Luke Temple at The Rock and Roll Hotel 10/6/07

The Rock and Roll Hotel is nestled on H Street in D.C., quite inconveniently placed more than a mile from the nearest metro.  The upstairs bar is a cozy little abode, with three amputated mannequins overhanging the bar.  Instead of heads, the mannequins sport cow skulls that leer over your drink like overbearing relatives.  There […]

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Breaking Hanson News: Guitarist Isaac Hanson of the rock group Hanson has been hospitalized at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, TX after last night’s performance. Isaac was complaining of severe pain in his shoulders and chest. He underwent several tests throughout the night and has been diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. (Which occurs when a blood […]

Carolyn Mark Nothing is Free [Mint Records]

Rating: 6.0 British Columbia native, Carolyn Mark, has been active in the country music world since the early 1990s. She established herself by performing all over Canada and frequently tours the West coast of the United States. In 2000, she released a CD with Neko Case under the band name the Corn Sisters before wandering […]

Sunset Rubdown Random Spirit Lover [Jagjaguwar]

Rating: 8.5 While Sunset Rubdown may be referred to as Spencer Krug’s (Wolf Parade) side-project, their third album, Random Spirit Lover, sounds less like a side-project and more like a swan song. Through the album’s lengthy fifty-eight and a half minutes, Krug is able to manipulate the poetic chaos in a seemingly effortless way, giving equal time […]

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Rolling Stone: Jimmy Buffet is suing Six Flags, claiming the theme park’s “Carrothead Club” for Bugs Bunny younger fans infringes on Buffet’s geriatric “Parrothead” community. Some people claim that there’s a Carrothead to blame But I know, it’s not the Parrothead’s fault

New Model Army High [Attack Attack Records]

Rating: 8.5 It’s been three years since their last album, Carnival, which was a rhythm section led masterpiece and now New Model Army have just released High, an album that sounds a little more akin to their typical songwriting style, but is no less compelling. The band have been described as being everything from punk […]