It’s not easy to rate the things you love, so I feel Josh Jackson’s pain. As a fervent R.E.M. fan myself, picking the best songs of the legendary Athens band
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Made of one-part Sune Rose Wagner and one-part Sharin Foo, Danish rock band The Raveonettes has been harmonizing its way to an ever-growing audience for a decade now, using Motown-surfy
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It proves engaging when a band carries the torch of past greats while trying to shut a portion of its own history behind opaque doors. Maybe that’s why the self-titled
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With recording ability at their fingertips, fans have made concerts multimedia events. Does it hurt, or help? David Lowery doesn’t dread the camera flashes or the crude YouTube videos –
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From opening track “I Can Hear the Sound” (all ebullient piano and driving drums) to closing track “High Above” (a cascade of tubular bells and marching strings), The Great Divide
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December 2009, 40 Watt, Atlanta, Ga. It was a telling moment during the encore when Tracyanne Campbell, the lead singer for the brilliant Scottish band Camera Obscura, added an extra
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October 2009, Mohawk, Austin, Texas For many years I wanted to go to Austin, even tried to make plans to go to SXSW before it became far too big for