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| Special Report: Local Independent Record Labels 101 As
major record labels struggle to find new sounds to capitalize on,
independent record labels have their finger on the pulse of the
underground scene. We check in with some of your favorite labels
to see what they've got cooking on the burner. |
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The Effection This
East Bay power trio makes writing intelligent music sound easy.
Their debut album, Soundtrack To A Moment, is chock full
of harmonizing vocals, thoughtfully crafted pop hooks, jumping bass
lines, smart lyrics, and melodies that you just can’t stop
tapping your foot to. We hunted them down, picked their brains,
snapped photos, and lived to tell. |
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club After dealing with the rush of attention for their stunning debut on Virgin, the uncertainty of being the new band at a major label, and some post-9/11 red tape that barred their Brit-born drummer from working in the U.S., the Bay Area boys are back with album number two, imperatively titled Take Them On, On Your Own. |
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Oranger Read how Oranger try to describe their own sound, discuss the inner workings of a monkey’s brain (as in the animals, not the musicians) and set fire to giant records to escape a desert island! …okay not really, but they would if they had too. |
| Plus… Reviews of live shows: year of the rabbit, lookout anniversary party, bardo pond, kinski, subarachnoid space, onelinedrawing, the gossip, bjork Buzz’s Bands to Watch: rogue wave, john o’brien, ned, truxton CD reviews: american analog set, blind dog, boxing, caesars, camarosmith, cex, constantines, julian cope, rob crow, culper ring, house of low culture, sabers, dropsy, dysrhythmia, the ebb & flow, eels, from monument to masses, giant value, low flying owls, me first and the gimme gimmes, moore brothers, nedelle, john o’brien, rykarda parasol, polysics, poulain, relic, riverboat gamblers, sciflyer, si begg, sixteen horsepower, the stoned messiahs, amoeba music comp, prison literature comp Also…K-leen’s Cheers & Jeers, Coming Soon, Upcoming Releases and Local Music Charts |
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