Cleveland's Cloud Nothings have arrived with Attack on Memory. There was no doubt this album would be my pick for this first month of 2012. It's inevitable that I miss out on a band at Fun Fun Fun fest every year and it seems 2011 was no exception. I had no...
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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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Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow (ANTI-, 2011) It was about a week ago when I promised there would be no more album recommendations this year, but that’s the great thing about running your own blog, you can go back on your word if you feel the need — and today, I feel...
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Looking out my window on this crisp November morning, all the Fall colors have disappeared and left only a few survivors hanging from the naked trees in the neighborhood. Winter is upon us here in Denver, Colorado and those few hangers-on will be gone with the next storm. It’s a transitional time, out with...
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It has been almost three years since I first stumbled upon the Baltimore trio that goes by the name of Future Islands. I just happened to show up early to the Bluebird back when they were filling the opening slot for Dan Deacon‘s w/Ensemble tour. Thinking back on that night, there was really no...
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It was obvious before M83 took the stage at Neumos in Seattle last Sunday night that it was going to be an epic show. Having been lucky enough to catch their set at Fun Fun Fun fest the weekend before, I knew what to expect, but I couldn’t help but be blown away by...
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I was kidding myself thinking I could come home from a week in Austin and find the time to write a detailed review of Fun Fun Fun this year. I am buried in lists, work, e-mails and filthy laundry. But somehow I keep finding myself on youtube, reliving my favorite moments of the weekend. ...
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Oh Sunday, Fun Fun Fun Day, I gotta admit it was a little hard to get started. After enduring some 20 hours of festival living (aka eating and drinking dust and watching live music), and endless nites of violent, half-naked emcees (B L A C K I E), blackgaze chaos (Deafheaven) and horsecore (Dead...
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Absu -Abzu (Candlelight, 2011) This is the sixth album from the Texas-based blackened thrash metal band led by Proscriptor McGovern. Having been around for over 20 years now, my first introduction to this band was their opening slot for Immortal back in February. As impressive as it was to see McGovern croak out intense...
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Tom Waits – Bad As Me (ANTI-, 2011) Tom Waits is back with an album of all original material, the first such album in over 7 years. Bad As Me could not be more different than 2004‘s Real Gone in terms of sound; this is a much more accessible body of work. It’s a...
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Anyone who knows me, knows Tom Waits. Like it or not, they have all been subject to (too?) many late night (one-sided?) conversations about the man, the myth and his music. Closing the bar with Martha and San Diego Serenade, continuously rotating Mule Variations on the turntable in my little apartment in San Francisco,...
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