So the new Metallica album ‘Death Magnetic’ leaked today….All around the world office workers, students, disgruntled housewives and even regular Joes are frantically searching for a download link. It’s a big day. You just know...
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As I’ve mentioned several times in the past, when looking at indie record labels, I see them as taste makers – once I’m hooked on one artist I keep drilling down their complete roster. This brought me to Polyvinyl Records home to 31 Knots,..
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What happens when a young Swedish woman decides that it is no acceptable for a woman of 20 years old to have a record? She starts working with Bjorn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John), and over a 10 month stretch, something seductively innocent is ready..
Topics: indie, lykke li, Music, pop, swedish

It’s been a few years since we’ve gotten some new material from The Faint. The Oklahoma band is back with a new video entitled “The Geeks Were Right”, and it’s a jam. Fasciinatiion came out August 5th, and this is the...
Topics: Music, rock, the faint, The Geeks Were Right, Video

[Originally posted on the RSL Blog]Before I go very far, I hope this isn’t your first read of the RSL. We don’t do negative pieces for the most part. We get hundreds of albums each year for review. And rather than to spend time ripping apart..
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