Initially, I resisted this concept of a mid-year top ten. It seemed like a cheap concept for websites with nothing to talk about. But then I started looking at the lists onmy favorite websites and realized that none of...
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Tags: an horse, Best albums of 2009, Crocodiles, East Hundred, Gliss, gomez, Jason Lytle, Music, The Boxer Rebellion, The Pains of Being Pure at heart, white lies, zee avi
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So I was reading through the ‘Guide To Being One Of The Cool Bloggers’ (You can download it on Pitchfork, but you have to answer a 20-question quiz on Kraut-rock before you can...
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Tags: Darker My Love, Divison of Laura Lee, East Hundred, Ida Maria, Jaydiohead, Music, Steve Malkmus, The Black Box Revelation, The Black Keys, The Duke Spirit, The Virgins
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Each month, I’m going to start providing you with a list of the best music that was released the previous month. In general, I’m going to stay off the beaten track (no U2 mp3′s for you, thankfully) although I can’t stay...
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Tags: Aidan Moffat, British Sea Power, dananananakroyd, death cab, East Hundred, great lake swimmers, home video, LR Rockets, Lykke Li, M.M., Metric, Music, Other Lives, Popface, Shirley Lee, SomaHigh, Superchunk, The Artisans, The Big Pink, The Coathangers
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I’ll attempt to post my No Age and An Horse interviews later today, but I needed to post an observation. We keep an eye on our “most read” posts every day. We’ve been beating our brains out, trying...
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Tags: East Hundred, joaquin, Joaquin Phoenix, letterman, Music, South By, sxsw, u2
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As mentioned last week, East Hundred is a Philly-based band who’ve created quite a buzz based on their new album Passengers and the single “Slow Burning Crimes”. The folks in East Hundred were nice enough to answer some questions...
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As I’ve said before, I’m really trying to focus on the SXSW thing. A to Z, doubling back to get the bands I miss the first time, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I had to stop when I heard the...
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Tags: East Hundred, Music, sxsw, The Muslims, The Soft Pack
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My original intention was to go letter by letter through the list of bands playing and do a little preview of all the bands I already knew were worth checking out. As we got a little closer,...
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Tags: 18th Dye, Earlimart, East Hundred, Echo, Echo and the Bunnyment, Music, South By Southwest, sxsw
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As an infant, noise is one of the key elements that influences our emotions. Some noises scare a baby, some provide comfort and the sound of mom’s voice will always bring a smile. As we grow older, sounds continue to...
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