By
Kimberly Manning
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May 11, 2011
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Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John took the stage twice in one night at Chicago's Lincoln Hall on May 7, both to packed houses. The energetic crew hopped and hollered in the early show, jumping on the speakers and into the crowds, throwing a handful o...
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By
Kimberly Manning
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Mar 29, 2011
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Since their breakout album Writers Block in 2006, Peter Bjorn, and John have taken a turn from indie crooners to lo-fi indie punk rockers.Gimme Some, which drops today (March 29) exemplifies the Swedish trio's need for something a little heavier. Pet...
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By
Hannah Levy
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Feb 26, 2011
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I was recently told that if I hadn't heard of Family Of The Year (I hadn't) then I should put them on my radar. Well, consider that done. I just spent a good chunk of my Saturday morning listening to their musical offerings, and am pretty stoked on t...
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By
Hannah Levy
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Jan 21, 2011
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I feel like I was just talking about how Sweden's folk-pop crew I'm From Barcelona needs to get their shit together and record another album... and then I open my inbox today and voila! I get an email announcement saying that their newest album, Fore...
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By
Hannah Levy
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Jan 14, 2011
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Let's pretend that Alex Ebert (of Edward Sharpe fame) decided to make an album combining elements of folk with childlike whimsy, using hand clapping, clarinet blowing, and whistling to create some awesome toe-tappin' jams. Oh, wait. We don't have to ...
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By
Joshua Mellin
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Dec 11, 2010
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I think many will be tempted to categorize Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros as some kind of thinly veiled cult of a band (I'm looking at you, I'm From Barcelona and The Polyphonic Spree), but they're really just a bunch of harmless hippies hap...
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By
Dante
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Dec 3, 2010
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I'm going to be completely honest with you guys. I first heard (and subsequently fell in love with) Margot and the Nuclear So and So's my junior year in high school. Their first album, The Dust of Retreat was a beautiful piece of indie music that had...
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By
tward
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Oct 25, 2010
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The multi-faceted Los Angeles band He's My Brother, She's My Sister is definitely one of the more delightfully original groups I've come across in a long time. The band has just wrapped up their first national tour opening for Edward Sharpe and the M...
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