Newsvine Music: Listen In

New Album Review: Nature by Flotation Walls

Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:12 AM EDT

Nature, the debut album from Columbus, Ohio group Flotation Walls, hasn't stopped playing for me since I got my hands on the disc last week.

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Interview: Chris Patterson, Lead Singer Of Leaving, TX About The Band's New Album, Late Getting Started

Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:15 PM EDT

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

I wrote here about first seeing the band "Leaving, TX" and feeling duped that they were neither from Texas nor leaving it (except, of course, when they visited it) but loving their live show. I did an interview with the band for that album.

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An Interview With Clem Snide's Lead Singer And a Review of the Band's Austin Show April 4, 2009

Mon Apr 6, 2009 12:17 AM EDT

By Scott (Scoop) Butki

Last night I saw the band Clem Snide for the second time (both times in Austin) and what a difference six years can make. It took less than six years for some bands I loved in high school and college (bands like REM and U2 ) to become too poppy and mainstream and redundant for me.

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Press Play: A Review Of Welcome To The Welcome Wagon

Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:15 PM EST

By Steve Mock

Can't wait for Sufjan Stevens' next record in The Fifty States Project? Then feast your ears on The Welcome Wagon's Welcome to the Welcome Wagon. The indie darling's imprimatur is indelibly stamped all over this beguiling release from the Asthmatic Kitty record label.

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Listening In Live to The Dixie Hummingbirds: 1/31/2009

Tue Feb 3, 2009 12:59 PM EST

By Steve Mock

Last Saturday night, The Dixie Hummingbirds brought their warm jubilation to an otherwise dark and bleak Ohio midwinter. Seemed a good time to huddle up for some gospel harmony as the cold and snow are getting a bit oppressive around here.

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Press Play: A Review Of The Pretenders' Break Up The Concrete

Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:45 PM EST

By Steve Mock

For the better part of three decades, I've given Chrissie Hynde the benefit of the doubt. Fellow Ohioan. Sassy. Rock and roll guitar playing chick singer. Pretty cool.

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Top Five Albums of 2008: Number One

Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:00 PM EST

By Eric Atienza

This was certainly a good year in music. While not as ridiculously strong as 2007, 2008 had more than its fair share of fantastic releases. Over the course of the next week ScooterDMan, Evan Mix and myself will list our picks for the best albums of the year.

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Top Five Albums of 2008: Number Two

Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:22 PM EST

By Evan Mix

Well, the top five got postponed slightly due to a series of travel-related complications and other unavoidable stuff. We resume our countdown today with the second-best album of 2008 - a crazy little mashup masterpiece by the name of Feed the Animals.

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