Ex Survivor contestant Joe Dowdle releases his debut album All These Days, and I was able to catch up with him to chat a little about his journey as a musician.

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We've no clue who this band is or just why they want to flood our inbox with mp3's and concert dates and press releases, but we suspect it has something to do with ROCK. Apparently they were on P.O.D.'s indie label Rescue Records at one point and have put out somewhere between 2 and 15 albums, but we can only find two listed on iTunes, Realize and Sink Your Teeth ep.

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If you were not here last night with us, then you missed a great CD release party by one of the greatest American Rock Bands of all time.

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Local Natives are being compared to some of the greats in Indie music.

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Even though the song "Magdalena" is about the penance of walking a long road, it's pounding drums, hopeful sounds and distant echos tell of the joy in seeing a long journey come to an end and the hope that the prayers you've carried on that journey are answered. Come, walk, "be delivered from the depths of darkness and be born again by candlelight."

There's something about the song and I cannot keep from crying. A happy song is not supposed to do this.

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