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Tjutjuna

Psych-rockers keep feet on the ground

By Reyan Ali
POSTED // Apr 4,2013 - Tjutjuna’s Twitter page contains a description of the band’s music that’s as succinct as it is accurate. “Loud space rock” reads one line, followed by a second that says “the future”

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Spiritualized

Jason Pierce on nonsense & music-making

By Brian Staker
POSTED // Apr 4,2013 - Music is a drug. It’s a truism. But with Spiritualized, it’s more true, more mind-expanding than most. Take the cover of the English band’s 1997 album Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space,

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Catching Up With illoom

2012's CWMA DJ Spin-off winner

By Austen Diamond
POSTED // Apr 2,2013 - James Loomis’ approach at 2012’s DJ Spin-off was “to mix as tight and fast as possible, which is as risky as it gets, and to incorporate a bunch of my own music.”

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The Joy Formidable

Recording diverse sounds in a remote cabin

By Brian Palmer
POSTED // Mar 29,2013 - Logistical accidents are the best kind, as The Joy Formidable singer and guitarist Ritzy Bryan can attest. While touring in 2011 behind their raucous, critically acclaimed debut, The Big Roar,

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Max Pain & the Groovies

Catching up with the CWMA 2012 winners

By Kolbie Stonehocker
POSTED // Mar 28,2013 - It’s been a hell of a year for Max Pain & the Groovies. Since winning the band component of the 2012 City Weekly Music Awards, they’ve played a nationwide tour, welcomed new bassist Jordan Deveraux, gotten a clothing sponsorship

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Lindsey Stirling

Pixie dubstep violinist expresses own style

By Melanie Holbrook
POSTED // Mar 27,2013 - Anyone with a video camera and a version of “Harlem Shake” can score a few watches on YouTube. But reaching more than 250 million total views—as violinist, composer and choreographer Lindsey Stirling

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Imagine Dragons

A brilliant set of irreverent questions

By Austen Diamond
POSTED // Mar 21,2013 - It’s the stuff of dreams, Imagine Dragon’s chart-soaring 2012 LP Night Visions. Based largely on the subconscious nonsense that comes during deep sleep, the album—and singles “It’s Time” and “Radioactive,”

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Pickwick

From bearded folkies to Seattle's best

By Brian Palmer
POSTED // Mar 21,2013 - You have to be true to yourself. That’s what the guys in the Seattle-based band Pickwick discovered several years ago after they decided they didn’t want to be a folk band anymore.

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Stealing Donald Trump's cheese is only part of Unknown Mortal Orchestra's rock & roll lifestyle

By Randy Harward
POSTED // Mar 14,2013 - Talk about your meteoric rises. Right now, Unknown Mortal Orchestra bassist Jake Portrait is hanging out in Donald Trump’s green room at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

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Flogging Molly

After 15 years, haven't lost any swagger

By Kolbie Stonehocker
POSTED // Mar 14,2013 - “When you boil it down to its essence, Flogging Molly is all about playing music that is very real and organic, and playing it with all the piss and vinegar and passion you can in each note,” says guitarist Dennis Casey.
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