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One of the best bands working today!  Can’t wait!  The Big To-Do out March 16th. Get Down (via swearimnotpaul) (It’s Gonna Be) I Told You So (via swearimnotpaul)
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Could be worth visiting  our neighbors to the North.
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Going to see The Rev @ The Ogden tonight with the crew. San Diego’s Deadbolt and Denver’s Reno Divorce opening. Get your best psychobilly garb and see ya there! Tickets (via The Ogden)
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Jay Reatard died in his sleep last night.  He was 29 years old. No word on the cause yet. I was not a huge fan of Jay, but I did appreciate what he was doing…bringing back gritty, fuzzy, crunchy garage rock like nobody else had done in awhile.  He released a warehouse worth of...
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. The American Carnage Tour is the big metal tour of the year.  Three masters of thrash-metal,  Slayer, Megadeth and Testament, all under the same roof.  This tour came at the perfect...
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San Francisco’s mini-SXSW has released their final line-up for 2010. Noise Pop will open Tuesday, Feburary 23rd with Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band at the Fox Theater.  Interesting show I’m sure, but disappointed that the week will open in Oakland.  The art, film and music event will run through Monday, March 1st...
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The New York Times post an article right before Christmas in which Tom says it’s possible he will release a new album this year.  But he also said he might be making shit up.  Good to see he hasn’t changed.  The good news is that Kathleen Brennan is involved, so those rumours about them...
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Metacritic compiles reviews and ratings from a variety of music websites and gives them a metascore.  This seems like a cool idea, but it is flawed in a variety of ways.  Unlike IMDB, they don’t take ‘normal’ people’s opinion into consideration…only critics.  They also pick and choose what they want to include.  It’s mostly...
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“Radiohead are back in the studio.” “They are in a different place than they were with Kid A.”  “The vibe is fantastic.”  This is good news!  But to be honest I really don’t care if they release a new album or not, I just want them to come play Red Rocks!  I have only...
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After 13 years apart, the original members of Soundgarden have reunited according to posts on Facebook and Twitter by Chris Cornell.  It’s been quite awhile since I’ve even thought about Soundgarden, but now that I am, I am thinking this might be a great show.  Not too sure about a new album, but hell,...
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In May of 1994 I moved to San Diego from Auburn, CA. I was a small town kid in a big (at least I thought it was big then) city. The first thing I did was grab a Reader and look up what concerts were coming. I was 17 and had never been to...
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