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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I’m fairly certain I attended my final show of 2012 last night. It was a year of over 200 acts at over 50 shows and 5 festivals in 3 countries and 6 states — and it all comes down to these 15 most memorable moments. * Alabama Shakes 02.04.12 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO Brittany...
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October turned out to be a HUGE month for new music. The return of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a double album of original material from Neil Young & Crazy Horse, the debut from Kendrick Lamar…Death Grips bypassing their label with the graphic NO LOVE DEEP WEB, hardcore shit from Pig Destroyer, Enslaved and Converge…the return...
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If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll already know we’re big fans of Chelsea Wolfe and Wolves in the Throne Room. Both acts topped most of our lists last year in almost every category. So it’s with extreme jealously that I present Genji’s review of the joint bill at Echoplex last Thursday night. There’s a...
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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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ILSUDH2 still prefers to listen to albums in their entirety, which makes it very hard to put together a list of ‘best tracks’ at the end of each year. This year was no exception. Therefore, what follows is a massive soundtrack to the reality show known as 2011. To say these songs represent the...
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There were countless releases in 2011 and ILSUDH2 got through over 600 of them. Although it was very hard to decide what would make the list in this uneven year of music, these are the albums that defined 2011 for this blog. In order to give a clear picture of the past year, this...
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It was a year of over 200 acts at over 80 shows and 6 festivals in 6 states — and it all comes down to these 20 most memorable moments. These are ILSUDH2′s Favorite Live Music Experiences of 2011. Prince 02.23.11 Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA seeing the Purple One for the first time Chelsea...
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The population of the music world grows at an exponential rate in these digital days in which we live, but we can thank these 40 new(ish) acts for bringing something unique to 2011 — something that didn’t exist the year before. These are the acts that gave 2011 it’s personality. These are ILSUDH2′s Favorite...
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It’s hard to believe it has been less than a year since we started talking about the black-veiled songstress Chelsea Wolfe. Since then she has released two albums, performed at SXSW, toured Europe, shared a stage with acts as diverse as Liturgy, How To Dress Well and Julianna Barwick, and now her Zev Dean...
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If you don’t know Chelsea Wolfe by now, you haven’t been following along. By far our favorite female artist of ’11, this dark(er) interpretation of Nick Cave‘s song might promise an open door, but it is anything but inviting. Chelsea Wolfe - I Let Love In (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) @ BOTH,...
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