As I mentioned back in December, the time I have available to dedicate to this blog has become less than years past. A new job and other real-life responsibilities have taken precedence over my daily ingest of music and pop culture. I have been working long (full) days for the past few months, and although...
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Some apocalyptic videos to kill the time until the end of the world as they knew it…or whatever…
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1970 – 2012 Tony Sly, the lead singer for Bay Area punk band No Use For A Name, has passed away at the age of 41. Details have yet to be released, but Fat Wreck Chords announced his death earlier today. No Use For A Name were among an assortment of bands who ruled...
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Portland, OR’s Agalloch are streaming their latest opus, the 20+ minute two-part track, “Faustian Echoes”, on their bandcamp page. It’ll come as no surprise to anyone who follows this blog that I am extremely excited for new material from the Pacific Northwest’s masters of dark folk metal. This EP, containing the single longest track...
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Over the past few years Profound Lore has solidified itself as a primary tastemaker in the underground of extreme music. 2011 proved to be a banner year for the one-man Canadian label, and 2012 shows no signs of slowing down. Not long after we posted our in-depth profile on the label, Profound Lore teamed...
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1964 – 2012 Adam Yauch has died. He was 47 years old. The man known as MCA was diagnosed with cancer back in 2009 and today he succumbed to the disease. Yauch was one third of the Beastie Boys — the group who started out punk before enraging parents in suburbs all over the...
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Nas is one of the best rappers alive. I am happy to say I never gave up on him. In fact, I just saw him perform a couple years ago and he killed it like it was 1994. Sure, not everything he’s released since Illmatic has been newsworthy, but if I’m not mistaken, Nas...
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The Icelandic crew who call themselves Sigur Rós have kept us waiting a long time since Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust — four years to be exact. It’s been two years since Jónsi’s solo debut. I think we can all agree that it’s time for some new music. That’s why this announcement...
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Pliny the Younger is a Triple IPA brewed seasonally by Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California. Touted as one of the top rated, rarest beers in America, this hophead brew sells out within minutes of being tapped; creating lines that start forming as early as 3am on tap day. This probably seems...
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If you are the type of person who prefers your music shroud in an air of mystery, it might disturb you to learn that the most exciting, innovative label in the extreme scene exists not in some secret lair, but amidst a peaceful piece of land outside of Toronto, Canada. Yes, you read that...
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In case you were debating whether to make the drive up to Boulder for the SBTRKT show at The Fox Theatre on April 10th, Willis Earl Beal would like to change your mind. I have to admit I was a little disappointed when I saw John Talabot would be parting ways before the masked...
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