Posts Tagged ‘Modest Mouse’

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Sun Kil Moon is the band led by Mark Kozelek, formerly of Red House Painters. April is technically Sun Kil Moon’s third album but just the second that includes original material. 2005’s Tiny Cities preceded April and was Kozelek’s take on eleven Modest Mouse songs. The album was probably some of Kozelek’s least […]

Mock Orange have had quite an odd little career. The band has been on four different labels in the US alone. This being the band’s fifth release, it’s curious to wonder why the band has yet to find a real home. Maybe they finally have with upstart indie label, Wednesday Records. Perhaps the reason for […]

Plunder, Beg And Curse is a difficult album to latch onto. Whereas Colour Revolt’s debut EP was an emotional roller coaster that showcased the band’s penchant for melodies and emotion soaked rhythms, Plunder, Beg And Curse, takes the road less traveled. I am not quite sure what happened with the band’s label deal. The band […]

This is one of the more interesting discs I have received here at SAL over the last couple of years. Just for the fact that the All Strings And Joints NEVER elect to stand still. Adding to the diversity of this disc is the fact that The Long EP spans different eras of the band…between […]