Vampire Weekend. Of Monsters and Men. Red Rocks. 05.20.13
Prince. 3rd Eye Girl. Live Out Loud. Ogden Theatre....
Rodriguez. 1stBank Center. 04.30.13
James Blake. Odgen Theater. 04.28.13
In July of 2007, a full six months before they released their debut album,...
If you’re a Prince fan, you’ve probably already chosen a side when it comes...
Searching for Sugar Man is a documentary film about a couple guys from Cape...
As we made our usual walk from Cheeky Monk to the Ogden Theatre on...
Just got back from the Nile show at the Bluebird. I still can’t hear so well, and the ringing in my ears is preventing me from sleeping. Nile is a death metal band from South Carolina, made up of Karl Sanders and Dallas Toler-Wade on vocals and guitar, Chris Lollis on bass and George...
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Beach House is a dream pop band from Baltimore. They consist of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally. Over the past 5 years they have been praised by most in the indie rock world. Their albums and singles consistently show up on year-end lists. Pitchfork can’t seem to get enough of them, giving their debut...
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My Holy Trinity of the 2000′s was The Hold Steady, Drive-By Truckers and The National. And we’ve had news about all 3 bands already this year. Some good…they are all releasing new albums this year. And some bad…Franz Nicolay going off on his own. But this is probably the most exciting news yet. The...
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What a great song to release on a Friday afternoon! Especially after a 4-day week that seemed to drag on for eternity! This Fucking Job (via Stereogum)
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Radiohead are playing a single show at The Music Box at The Fonda in Los Angeles this weekend. This is Radiohead at a venue that seats less than a thousand people! If I was feeling better and hadn’t just flown to San Diego to watch my Chargers get beat, I would be there! Tickets...
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The best thing about San Francisco’s Noise Pop festival this year is going to be the two shows by The Magnetic Fields. I saw them at the Herbst Theatre during Noise Pop ’08. If you have never heard Stephin Merritt’s voice, I would have a real hard time explaining it to you. It’s pretty...
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A mixtape that include 27 tracks of Wu-Tang acapellas over samples from Beatles songs. Produced by Tom Caruana. I haven’t actually listened to this all the way through or anything, but it sounds interesting from what I’ve heard. It’s no Girl Talk, Jaydiohead or even Grey Album, but it’s the right price…free! Enter The...
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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. Went to my first show at Cervantes last night. I saw The Devin Townsend Project and Cynic open up for Between The Buried and Me. I really liked the venue. The...
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Franz Nicolay, the moustached keyboardist, accordion player, backup singer and just all around entertaining member of my favorite band has left. This sucks! Franz was an important part of The Hold Steady dynamic and things won’t be the same without him. “You should know: I’ve left the Hold Steady. I told the band I’d...
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Well, now I know where I will be on March 20th! I just found my first showcase at SXSW this year (my first year attending). Fucked Up @ Red Seven outside (611 E. 7th Street, Austin, TX 78701). This showcase will include Fucked Up, J Mascis, Rival Schools, Titus Andronicus, Cold Cave and Katie...
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There isn’t much out there about Surfer Blood. All I really know for sure is that they are a 4-piece band from West Palm Beach, Florida. And according to their MySpace page, they don’t surf. They also look very young. Other than that, all I know is their music. And their music speaks for...
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