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Against Me! – White Crosses

By Jonathan Langer • Jun 24th, 2010 • Category: Album Reviews

Fifth album from these Floridian punkers. File under “anarchy, unfulfillment and frustration”.

Tegan and Sara – The Con

By Caleb Rudd • Dec 22nd, 2007 • Category: Album Reviews

Vapor/Sire, 2007 Although always writing separately, the initial blueprints for The Con, saw the twins geographically distanced — Tegan in Vancouver, Sara in Montreal. Reunited and with demos in hand the pair moved to Portland with producer Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists) at the helm, recording in his basement studio. Tegan and [...]

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The Too Pure Singles Club returns in 2012 with a bang (or is that a rattle) with the sound of Icelandic mantra magicians Dead Skeletons. For the uninitiated, Dead Skeletons came into existence in 2008 when band member Jon Saamunder needed music for an art installation in the Reykjavik Art Museum. Enlisting the help of friends Henrik Bjornsson and Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt the trio penned the songs which would eventually become the Dead Magick album, a 72 minute, 12 song journey through space and time, life and death. “Om Mani Peme Hung” is the sound of Neu! on a meditation retreat engaging in a spiritual hypno-chant. Now repeat after me… Om Mani Peme Hung, Om Mani Peme Hung, Om Mani Peme Hung… (subscribe to the Too Pure Singles Club here).