Natasha Young
Natasha Young, a writer and editor recently transplanted from Montreal and originally from Portland, Maine, is now based in New York City. She writes about music for Spinner, AOL Music Blog, the Boombox, and more.
Follow Natasha on Twitter @natashayg.
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Deirdre O'Callaghan
The National have released the first single off their upcoming album, Trouble Will Find Me, due out this May via 4AD. The song, called "Demons," features an unusual time signature and, of course, Matt Berninger's smooth baritone.
In other totally awesome news, Queens of the Stone Age have dropped the first track off ...
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Cody York
Experimental chamber pop mainstays Cloud Cult are celebrating the release of their latest studio album, simply titled Love, with the release of this video for "1x1x1."
The big band, hailing from the Midwest, has 15 years and nine full-length studio albums to their credit -- no small feat in the rock world, especially considering ...
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SideOneDummy Records
Restorations is a band doing punk differently. Hailing from Philly, the five-piece band serves up a richer, more aspirational take on the kind of punk sound rooted in American rock, pioneered by mainstays Social Distortion and Bad Religion. Their new full-length album, entitled LP2, drops April 2 via SideOneDummy Records. ...
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Total Assault
Courrier is a band made up of friends from the University of Texas. Conceiving a sound like Coldplay with more bite to it, success found the indie pop outfit quite quickly. After the release of their 2011 full-length debut, A Violent Flame, their songs appeared on a slew of television shows including "Gossip Girl" and "Pretty ...
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What is a gayageum? Thanks for asking. It's a traditional Korean string instrument, not unlike a zither. It is also a surprisingly awesome instrument with which to cover Jimi Hendrix songs. Allow Ms. Luna Lee to demonstrate.
Playing along with a backing track, Luna rocks Hendrix's riffs with an astounding amount of zen. We know ...
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Dan Martensen
Hype has been steadily building since the Yeah Yeah Yeahs announced that Mosquito, the long-awaited followup to 2009's It's Blitz!, will be released on April 16 via Interscope. Now the art rockers are debuting the video for "Sacrilege," the album's first single -- which, in a first for the paired-down three-piece, features a ...
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West Vita
Say hello to Wild Party. Hailing from San Antonio, Texas, this four-piece is poised to charm the pants off fans of buzzy power-pop with their first official release, an EP called All Nighter, coming out this May.
Wild Party got themselves a good head start without label support, opting instead to take the DIY route. They ...
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