By Dana Giusti True Hallucinations, the debut album from Ex Cops, pulls off the admirable feat of being charmingly accessible without sounding dumbed down. Band members Brian Harding (formerly of Hymns) and Amalie Bruun (formerly of Minks) create an effortlessly wistful vibe that Read More

Bullet For My Valentine Temper Temper Reviewed by Andi Bricklin       Headbangers unite! Bullet For My Valentine has put together an album that is bound to send you to the chiropractor. The first note of this album is a long painful scream which sets the tone for Read More

 Darwin Deez Songs for Imaginative People Reviewed by Michele Zipkin     Songs for Imaginative People is the second full-length album from New York-based indie rocker Darwin Deez, and the record more than lives up to its title.  If his first record was composed of a Read More

The Stone Foxes  Small Fires Reviewed by Michele Zipkin       This third record by San Francisco-based blues rock band the Stone Foxes will make you want to shake your hair and rock out.  It kicks off with the dark and thumping “Everybody Knows”, which takes its Read More

For me, the festival season is begging. Coachella recently sold out. Tickets to local summer festivals like XpoNnenial, The MMRBQ and The Roots Picnic are on sale (and likely to sell out soon). Bonnaroo is far away (like Coachella) and again likely to sell out by the time Read More

by Erinn Fortson Social networking has proved to be very beneficial for Tyler and Maggie Heath. It’s the reason that I and many other listeners discovered The Oh Hellos. As of today, the band’s Facebook page has over 7,000 “likes”. When I heard “Like the Dawn” for the first time Read More