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reviews: Wei Zhongle s/t

Artist: Wei Zhongle Release: self-titled debut Release date: April 24, 2012 Highlights: "Untitled," "Exaltation" It's often said that the jazz greats restrain their live performances until the the end of the show, when the stuffed shirts have all...

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The Ridges Play Daytrotter

A stop off at the booming metropolis of Rock Island, Ill (pop. 39,000) has become a mandatory one for any band that's touring through the heartland of American. Daytrotter calls this small town "home" while...

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TMIM reviews: Gauntlet Hair s/t

What does "gauntlet hair" sound like to you? Perhaps chainmail-clad jousters in some Renaissance Fair reenactment? Or a death metal band with spiked hair and spiked jackets? It’s a bizarre name. (And the folks...

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“no one reads reviews anymore” Glimmer, by Jacaszek

Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leaves, like the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? --"Spring and Fall," (1880), by Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerard Manley Hopkins was a 19th century Jesuit priest, an...

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tmim reviews: Metals, by Feist

Our waiting headphones and laptops needn’t wait any longer. Feist's fourth album, Metals, is here – a refreshing bouquet lighting up the shorter days of fall, vibrant and dazzling. Not that long ago, the world-famous...

tMiM Reviews: Orba Squara – The Trouble With Flying

I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes...

tMiM reviews: Spirit by Apse (a bit late, but I was always a late bloomer)

Recording artist: Apse Release: Spirit (LP) Notable tracks: Any one but the first two Money quote: (not sure how to answer this one:...

tMiM Reviews: Fun. – Aim and Ignite

For a band that I am embarrassed to enjoy so thoroughly I seem to be spend quite a bit of...

tMiM Reviews: Regina Spektor – Far

Regina Spektor's first major label release, Soviet Kitsch, was recorded in a 10 day time period and presents itself as...

tMiM Reviews: Silversun Pickups – Swoon

As every musician and music lover will agree, the dreaded Sophomore Slump is something to be feared by all. No...

tMiM Reviews: Donora S/T

Recording Artist: Donora Release: S/T (LP) Notable Tracks: "Shout", "Photograph", "London" Label: Rostrum Records For most musicians their musical abilities are discovered on a...

tMiM Reviews: The Decemberists The Hazards of Love

Fred turned me onto The Decemberists a few years ago and I must admit that I was not too enthralled...

tMiM Reviews: VesuviaSonic's Transfixed

Recording artist: VesuviaSonic Release: Transfixed (LP) Notable tracks: “Low Blue Flame,” “Highway Science” Money quote: “By the whites of my lies” Recommendation: Buy a...

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