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Going for a cue from rings just like the Killers and Passion Pit, Papa, the Los Angeles-based duo comprising drummer/vocalist Darren Weiss (ex-Girls) and bassist/songwriter Daniel Presant, shoot for the nosebleed chairs with stadium-ready indie rock and roll anthems that set propulsive electro-pop with open-road, Springsteen-induced Americana. The music group …

The roots of Portland rock outfit Balto could be traced back again to, of most places, Siberia. Carrying out a failed journalism gig in Moscow, Dan Sheron lay out by teach on the soul-searching trip through Russia’s huge northern province, rising from his moves with a couple of poignant and …