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Lucky for us, our new favorite bubblegrunge outfit (Apparently our favorite genre, according to Spotify.) is based right out of Fishtown! The band, who’ve already released two singles and are preparing to put out their debut EP at the end of the month, are comprised of five Millennials with...
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“We kind of wanted to circle back to more of the rock venue feel. We enjoyed the intimacy of the last one, but we got a lot of feedback from people who felt trapped in their chairs,” Cloud Cult founder and primary songwriter Craig Minowa tells me, laughing. March...
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During a recent phone chat with The Gaslight Anthem’s Benny Horowitz, I find out that the drummer for the New Brunswick heartland punk rockers actually has quite the history with the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection: “I wear Yankees hats and am a fan of New York...
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“We got a writeup that called it an ode to 2005, and I was like, ‘They knew exactly what I was going for,’ like, they’re really picking up what I’m putting down!” laughs Lleen Dow, founder, frontperson, and as-of-recently sole constant member of Portland-based, aughts-emo-flavored indie rock outfit Thank...
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“A lot of people think we’re putting out a shoegaze album… They’re like, ‘Yes! Lunar Vacation going shoegaze!” the Georgia indie rock outfit jokes with me during a recent phone chat. They’re referring to “Set the Stage,” the lead single off of Lunar Vacation’s sophomore LP, Everything Matters, Everything’s...
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“I can see if you’re on Twitter or on Instagram. I can read your phone,” jokes Addie Sartino, lead vocalist for The Greeting Committee, upon being asked if she has a message to fans coming out to see the indie rock band on their upcoming headlining tour. Sartino, a...
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Just last March we saw Quasi – Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes – return to Johnny Brenda’s in support of Breaking the Balls of History, both their tenth studio LP and their first studio LP in ten years, in addition to their first for Sub Pop. However, the Portland...
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“I came from the late ‘90s hardcore scene, and the uncool-est thing you could do is release an album of songs under your own name. Being a singer/songwriter was extremely uncool before the indie thing,” Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits, Operators) tells me during a recent...
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The last time Walla Walla, Washington indie rockers Chastity Belt played the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was nearly half a decade ago, when they headlined First Unitarian Church in November of 2019 in support of their self-titled fourth LP. Well, they’re preparing to return to the...
Lucky for us, our new favorite bubblegrunge outfit (Apparently our favorite genre, according to Spotify.) is based right out of Fishtown! The band, who’ve already released two singles and are preparing to put out their debut EP at the end of the month, are comprised of five Millennials with...
“We kind of wanted to circle back to more of the rock venue feel. We enjoyed the intimacy of the last one, but we got a lot of feedback from people who felt trapped in their chairs,” Cloud Cult founder and primary songwriter Craig Minowa tells me, laughing. March...
