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2007 Stories by Ed Masley

• Thee More Shallows

  published May 2, 2007

  Thee More Shallows' offbeat indie rock finds a cozy home in Anticon Records. The San Francisco-based label is known for embracing tweaked hip hop... More >>

• Stacy's Mom vs. Yolanda at the DMV counter

  published April 25, 2007

  Japan's Mono balances the feral and the fastidious. On previous albums, the post-rock quartet has released oppressive swarms of... More >>

• Another Marley makes his mark in the reggae business

  published April 18, 2007

  Trans Am 's latest disc, Sex Change, begins with the echo of Afrobeat guitars washing over a trance-inducing synth riff. But things... More >>

• Kings of Leon

  published April 11, 2007

  The whole point of Because of the Times, according to Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill, is to throw the unsuspecting listener for a... More >>

• The blissful strings 'n' things of Amiina

  published April 11, 2007

  For the past eight years, Amiina has been best known as Sigur Rós' string section. Since 2005, however, the Icelandic act has also... More >>

• Get on the Guest List

  published March 21, 2007

  From the opening track of the brilliantly titled I'll Sleep When You're Dead, it's clear that El-P hasn't lost his feel for hip hop's... More >>

• Metal boys and their Lesbian lovers

  published March 21, 2007

  Christened with a deliberately deceptive moniker, the hirsute lads in Seattle's Lesbian marry psychedelic metal with prog rock for... More >>

• Bright Eyes

  published March 7, 2007

  Apparently, that Vote for Change tour really got to Conor Oberst. He opens his latest release, Four Winds, with a violin-fueled title track... More >>

• Mountain Goats graze through three sold out shows

  published March 7, 2007

  Portland's Charlie Salas-Humara is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist best known as Panther . Like a one-man short-wave set with... More >>

• Shed excess pop with OK Go's power calisthenics

  published February 28, 2007

  The guys in OK Go are coming off a Grammy win for their video "Here It Goes Again," a classic moment in the history of goofy music videos... More >>

• Various Artists

  published February 7, 2007

  He's already had his way with Christmas, but has any holiday come closer to practically begging for a John Waters mixtape than Valentine's Day?... More >>