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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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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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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In a time when the naysayers are declaring the death of hip-hop, there is a rebirth happening in the underground scene. If you dig deep — past the bloated carbon copies of a long gone golden era — you will find hip-hop. It might not be recognizable to those who are assaulted with Top...
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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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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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1967 – 2011 The self-proclaimed ‘overweight lover’ Heavy D passed away due to respiratory issues yesterday. The rapper/actor, whose real name was Dwight Arrington Myers, was probably best known for his work with the Boyz in the late 80′s, including my personal favorite, Big Tyme — a tape I played until it broke back...
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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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As if threes days and nites of triple fun wasn’t enough, the time police tacked on an extra hour last night. First it was 1:45am and then it was 12:45am. That hour was very unnecessary and highly detrimental to my well being. I blame that hour for how I feel this morning. Luckily, I...
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Fun Fun Fun managed the transition from Waterloo Park to the much larger Auditorium Shores without losing what made it special in the first place. While the short walk between stages (and scenes) became somewhat of a hike, this really gave more room for those spaces in between and removed the noise battle that...
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Astronautalis – This Is Our Science (Fake Four Inc, 2011) If you break Astronautalis down to basic elements you end up with a white hip-hop artist from Florida. An artist with the given name of Charles Andrew Bothwell. You will find Sage Francis in those elements. You will find Atmosphere, Felt and Grieves in...
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