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The train-engine rolling sound of the Old 97′s doesn’t completely disappoint on their latest release “The Grand Theatre Vol. 2“. For those who appreciate Rhett Miller’s rambling poetry and fragmentary phrasing the album will be a welcome addition to the seemingly unending discography of this prolific band. I think the sign of a good songwriter is [...]

Clocking in at just 27 minutes, with no songs over the 3-minute mark, “Mujeres” (the album) goes by incredibly fast, but will only be enjoyed by those looking for a rough ride.

Will Oldham, better known as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, has a pretty well solidified spot in amongst today’s very best folk artists. He’s in with damned enviable company in Oberst, Waits, and Callahan to name a few. With obvious ease, Oldham has consistently churned out expertly crafted, honest, brooding music for more than a decade. In [...]

Buy the album: Amazon | iTunes | True Panther Records There are a lot of interesting stories to tell about Girls‘ frontman Christopher Owens, but nobody tells it better than he does. He recounts his history and bares his soul regularly in interviews and on his charming, open twitter account, but nowhere does the same [...]

Listen Before You Buy is always looking for more writers and contributors, we just don’t always make posts like this to advertise the fact (even though to some it seems like this is ALL we do). That being said, below are the positions we have available (currently non-paying, but with the prospect of making a [...]

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If you follow the site on Twitter or Facebook you’ll know that lately I’ve been talking a lot about Dreamers Of The Ghetto, and how much I’ve fallen in love with their debut album “Enemy/Lover”. Back at the start of September we tagged them as Ones To Watch and as they get ready to release [...]

Dum Dum Girls’s new album “Only In Dreams” is being released next week and in anticipation of the release their label Sub Pop have put a stream of the album. The girls have already managed to enthrall us with the 2 or 3 cuts from the album we’ve heard already like “Bedroom Eyes”, and maybe [...]

I always figured cats could read minds, but it wasn’t until hearing “Little Boats” that I believed in the power of the Psychic Feline. “They spawned the jam band movement, which would come to include bands like Phish, String Cheese Incident, and Blues Traveler who carried the psych-noodling torch to subsequent generations” the band writes [...]

What are the chances? Exactly one year to the day, hell, I’m gonna schedule this for the exact same time, but one year ago to the day and minute I posted an Introduction piece on Colleen Green and here we are, a year later and she’s dropped the first official track since then. Taken from her newly-announced [...]

Six months ago one of my favourite albums of the year was given an iTunes bonus disc release; Yuck‘s self-titled debut album. On that bonus version were a couple of tracks not on the regular version, and although it’s been out for six months or so today they decided to give us one of said new tracks: [...]

From Boise, Idaho, come garage poppin’, surf rockin’ TEENS. But if this is garage-pop, it’s a little dirtier, a lot more lo-fi; if this is surf-rock, it’s about as close to surf rock as Beat Happening ever got, which is to say, I’m glad they went in another direction. Though they list their direct influences [...]

Monsieur, you are really spoiling us. In the last 24 hours we’ve already been graced with the presence of new albums by St. Vincent and Neon Indian, and to make matters better we now have the third album from one of Brooklyn’s finest Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Back in June they dropped the first [...]

Mind The Gap is becoming one my new favorite bands.  Their tracks are definitely categorized as “easy listening” in my iTunes library and seem to fit any mood I’m in.  Their latest single, “Once You Leave” combines what I’ve come to love – interesting melodies, steady and foot-tapping beats, and light and airy vocals. The [...]

The Fair Ohs stole my heart with their punk-infused pop sound, in which I claimed their sound would “rock your face off.”  Well, brace yourself because I think their new track, “My Spit” literally did rock my face off.  If you were expecting for light, poppy, punk tunes, I’m sorry to disappoint – their upcoming [...]