Chord Magazine
CIRCA SURVIVE
Summer could not get here any faster for Circa Survive. It's April, but a snarling nor'easter's delivery of 40-degree temperatures makes it feel like October on this overcast afternoon where the guys find a rare day to relax. They're bundled up, but in a cocoon of anticipation. On Letting Go, Circa Survive's second effort to 2005's stellar Juturna, hits the street at the end of May.
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CHEVELLE
Chevelle is the kind of band that makes one thankful for the possession of auditory senses. Across four studio albums, the latest being Vena Sera, this Chicago foursome has maintained a consistent signature sound while still evolving.
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THE CHARIOT
If you lay all the song titles on the Chariot's stirring, scorching new album, The Fiancée, next to each other in sequence, they'll spell out the following paragraph: Back to back, they faced each other. They drew their swords and shot each other.
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PELICAN
Pelican Telling Secrets to Anyone Who Will Listen By Austin L. Ray Considering the fact that Pelican is an instrumetal (no, that's not a typo) quartet from Chicago that makes epic and sometimes utterly transcendent music, and considering also that said music consists of lots of interweaving guitars and more than a few transitional oomphs with what seems like little-to-no publicity fanfare, it would be easy to label the band "obscure" or "aloof."
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SILVERSUN PICKUPS
On the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Silver Lake Boulevard is the Silversun liquor store. With a gritty exterior and even grittier interior, Silversun, besides stocking the basic alcohol requirements of a corner liquor store, also carries a variety of household items - all dusty and seemingly leftover from another era. This unlikely place has been the lifeline for Los Angeles quartet Silversun Pickups.
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Other Issue Features availiable in June 2007 Issue:

• Smoke or Fire
• xbxrx
• Klaxons
• Feist
• Battles
• Bright Eyes