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We’ve been so busy wrapping our heads around the new Deerhunter album, which leaked about two months ago (and is still not out till late October), we almost forgot how much we liked Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Kranky) , the gauzy...
DOWNLOAD: Clouds, "Motion of the Ocean" (mp3) This ain’t your ordinary stoner metal. Yeah, the guitars on We Are Above You (Hydra Head) — the new second album from Cave In guitarist Adam McGrath’s Clouds — mostly exist in sludgy Sunn-amp ear...
Kate Nash, "Purple Rain (Live at FNX Coachella House 2008)" Our bretheren over at WFNX rented a house for Coachella and have been blogging their faces off all weekend . A bunch of people stopped by the house, including MGMT , Vampire Weekend...
Mylene: Queen of Pop This week in the fishwrap, Charles Taylor makes the case for French pop, through the lens of the latest Mrs. Johnny Depp album . Below, longtime Phoenix critic Michael Freedberg, whom we consider our resident expert on the topic,...
Caleb: not fucking afraid of those other heatseakers . DOWNLOAD: Heatseeker, "Heavy With Shadows" (mp3) If you ever wondered why Cave-In never sounded the same way twice, take a listen to what its members have released since the breakup: it's...
Ian MacKaye: from "Waiting Room" to the classroom Having Ian MacKaye show up as the surprise guest for your intro-to-punk-rock class is, as Will Spitz writes in this week's fishwrap, " sorta like Darwin showing up for your Biology 101...
DOWNLOAD: Aloud, "Fan the Fury" (mp3) It might not seem that much has changed between Aloud’ s debut full-length, Leave Your Light On , and their sophomore album, Fan the Fury . The band still traffic in bluesy power pop, which still centers...
DOWNLOAD: Township, "Sandy" (mp3) It’s been just less than a year since Township cemented their place in Boston rock history , joining the ranks of the Neighborhoods , the Dresden Dolls , and, uh, Slaughter Shack with a victory in the 29th Rock...
DOWNLOAD: Hallelujah the Hills, "Don't Take the Law Into Your Own Hands But Take Mine In Yours" (mp3) On the eve of their biggest national tour to date (stops include SXSW and a Daytrotter session), Boston indie heroes Hallelujah the Hills...
DOWNLOAD: Medicated Kisses, "Kill the Queen" (mp3) When we told you last year to keep an eye on Medicated Kisses , we were thinking that frontwoman Alanna V's soul-fired belt might carry them to the top of the emo-pops: their " A Wolf...
DOWNLOAD: State Radio, "Gang of Thieves" (mp3) The big news in the land of the kinda, sorta broken-up New England jam band Dispatch is the release of Dispatch: Zimbabwe — Live at Madison Square Garden (Concert Hot Spot), a DVD document of the...
DOWNLOAD: White Hinterland, "Dreaming of the Plum Trees" (mp3) Back when she was studying at New England Conservatory, Casey Dienel put out a demo called "Grandmother Rock," a quick suite of songs suggesting rocking chairs more than...
If you simply can't bear waiting till next week to buy the new Hot Chip album, but you're also feeling conflicted about Googling for a sendspace link and enjoying a free leaked copy, there's good news: Clash , the London-based magazine "dedicated...