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RAVE’S FAVE! The Presets – Ghosts

Australia’s Presets will soon embark on a US tour. This is an awesome live band that always creates a party. “Ghosts” is lower key than some of…
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09-04-12

RAVE’S FAVE: Two Door Cinema Club – The World Is Watching

Two Door Cinema Club’s sophomore album Beacon drops the first week of September. The sound on the new LP is a bit bigger, and the direction is…
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08-21-12

RAVE’S FAVE: The Vaccines – Bad Mood

Come Of Age is a perfect title for The Vaccines forthcoming album. The band promised us a true evolution on the follow-up to their debut album…
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08-21-12

RAVE’S FAVE! The Adventures Of… – Pretty Crazy Girls

This UK band is described as “glammed-up indie”, and are probably the last thing you can imagine being singed to Tori Amos’ new label as her…
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08-18-12

RAVE’S FAVE! Bloc Party – Team A

Bloc Party return with Four, which drops the week after next. It’s a long-awaited return, preceded by a few US shows including their…
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08-09-12

RAVES FAVE: Iggy Pop & Bethany Cosentino – Let’s Boot and Rally

Check out this cool collab between Iggy and Best Coast’s Bethany. The song was recorded for True Blood and it aired under the closing credits of…
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07-31-12

RAVE’S FAVE: The Vaccines – Teenage Icon

They promised us a different album this time around. The title of their new album will be Come of Age and you can hear it. The fast drum intro…
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07-20-12

RAVE’S FAVE: Passion Pit – It’s Not My Fault, I’m Happy

2012 has been a great year so far for developing acts because many of indie’s major artists have been quiet. That is about to chance, with an…
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07-19-12

RAVE’S FAVE: Two Door Cinema Club – Sleep Alone

Two Door Cinema Club are one of the most promising new bands with a killer live show, and this brand new single begins their sophomore effort.…
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07-19-12

RAVE’S FAVE: The Walkmen – We Can’t Be Beat

Of all the newest albums, it seems The Walkmen’s Heaven is getting the most raves in chats I’m having with friends. True, these New York dudes…
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07-06-12

RAVES FAVE: Blake Miller -Four Leaf Clovr

You may know Blake as the singer in Moving Units. He just dropped a solo EP called Baby Food. One listen to the synth in this intro, and I was…
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06-29-12

RAVE’S FAVE! Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Dear Believer

This current Edward Sharpe album is mellower that its predecessor, and they really nail the quiet beauty on “Dear Believer”. It would be my…
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06-23-12