the waiting room

Philadelphia is no stranger to good music. Having produced great artists, such as G. Love, The Roots, Man Man, and the Disco Biscuits gives you street credentials in my mind. With my musical tastes often morphing, I find myself falling in and out of a lot of different bands. Dr. Dog is an exception to that, as I can't seem to get enough of them.

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I would like to consider myself pretty well versed in the music world. With that being said, there never ceases to be artists out there that make you say, “why the hell haven’t I listened to this before?” And that brings us to Magnolia Electric Co. Up until last fall, I had no idea they existed. Thankfully at Voodoo Experience 2008, my newly met friend, Bacon, gave me a stack of must have discs. Among the stacks of Lil Wayne and various others, was the first disc from the Sojourner box set. I never gave it a chance until one day when I was listing to my music on shuffle at work (as I often do), and one of their tracks came on. I then proceeded to examine the entire album that day, instantly falling in love with the mellow bluesy sounds I was hearing.

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