Artist: Sunny Day Sets Fire Album: Summer Palace Label: IAMSOUND Records Release Date: July 8th 2008 Listen to "Mandarin": London-based band Sunny Day Sets Fire, whose name makes me think of both Sunny Day Real Estate and Alexisonfire, (but who don't sound like either), are certainly unique for their broad range of hometowns: singer/guitarist Mauro and fellow guitarist Max hail from Italy, while other singer Onyee (also synth and drums) is from Hong Kong, Ed......

The Kooks and The Morning Benders showcase a plateful of indie pop rock goodness at The Echo on February 8, 2008....

Thursday night I got to see an old favorite local band and my new favorite local band at the same show at Echoplex. How could I resist? Irving have been off the map a little bit, touring in Germany and dealing with replacing their bassist (as someone in the crowd yelled, "Stupid Seawolf!"), but they are one of the hardest working bands I know, and always put on a good show. So I was......