It makes sense that 2012′s first youtube-born ‘next big thing’ would land on Tri-Angle — the home of How To Dress Well, Balam Acab, oOoOO and Clams Casino. The label just dropped this mixtape of the 8 tracks the enigmatic Evian Christ posted in late December. Having only listened to “Fuck It None Of...
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with this latest post about Denver’s experimental hip-hop crew BLKHRTS, I realized some of you might not be aware of Pale Arms — a tumblr account that will focus on those dark corners of this world wide web where interesting sounds live in various levels of obscurity. looking forward to seeing you over there.
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My father, wife and daughter accompanied me on a work trip to Orlando this week. We spent the weekend exploring the world Walt built. January is a great time in Mouse Town as the lines arn’t too long and the heat is at a minimum. Overall it has been a great experience, but there...
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I am literally running out the door to catch a flight to San Francisco, but couldn’t help sharing the latest from the Chelsea Wolfe camp. A few days ago Chelsea tweeted that she was ‘living inside an XXL biggie smalls t-shirt‘. What seemed an odd statement at the time now makes sense. Full time...
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Seminal post-hardcore band At The Drive-In are reuniting after 11 years of silence. Well, not exactly silence, we have had Sparta and The Mars Volta. But for those of us who were huge fans back in the day, those bands were hardly consolation prizes for our dedication. The start of the reunion consists of...
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Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) first sparked my interest with 2010′s Halfaxa, became one of my favorite new artists with her daytime performance at FFF6 and left me wanting more with this year’s Darkbloom. According to GvB the wait will not be long for the next full length LP, Visions. What was originally slated for...
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ILSUDH2 has its roots in an e-mail distribution list that started out with about 10 people. When I moved to San Francisco I would send out e-mails to my friends about albums, shows and events that I thought they might be interested in. I first used the words ‘I Listen So You Don’t Have...
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It’s not often that an artist can demand absolute attention with just a couple tracks — Chelsea Wolfe, Brittany Howard and Lana Del Ray (love her or hate her, she got your attention) are three that come to mind over the past twelve months — and now the piano-playing, heartbreaking, Doe Paoro can be...
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Year-end lists have become a dime-a-dozen. Print publications are easily predictable (just count the ads per issue and you’ll have your list); the online publications put out so many mid-year and quarterly reviews that it’s no surprise when the big list is revealed. And the bloggers are so busy trying to beat each other...
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After spending eight years as the sole female member of Drive-By Truckers, Shonna Tucker has decided to go her own way. Serving as the bands bassist since Earl Hicks left after Decoration Day, Tucker took over the third singer-songwriter duties when Jason Isbell left in 2007 due to various reasons, chief among them his...
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1999 – 2001: 2002 – 2011 In late ’99 / early ’00 I dedicated one of my computers to act as a Napster server, thereby assisting with the death of the music industry as we knew it. So, depending on your opinion of where we are today, I can either say ‘I’m sorry’ or...
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