Articles by Ian Gormely

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  Speedy Ortiz

  Real Hair

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2014

  Speedy Ortiz's debut arrived last year amidst a clutch of records trying to recapture the '90s slacker indie spirit. It was a prescient, th...

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  Cheatahs

  Cheatahs

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2014

  Resurgent interest in noisy, distortion-laden guitar music has yielded a lot of great records that pay homage to past triumphs rather than...

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  Thumpers

  Galore

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2014

  Thumpers' first few tracks suggested a band on the cusp of something big, brash and most importantly, fun. Having Sub Pop sign off on the L...

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  Broken Bells

  After the Disco

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2014

  Its name suggests a post party come-down but Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton) and James Mercer's second album as Broken Bells opens with...

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  The Lawrence Arms

  Metropole

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2014

  The return of the Lawrence Arms couldn't be better timed. The Chicago band hit the studio just as dozens of the groups they've influenced a...

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  Darkside

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, January 15

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2014

  Given the current "just press play" trend amongst maximalist EDM DJs, it's not only refreshing to watch an electronic artist actually play...

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  Big Ups

  Eighteen Hours of Static

  PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2014

  If ever there was a case for musicians living a life at odds with the music they create, Big Ups is it. These four grads from NYU's Music T...

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  Exclaim!'s 2013 in Lists:

  5 Albums Heralding the Return of Pop Punk

  PUBLISHED Dec 24, 2013

  Pop punk's been a dirty word since Blink-182 dropped trou and went running around Los Angeles back in 1999. But while the version of the ge...