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“This band will change your life,” exclaimed Natalie Portman in Garden State. More appropriately, she should have said, “This scene will change this band’s life,” for that is what happened to The Shins. Working in relative obscurity in Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Shins put out two wonderful albums of classic pop that barely registered on […]

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CD: EVERTHUS THE DEADBEATS! - “ADDICTS STUCK IN TRAFFIC”
 
Review: Muncie-born band Everthus The Deadbeats have been performing around our area for a while, and now they have finally released their debut EP. I must admit that when I first saw a gig by the band, I was not that impressed. They put on quite a […]

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CD: “FEELS”—ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
$15.99 (list price), Rock, Fatcat

Basic Story: Lastest bent-pop opus from this charming (recently-expanded) four piece.

Sample: “Sometimes you’re quiet and sometimes I’m quiet/Hallelujah/ Sometimes I’m talkative and sometimes you’re not talkative/I know/Sometimes you hear me when others, they can’t hear me/Hallelujah/Sometimes I’m naked and, thank god, sometimes you’re naked/Praise the lord.”

Review: Listening to […]

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CD: “OUR ETERNAL GHOSTS”—DEADMAN
$15.99 (list price), Rock/Alt. Country, One Little Indian

Basic Story: Texas husband/wife duo delivers austere, dark, country-flecked debut.

Sample: “In a dream that I had not long ago/Visions of a city made of gold/And a sound that I’d never heard before/Such a sound! Saturating to the core/Such a sound, one that cannot be forgotten/In […]

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CD: JOSE GONZALEZ—VENEER

Review: With focus placed squarely on one voice, one acoustic guitar, and an occasional horn or light percussive patter, Veneer is about as stark as singer-songwriter albums get these days. It’s also as good as they get. Gonzales, born in Sweden of Argentinian parents, delivers a melancholy, minor-key feast that has what I […]

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