Archive for May, 2009

MOR+Aging Bloggers=Grizzly Bear

MOR+Aging Bloggers=Grizzly Bear


UPDATE:  Due to the tremendous amount of traffic and response this post has generated, I”ve decided to add a quick introduction/interpretation.  The purpose of this entry was to complain about the lack of scope that other music sites seem to...
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History Lesson: Sixteen Deluxe


Interview with Sixteen Deluxe. Amazing 90's Austin-based "shoegaze" band

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Your New Favorite Band: The Henry Clay People


Hype is a crazy thing.  It sets an expectation that few bands are ever able to achieve.  Southern California’s Henry Clay People take the hype and the endless comparisons and respond in the most logical...
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Your New Favorite Band: The Big Pink


We got such a strong reaction to our streaming a song by The Big Pink, we felt it was our obligation to track ‘em down and bring them to your desktop.  Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze...
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Your New Favorite Band: Home Video


Most bands shun comparisons to other bands.  They’d prefer to be known for their own virtues and don’t want any intimation that they’re “unoriginal”.  Personally, I appreciate when critics cite a comparison because it gives me a...
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Art Brut: The Interview


When I was growing up, Interview Magazine was a must-read for me.  At an early age, I could recognize media bias when I saw it.  I watched the British music mags (NME, Melody Maker) and the U.S. press (Rolling...
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Your New Favorite Band: Gliss

Your New Favorite Band: Gliss


We try.  We scour the internets.  We listen to everything that’s sent to us, including every lame, MySpace, ‘will you be my friend even though we’re a Journey cover band?’.  And yet…..sometimes a band slips through the cracks. ...
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Fresh Fish


A quick glance at the Amazon.com list of new releases ranked by most pre-orders, tells you why a website called The Dumbing of America exists: Eminem, Eric Clapton, Tori Amos, Kenny Chesney, Iron & Wine…..wait, Iron & Wine?!  Hallejuah, maybe there’s...
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Calla: The Interview


The inherent limitation of rock or pop music is that it’s virtually impossible to evoke a mood in a four minute song.  Generally musicians try to appear deep by telling us, “you’re hot then you’re cold” or the sage advice,...
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History Lesson: The Wedding Present


I remember walking around in the late eighties and sneering at the “30-somethings” wearing old Stones tour shirts.  Threadbare and ridiculous, given that the Stones had ceased to be relevent, I was comfortable knowing that I was far...
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