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To understand the sophomore record from former Bright Eyes touring member Laura Burhenn—the brains behind The Mynabirds—you first need to know the origin of the title]]> By City Weekly Staff

Twelve seconds. That’s how much time it takes for multi-instrumentalist Luke Wyland to join drummer Dana Valatka on album opener “Epic” ...]]> By City Weekly Staff

It’s strange that, in more than 15 years, New Orleans jazz-funk troupe Galactic is just now getting around to making a Mardi Gras, or Carnival, album.]]> By City Weekly Staff

Cate Le Bon is bringing a welcome breeze of ethereal vocals to our shore with her fresh, new album Cyrk.]]> By City Weekly Staff

The disparate styles of bluegrass and classical are blended with such skillful ease in The Goat Rodeo Sessions it’s a wonder why ...]]> By Kolbie Stonehocker

Thrice has never been a band that's afraid to blaze new paths with their musical style, fully knowing that not all fans would take to the new sound.]]> By City Weekly Staff

The solo career of Rob Crow, founder of Pinback—as well as a number of other non-trivial indie-music assemblages—has been similar to that of ...]]> By City Weekly Staff

Veering off from more familiar folk alleyways, Portland, Ore.-based Blitzen Trapper drives a sonic muscle car onto the rock music highway with their sixth studio album, American Goldwing.]]> By City Weekly Staff

You can count me among the Pavement fanatics who had a hard time getting into Stephen Malkmus’ past couple of albums made with his band The Jicks.]]> By City Weekly Staff

It would be easy to dismiss Mariachi El Bronx as a mere lark by the Los Angeles punk band’s more-prominent alter ego, The Bronx. ]]> By Dan Nailen

If you need any sort of reminder of how significant Buddy Holly was to the early days of rock & roll ...]]> By City Weekly Staff

Amid the ghostly tangles of cables in electronic soundscapes, Austra’s most potent instrument is Katie Stelmanis’ resounding voice.]]> By Dan Nailen

Here We Rest is the album Jason Isbell fans have been waiting for since the talented songwriter and guitarist left the Drive-By Truckers in 2007 ...]]> By Dan Nailen

People tend to look at the South by Southwest Music Conference through the narrow tunnel of their own musical tastes ...]]> By Dan Nailen

This live set recorded during Soundgarden’s 1996 West Coast tour captures a band at the peak of its commercial success ...]]> By Austen Diamond

Colin Meloy’s got a purdy mouth; so would say an old-timin’ troubadour ...]]> By Gavin Sheehan

With nearly 200 local albums released this year, it’s a little hard to choose what to grab at the record shop, especially when some of the names are new ...]]> By Dan Nailen

It’s often difficult to settle on just 10 picks when I create a list of my favorite albums each year...]]> By Julianna Clay

After a seven-year hiatus dotted with a variety of projects, Azure Ray and its frontwomen Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor are back, and their fourth album, Drawing Down the Moon, is certainly worth the w]]> By Dan Nailen

New York art-rockers Ra Ra Riot thrive on the dramatic, whether it’s the bold rat-a-tat bass lines that rumble through many of their songs or ...]]>