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April 29th, 2009

SPARKS - BBC ROCK HOUR #324 & #423 (1982-1983)

Whomp That Sucker” was released in 1981, with some musicians from the Los Angeles area, actually David Kendrick, Leslie Bohem, Bob Haag had been famous with a local band called Bates Motel (one song on…

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powerpop: Today’s Worst Person in the World!

April 28th, 2009


You know, Watergate whistle blower and all around hero for our time John Dean wrote a book about the Bush administration and its defenders recently called Conservatives Without Conscience.

Well, I just read a review of a music movie that’s gonna…

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indie pop: Various Artists - The Complete Introduction To Northern Soul [Box Set]

April 27th, 2009

Genre: Northern Soul / Soul / 60’s
Based In…: UK
Label: Commercial Marketing
Year: 2008
My Rate: 9/10
Buy

Parte 1 | Parte 2

Fantástico! Box Set com 4 cds que trazem todos os clássicos e raridades da Northern Soul, cena musical que ocorreu na Inglaterra durante os anos 60 até começo…

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indie pop: Rumors Heard in MySpace, Vol. II, Episode 4

April 27th, 2009

Damn. Another overly hectic and superbly busy month has come and gone. In fact, it’s been so damn busy this month that I never found the time to surf in and out of the nooks and crannies of MySpace like…

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indie pop: A Sunday Conversation with Hellmouth

April 26th, 2009

When the new Hellmouth CD crossed over the Ripple transom, The Pope and I just knew we were in for a treat. We’d already been high on their sound, an amped up punked up slab of riotous thrash metal, and…

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indie pop: Ripple News- Hypno5e New Project - A Backward Glance on A Travel Road

April 25th, 2009


On return from its first American northern round, HYPNO5E reconsiders the front of the scene with its side project acoustic, A BACKWARD GLANCE ON A TRAVEL ROAD.

“True testimony of the melody range of a group more accustomed to transforming a…

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indie pop: Together at last: Hajen, Euphoria, Tvärvägen and Winter Took His Life Tour Europe

April 24th, 2009

I’m generally not a cut and paste music blogger but I couldn’t resist telling you about this tour:

September - Tvärvägen
Scapegoat - Hajen

Finally Hajen, Euphoria and the Lazy Boy, Winter Took His Life and Tvärvägen made it. On the 05.05. the “Dirtfarming…

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indie pop: Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith - Deluxe Edition

April 23rd, 2009


Music’s biggest middle finger is now double fisted and right in your grill. That’s right, the 2CD deluxe version of Motorhead’s No Sleep Til Hammersmith has FINALLY been released in America. This thing came out a few years ago in Europe…

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powerpop: Golden Bear EP and The Test Dream EP

April 23rd, 2009

Golden Bear “Everest” EP
Golden Bear was a well-received band that recently played SXSW and went on a tour of the East Coast. The band has a fresh sound with fuzz guitars and catchy songs structure with “Night Lights.” This is…

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indie pop: A Sunday Conversation with We Insist!

April 19th, 2009

Straight outta’ Paris, France comes one of the most unique and invigorating bands to happen upon the Ripple offices in some time. Combining rock with punk, a little alt this with a little metal that, throw in some jazz and…

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