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Clothes Call?new

These Toronto indie rockers are ready for their close-up.

NOW Magazine | Brent Raynor | 02-23-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Good Ol' Twangnew

National Grain infuses its classical numbers with energy and spirit, a hallmark of its restless, genre-spanning musical tastes and record collections.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Mosi Reeves | 02-23-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: National Grain

Grassroots Are Always Greenernew

Saheli is "a multi-ethnic a cappella women's trio that seeks to build community through the healing power of song."

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Mark Gresham | 02-23-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Saheli

A Touch of Geniusnew

Everything Warren Defever does is creative iconoclasm, and occasionally he hits on pure excellence -- like on Detrola.

Orlando Weekly | Jason Ferguson | 02-23-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Detrola, His Name Is Alive

Regifting Recordnew

David Gedge hedges his band-name bets.

Tucson Weekly | Annie Holub | 02-23-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Take Fountain, The Wedding Present

Troubadours on the Trainnew

Tom Russell bemoans the fact that the U.S. has become a "giant strip mall of fear."

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 02-23-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Love and Fear, Tom Russell

Let 'Em Roarnew

Young Lions have a thorough understanding of the history of rock music but an original approach to songwriting.

Reno News & Review | Brad Bynum | 02-23-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Young Lions

Misty Mountain Stompnew

Citay takes inspiration from an era when rock's ambition toward the large-scale and epic was regarded as a good and righteous thing.

L.A. Weekly | John Payne | 02-23-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Citay

Heavy-Duty Rock 'n' Rollnew

Pearls and Brass play very heavy and exceptionally musical jams that rock with harmonized guitar leads and a rolling-thunder rhythm section that propels the mass forward like it's all one body.

L.A. Weekly | John Payne | 02-23-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Pearls and Brass