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Braids Deep in the Iris Reviewed by: Max Miller When it comes to describing music, “indie” is one of those irritatingly unspecific terms like “post-punk” or “swirling.” (Don’t waste your time checking — I’ve almost certainly used all three in the past.) Beyond the latently racist Read More

by Matt Kelchner Fresh off the release of their much talked about new album Shriek, Baltimore duo Wye Oak came into Philadelphia Monday night to show the city what the buzz was all about. The central sound of the band has dramatically shifted between their highly touted 2011 Read More

by Matt Kelchner In case you have not heard by now the new Wye Oak album, Shriek, is relatively guitar-less. Gone is it’s centerpoint in each of the Baltimore duo’s new songs. “Ultimately it was a change that we really needed to move forward because otherwise there wasn’t really Read More