From the bowels of Michigan, We Came As Romans roared into my formative high school years around 2008 with the release of their 2008 EP, Dreams. A metalcore sound I’d…
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A famed story of indie success, Bon Iver came into being nearly ten years ago from a lonesome period spent in the Wisconsin wilderness by struggling musician, Justin Vernon. Most…
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Indie rock borne out of the great potato state of Idaho, Apple Horse were once an up and coming powerhouse before fizzling just below Earth’s atmosphere. Their only record, Tuck…
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I discovered Alexi Murdoch, like a lot of people, by obsessing over the Garden State soundtrack. (Yes, I know “Orange Sky” wasn’t featured on the official soundtrack. But you and…
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MusicEntropy’s EP of the Week: Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird by The Tallest Man On Earth
The Tallest Man On Earth is the stage name for Swedish folk singer-songwriter, Kristian Matsson. Often regarded as a new-age Bob Dylan of sorts, Matsson strings together beautiful folk tunes…
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Long before In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, or even On Avery Island, Neutral Milk Hotel was still in its infancy as an artistic outlet for hipster obsession, Jeff Mangum.…
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Hailing from the great state of Oregon, Typhoon is an orchestral indie-rock band that has an original sound that’s incomparable to any artist that has ever contributed a verse to…
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During my early days of high school, around my freshman or sophomore year, the bands I was mainly listening to were all from the 90’s—alternative rock (or ‘grunge’ if anyone…
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Goodbye Tomorrow is a band that underwent numerous line-up changes, and an eventual name change, during its six year existence. But with the coming of Travis Bryant, who’d just laid…
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A relatively new band from the Minneapolis scene, Laulu released their first EP, Innate, last October. Most new bands worth their salt, so to speak, usually attempt to create their…
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Recorded in a span of four or five days in a Georgia attic, Miquel Mouré exploded into existence with The Ape X Demo—a collection of four cynical pop songs that…
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I discovered this guy by pure accident. Sifting through my hometown’s bookstore, (sadly placed within a vacant strip mall) I picked up an issue of Rolling Stone and stumbled across…
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Nostalgia-drunk road trips and wanderlust is something Austin Plaine has now trademarked. The Minnesota singer-songwriter has put forth an effort that relates to the hunger of adolescence and the “looking…