Monthly Archive:: November 2014
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Some Fridays just call for a little bit of magic. And, on this particular Friday, LA-based Mystery Skulls are more than happy to provide the requisite supernatural flavor,
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Robert Wyatt belongs to the celebrated cohort of British musical savants from the late 60s and 70s, like Brian Eno and Kate Bush, who restlessly pursue a highly
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Staten Island’s reigning urban griot is back—this time in the form of a “vigilante inspired by a quest for personal retribution and bent on saving his community from
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Philadelphia singer/songwriter Aaron Livingston, who previously contributed vocals to albums by The Roots and collaborated with prolific producer RJD2 on the album The Abandoned Lullaby, has now rechristened
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Well, poo. I really, really did not want to have to recommend a band called Diarrhea Planet, but I’m convinced it’s the right thing to do. I’m not
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Last week my social media feed went berserk with the video of the Halloween reunion of Queens of the Stone Age with founding bassist Nick Oliveri at the
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A few weeks ago in New York City, Amy and I stumbled upon a Xiu Xiu performance that I had previewed here on the blog back in September,
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on the road
If you grew up more than fifty miles from the US-Canada border, there’s a better than average chance you don’t even know who Sloan is. And that, friends,
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video
Dream Boys have posted a video for their latest single “Positive Arguments” (a White Iris Records/Ring The Alarm co-release). The video was directed by Jihae Simmons, former lead singer for both
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Jose González will release his first record in over seven years in February. It’s called Vestiges and Claws and it’s a heartfelt and intimate collection of folk-y songs.
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