Focusing in on Deleted Scenes

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Before their show at The Rock Shop a couple weeks ago (that I reviewed here), I sat down with three of the guys from Deleted Scenes and picked their brains on what they think makes a good song, possible interpretations, and what the whole process is like for them. This is an intelligent group of

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Poolside interview with The Gromble

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The Gromble is pretty much everything you could want in a modern rock band: besides being proficient musicians and elegant, intelligent lyricists, they’re the kind of songwriters that know exactly how and when to satisfy and then exceed the listener’s expectations. Upon meeting five of the six members (and cracking many a joke at the

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Q&A: Rich Beeston of ALL MANKIND

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Sydney-based rock band, All Mankind have gained a loyal following across the U.S., UK, and Australia, having performed over 500 times in the last three years to more than 100,000 fans. The band’s live success, by word of mouth and with no label nonetheless, has led to album sales in the thousands and award nominations

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Ideals: A Cocktail for Your Ears

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Ideals are a melting pot of all the things I like in my music: brooding vocals, haunting lyrics and an aggressive sound that accurately replicates a live show on their EPs. After I received a late night text from someone who heard an Ideals song on their Pandora station, I immediately checked out their tunes

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Q&A with UK’s Smoke Fairies

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photo by Maria Mochnacz Smoke Fairies is one of those bands whose name is simply perfect to describe their sound: dark, beautiful, and mysterious. But don’t for a second think that the feminine name translates to”typical girl band”: London duo Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies sparked a school friendship in the late 90′s over a

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Q&A: Elisapie

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Former vocalist for the international acclaimed duo Taima, Inuk-born and Canadian-based pop-artist Elisapie is gearing up for the U.S. release of her debut solo album, There Will Be Stars. For those not in the know, she is a 100 percent real life Eskimo, not a common thing these days, especially in music. Yet her sound

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