Best Independent Music You’ve Never Heard
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Jump Back :: The Week In Review
This week we broke out with The Chain Gang of 1974…and I just now got Thurdeen’s reference in the title. How sad is that? I am sharp! Regardless, “Matter of Time” is a great tune and definitely worth a listen from their MySpace page. DMitch pimped some of OT-musicboy’s new tuneage…and…uh…I have to agree, that cat…
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Drago Needs Help and HUB Delivers
artist: HUB genre: indie-pop, alt-rock label: unsigned listen now:Upside Down :: Forget Them :: Round and Round Ok. I have something that I just have to get off my chest. My name is Drago and, under normal circumstances, I have a complete and utter disdain for “singer-songwriters.” Whew! I feel much better now. I’m not…
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Preview to a Review
artist: Ledaswan | genre: alternative, indie-rock| label: unsigned Check out this video from San Antonio’s Ledaswan. This particular track is entitled “Faulkner” and is included as part of their latest studio EP NUM83R5 available on [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ledaswan/id268417296?uo=4″ title=”Ledaswan”]. Be on the lookout for an “official” Froglix review in the not too distant future. In the…
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Sing Music Boy, Sing
artist: OT-musicboy album: Jump Over (a fence of electric sound) genre: Indie Rock label: unsigned listen now: Not A Song :: Did You Tell Your Mother You Knew :: Dance (with the musicboy) buy now: [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ot-musicboy/id403425750?uo=4″ title=”OT – Musicboy”] Why do I feel like OT-musicboy is a guilty pleasure? Maybe it’s because I didn’t…
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Jump Back :: The Week in Review
Patrons of Punk re-embraced a re-post of an article written a few weeks back…before the meltdown…about a band from Phoenix called Moovalya. I felt a bit bad as it was our technical difficulties that caused the article to disappear for a bit. More post-hardcore punk followed on Tuesday with Thurdeen’s review of Sleep City’s debut…
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The Exits Re-Enter
artist: The Exits | genre: electronic, alt-rock | label: Criminal Records Many moons ago, our friends at Criminal Records contacted us about this band from Portsmouth, England that we just had to hear. Had to hear? Well, to be frank, I’ve heard that before and, on more than one occasion, have been duly unimpressed with…
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The Joy Formidable's Spring Tour
Froglix News. The Joy Formidable is hitting the road in the US this Spring.
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Moovalya :: Old School Punk with a New Found Flair
Now is the time to rejoice my fellow stage divers of old because your friends at Froglix have uncovered further proof that punk is not dead.
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Jump Back…The Week in Review
This week kicked off with some cool news about The Kut being considered for the video game Rock Band, pimped a video from Amsterdam’s Go Back to the Zoo for their song “I’m the Night (See You Later)” and followed up with a the latest single from Attention Thieves. “Let It All Out” rocks out loud…
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Reminiscing about Elkland and Discovering The Drums
artist: The Drums | genre: indie pop | label: unsigned | [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-drums/id313290516?uo=4″ title=”The Drums”] I just had a bit of a “where are they now” moment. Back in 2005 I went to see Erasure at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. A band called Elkland opened the show and it turned out to be…
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