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The indie folk scene eludes me, with the exception of feel-good machine Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. So to find myself soaking up every gui...

It has to be daunting to open a show for your musical heros. There you are, the first band on in a set of three, and you're meant to warm up a crowd f...

From those who bought Toothbrush when Dr. Dog debuted back in 2002 to fans that discovered the band via their undeniably catchy cover of Architecture ...

I've been kind of obsessed with this track since the new Those Darlins album began streaming on SPIN. Blur The Lines is the latest from the Tennessee ...

I don't ever listen to the radio. Does this song get a lot of air time? The way I stumbled on it was fairly organic -- as organic as digital discoveri...

I've a new obsession, and his name is Robert Ellis. Born in small town in Texas, Ellis began performing classic country tunes in 2010, gradually incor...

Deer Tick are gearing up for the release of their new album, Negativity, which is due out September 24, 2013. The five-piece band from Providence, Rho...

Dr. Dog is set to release their eighth record in early October, titled B-Room. I really enjoyed Be The Void, so I'm pretty excited to hear new tunes f...

I've had uniformly positive opinions about Deer Tick, the Providence, Rhode Island band. I've made comparisons between them and The Replacements and T...

Deer Tick get compared to The Replacements a whole lot -- I've done it myself. They manage to evoke the gritty, New York-before-it-was-clean-and-safe ...

Diamond Rugs is a super group formed by John McCauley that includes members of Deer Tick, The Black Lips, Los Lobos, Dead Confederate, and Six Finger ...

Delta Spirit's self-titled third album is finally out -- after two years of anticipation -- and boy does it reach a new height. Armed with strong elec...

I've kind of become the resident "classic guitar-driven indie rock" writer here at Indie Shuffle, and I happily shoulder the responsibility. I love me...

Oh, Rayland Baxter. Why are you so pessimistic? Why are you so certain, as you sing beautifully in your countrified folk tune "The Woman For Me," that...

I first heard the Fruit Bats second hand, and from another room. A friend was playing their song "When U Love Someone" on acoustic guitar, and I found...

Whether you're a serious music aficionado or someone simply workin' the biz, it's easy to become overwhelmed by all the great new material out there. ...

Ahh, the supergroup. That strange phenomenon when a group of musician friends from separate bands come together to play tunes that aren't quite the sa...