…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead

December 14, 2009, 12:00 am

I was in high school when Trail of Dead’s Source Tags and Codes — an album that demands a spot …

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Girls – Album

October 12, 2009, 12:16 pm

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In the last 10 years, rock and roll has increasingly become something of a novelty act. Do marketing campaigns like …

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Ponytail

August 12, 2009, 12:00 am

Baltimore art-school-founded band Ponytail isn’t the kind of group one could say, “Oh, I think I’ve heard their stuff before.” …

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