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Animal Noise Proves Their Attention is Earned

Animal Noise comes from a place that, to the average (read: geographically challenged) American, sounds like it originated in the mind of George R. R. Martin. The three-person band, comprised of Josh Sandifer (vocals), Michael Bird (bass), and Jack Abbott (drums), is known to have practiced in a cowshed on a farm in East Anglia. […]

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Only Shadows Release Debut Single “Be Still”

By Emma Cohen of Indie Band Guru Hailing from across the pond, Only Shadows is a four member group founded in 2014. Though young, they are nurturing a distinct sound. It is a sound somewhat similar to their fellow countrymen Coldplay, albeit through an indie filter. Neither pop nor interpretive, the fast moving drumming and guitar sounds make […]

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New York Tourists, but Musically at Home

When Carl Rutherford, who plays guitar and background vocals for New York Tourists, visited America’s most exciting city in 2008, his band was unofficially christened. The group, which comprises five men from Blackburn, England, quickly rose to success. Along with Rutherford, Gary Taylor provides the vocals, Matt Fox plays bass, Graham Anderson is on guitar, […]

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Unruly Rock Meets Big-Band Fun in OhBree’s “Feed Me Poison” EP

When I sat down to listen to OhBree’s Feed Me Poison, I was intrigued but unsure. Turns out, this four-song EP is an amalgamation of nearly everything I loved about music while growing up and coming of age between the early 1990s and early 2000s. OhBree, a nine-piece extravaganza from Philly, has been making music […]