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She & Him Make A Video…and Baby Its Cold Outside

Reading Time: 2 minutes Off their 2011 album A Very She & Him Christmas, the indie-rock duo, consisting of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, Baby, It’s Cold Outside puts a fun spin on the holiday classic. The animated music video shows a couple trapped inside during a snowstorm, but the reason behind their lack of access to the outside world gets a fun twist with its explanation at the end. […]

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Ho Hey, The Resplendent Music of Denver’s Lumineers

Reading Time: 2 minutes By now, comparisons between this Denver Americana trio and UK folk-rockers Mumford & Sons are well documented. Both groups belong to the roots revivalist movement flooding the indie consciousness, but there’s something perhaps more essentially “American” about the Lumineers, difference which while appreciative of one and other clearly sets the two apart. […]

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Phillip Phillips’s Winsome Single “Home” Charms Us

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can it be…? Did American Idol actually manage to produce good music? Sure, the insipid reality television series has managed to find a few legitimate stars (Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood for example) along the way but historically the music they’ve given their big winners to perform each season as their first single, or as they like to call it “Coronation Song” have been well…crap. Que 2011’s winner Phillip Phillips, who seems to have had the luck of the Irish and found a hit right out of the gate. […]

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Alex Clare’s Lateness of the Hour

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alex Clare is a name that you probably aren’t familiar with, but odds are you’ve heard his song “Too Close” in Internet Explorer’s most recent commercial. When I heard the British singer’s soulful/folky voice mixed with booming bass wobbles, I was intrigued. After listening to his full album, I’m impressed. […]