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Album Reviews | April 2015 Releases

Umphreys McGee- The London Session [4/7]Recorded in a single day at the famed Abbey Road Studio 2, The London Session finds Umphreys in top form. Perhaps it was due to the historic space or the pressure of time constraints, but the songs on The London Session are Umphreys best studio tracks in years, the record combining...

Blur Announce First New Album In 12 Years, The Magic Whip

Blur announced The Magic Whip, their first album since 2003s Think Tank, to be released in the US on April 28.The announcement, made from a press conference at a Chinese restaurant in London, marked the first definite sign of life for the band since the news that recording sessions were taking place in Hong Kong...

More Music Pictogram Puzzles - Brooklyn Bowl Edition

One of our most popular features in 2012 was the showcase of Victor Hertz's incredible rock related pictogram puzzles for The Beatles, Stones, Dylan and more. Meanwhile, the marketing department at Brooklyn Bowl had been hard at work on a smattering of music related puzzles of their own -- using them to promote ticket giveaways on...