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Posted in on May 25th, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
Small Black
Small Black EP
Jagjaguwar
www.myspace.com/smallblacksounds
Casios and samplers have become common ground in almost all realms of music these days, but it’s what you do with those keyboards and samplers that make you standout. Small...
Posted in on April 27th, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
Never Shout Never
What Is Love?
Sire Records
www.nevershoutnever.com
Most 18-year-old boys (or men, depending on the person) are either graduating high school or in their first year of college, either way they are trying to find...
Posted in on April 22nd, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
Miike Snow
Miike Snow
Downtown
www.miikesnow.co.uk
Swedish pop groups have been all over the music charts since the 70’s with the likes of the Cardigans, the Concretes and the Hives but now the greatest pop group has...
Posted in on April 20th, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
Pato Banton
Destination Paradise
Creative Freedom
www.patobanton.com
Being born and raised on the beaches of San Diego, reggae music has just been a way of life for me. The same can be said for Pato Banton. Born...
Posted in on April 16th, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
Yeasayer
Odd Blood
Secretly Canadian
www.yeasayer.net
The newest face of indie rock has arrived. Yeasayer’s are the “it” band to start 2010 and I bet their success is far from over. The threesome includes singer-keyboardist Chris Keating,...
Posted in on March 17th, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
Thrice
Beggars
Vagrant Records
www.thrice.net
I know I’ve reviewed a Thrice album before but their newest record Beggars is so good I just had to write about it. Each song, like most of their songs, can and...
Posted in on March 9th, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
Tegan and Sara
Sainthood
Sire/Warner Bros. Records
www.teganandsara.com
The beautiful twin sisters Tegan Quin and Sara Quin have been making their own music since they were in high school and released their first studio album in 1999....
Posted in on February 26th, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
Driver Side Impact
Double Vision EP
Victory Records
www.myspace.com/driversideimpact
When I think of a Victory Records band or artist I think of some pretty hardcore rock but they do have a poppier side to the predominantly hardcore...
Posted in on February 24th, 2010 by Rusty Manoff
You Me At Six
Hold Me Down
Epitaph Records
www.youmeatsix.co.uk
Finding new bands is great but there’s always something better about new music when it comes from overseas. I was introduced to You Me At Six from...
Posted in on November 5th, 2009 by Rusty Manoff
Lights
The Listening
Sire Records
www.iamlights.com
This one is for the ladies, well kind of. The hot Toronto, Canada electro-pop sensation has released her debut full-length album The Listening. But mistake her for another smoking hot girly...
Posted in on November 3rd, 2009 by Rusty Manoff
Discovery
LP
XL Recordings
www.dscvry.net
As soon as I was introduced to Discovery I knew this band was going to do great things. What I didn’t know was that the band wouldn’t leave me alone. Everywhere I...
Posted in on November 3rd, 2009 by Rusty Manoff
Sonny
Gypsyhook
Atlantic
www.myspace.com/sonny
Sonny Moore formally of the screaming, high-energy hardcore punk band From First to Last has branched off for a long-awaited solo run. After starting the fast paced punk band the age of 16...
