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REVIEWS: SNOW PATROL - [ALBUM]

Snow Patrol - [Album] PHOTO
ARTIST: Snow Patrol - [Album]
DATE: 01-26-12
REVIEW BY: Chris Nelson
Audio
My understanding of Snow Patrol is perhaps best summed up by a scene from the mediocre comedy Hall Pass. Owen Wilson, whose character is free to cheat on his wife, visits a coffee shop to hit on a sexy barista. He complements the music, which she explains is Snow Patrol. "Ah yeah, good soundtrack. Pretty good movie. Tell you one [view more]

REVIEWS: REAL ESTATE - [LIVE]

Real Estate - [Live] PHOTO
ARTIST: Real Estate - [Live]
VENUE: Lee\'s Palace - Toronto, ON - 01/20/12
DATE: 01-25-12
REVIEW BY: Jackson Main
PHOTO: Jackson Main
Audio Additional Photos
I missed the first song of Real Estate’s show – and it was awkward. I gauged time badly and arrived approximately ten minutes into the band's set and quickly made my way to the front to appreciate the second half of “Municipality.” When I yelled out “Suburban Beverage” after what I now know was the [view more]

COLUMN: THE SWAG REPORT 92

The SWAG Report 92 PHOTO
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 92
with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Will Currie and the Country French, Bleeding Knees Club, Brendan Benson, Halestorm, The Darcys, Seether and more! So much more!
DATE: 01-25-12
WRITER: Don Loder
Audio
Heya junky,

Awright, I ain't got a whole lotta time ta dink aroun' witchu tuhday ya twerps, so's I'mma jus' get in, getchu yer SWAG an'get gone - ya get me? The upside fer you izzat I nabbed some pretty primo gear fo'ya dis week, an' some expensive stuff too.

Like I nabbed [view more]

NEWS: [STRAIGHT TO PRINT] PATRICK WATSON TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM

[STRAIGHT TO PRINT] Patrick Watson To Release New Album PHOTO
ARTIST: [STRAIGHT TO PRINT] Patrick Watson To Release New Album
Adventures In Your Own Backyard on April 17, 2012 via Secret City
DATE: 01-25-12
WRITER: Charlotte Thompson of EMI Music Canada
Audio
Secret City is pleased to announce the release of Patrick Watson’s new album, Adventures In Your Own Backyard, on April 17th in Canada. The 12-track album will see release in the rest of the world via Domino.
 
Adventures In Your Own Backyard, the fourth full-length effort from Patrick Watson, was recorded [view more]

REVIEWS: DEVO - [PHOTOS]

Devo - [Photos] PHOTO
ARTIST: Devo - [Photos]
VENUE: The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA - 01/14/12
DATE: 01-24-12
REVIEW BY: Raymond Ahner
PHOTO: Raymond Ahner
Audio Additional Photos
Devo brought their Something For Everybody tour back to San Francisco for the second time in less than a year on January 14 and, judging from the capacity crowd who were dancing and spilling their drinks for the entire set, the band did indeed bring something for everybody.

Opening with "Don't Shoot (I'm a [view more]

REVIEWS: THE DOORS - [ALBUM]

The Doors - [Album] PHOTO
ARTIST: The Doors - [Album]
Fortieth Anniversary reissue 2CD
DATE: 01-23-12
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
Audio
The peril that every record label faces when they consider reissuing an augmented edition of a record which is already considered a classic is that they run the risk of alienating some fans and/or challenging their perception of it. For some fans of any band, the music is special for them precisely as they first heard it; whether it was including [view more]

REVIEWS: NADA SURF - [ALBUM]

Nada Surf - [Album] PHOTO
ARTIST: Nada Surf - [Album]
with free mp3 download for 'When I Was Young' from The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy by Nada Surf
DATE: 01-22-12
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
Audio
It might surprise readers to discover that Nada Surf never dissolved after their fifteen minutes ran out in 1996 and their hit single, “Popular,” went stale. Readers may be floored to learn that, since then, the band has kept a consistent release schedule (five albums since High/Low came out in 1996 – who knew?) as well [view more]

COLUMN: THE SWAG REPORT 91

The SWAG Report 91 PHOTO
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 91
with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by artists including Violet Lights, Elliott BROOD, The Delta Spirit, Rusko, Royal Canoe, Mansions On The Moon, Eax Autres, Cuff The Duke, Cherri Bomb and more! So much more!
DATE: 01-21-12
WRITER: Don Loder
Audio
Happy Christmas Two Junky,

Well, I think that's what John Lithgow called it anyway, an' we'll call it that on accountabecause "The Biggest SWAG Report I done in a while, ya lucky punk" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue - ya know what I'm sayin'? So yeah - my great big bag o' [view more]

REVIEWS: ANI DIFRANCO - [ALBUM]

Ani DiFranco - [Album] PHOTO
ARTIST: Ani DiFranco - [Album]
DATE: 01-19-12
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
Audio
While some listeners may be surprised at the changes Ani DiFranco has made to her style and forms for her new album, ¿Which Side Are You On? (her seventeenth album in twenty-two years), it's easy to forget some of the events which have affected the singer over the last few years may have rendered those changes necessary [view more]

REVIEWS: ELLIOTT BROOD - [LIVE]

Elliott BROOD - [Live] PHOTO
ARTIST: Elliott BROOD - [Live]
with Harlan Pepper
VENUE: Starlight Social Club - Waterloo, Canada - 01/12/12
DATE: 01-15-12
REVIEW BY: Bill Adams
Audio
There is no shortage of great “horrible show” stories scattered through music history, but seldom does an overwhelming air of pathetic fallacy begin to loom even before any of the bands scheduled to play step foot onstage. That's exactly what happened on the night of Elliott BROOD's show at the Starlight Lounge though, and the [view more]

COLUMN: THE SWAG REPORT 90

The SWAG Report 90 PHOTO
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 90
with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by artists including Shigeto, Sons Of Bill, Catl, Conduits, Dare Dukes, Fink and more! So much more!
DATE: 01-13-12
WRITER: Don Loder
Audio
Awrightcha mooks,

Yeah, dat's right, I'm a day late, I get it – are ya shakin' junky? Didja miss me or didja jus' miss what we both know yer sniffin' for? It don' matta really, I don' plan on holdin' out on ya, i's jus' fun ta watch ya sweat a little. I gocha stuff [view more]

NEWS: [STRAIGHT TO PRINT] THE DECEMBERISTS TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM

[STRAIGHT TO PRINT] The Decemberists To Release Live Album PHOTO
ARTIST: [STRAIGHT TO PRINT] The Decemberists To Release Live Album
We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) Due Out March 13 On Capitol Records
DATE: 01-13-12
WRITER: Anastasia Saradoc Of EMI Canada
Audio
The Decemberists have announced the March 13, release of We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), a twenty-track live double-album (and triple-vinyl set) culled from the band's 2011 tour supporting their chart-topping, Grammy-nominated album The King Is Dead. With songs spanning their entire first decade [view more]

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