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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Tags: East Hundred, Music
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Two of my all-time favorite bands are on today’s list. Joy! The real pleasure is that one is an unexpected addition to the line-up, the other is a band that I thought had broken up. In addition...
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Tags: dead confederate, debretts, decemberists, devo, division of laura lee, duke spirit, Music, South By Southwest, sxsw
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First of all, thanks to those SXSW bands who have been blatantly pandering to us for attention. We absolutely accept bribes (we like our t-shirts in size large, by the way) and feel free...
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Tags: Cary Brothers, Circle Jerks, Crystal Method, Lenka, Music, South By Southwest, sxsw, The Cloud Room
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Day two of our picks of the best of this years South By Southwest. Today the ‘B’s! Beach House: One of our fave albums this year. This band is certainly primed for blog mega-hype during...
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Tags: Beach House, Music, South By Southwest, sxsw, The Bronx
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In the past we’ve talked about Coachella and other upcoming festivals this year. And in the past, South By Southwest has always been one of the best ways to see some of the same great bands in a smaller...
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Tags: Abe Vigoda, airborne toxic event, akron/family, an horse, annuals, aqualung, Music, South By Southwest, sxsw, the asteroid #4
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Here’s the thing about music snobbery (and believe me, I’ve had the term thrown at me more than a few times). There’s nothing wrong with making informed decisions on music. Blink-182 chooses to reform so that they can be...
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Tags: blink 182, eddie vedder, grammy, grammys, karaoke, Music, reunion, travis, u2
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Look, I love Rachel Maddow, but why did we have to wait until now for someone to do a good interview of Blagojevich? I love that Blagojevich gets more laughs when he’s being serious than Letterman gets when...
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Tags: beastie boys, blagojevich, Coldplay, grammys, letterman, Music, paul's boutique, Satriani, steve jones
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Best live band of 2008…..The Bronx The Hives- HOB Dallas The Duke Spirit- Meridian- Houston The New Year- Granada Theatre- Dallas Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s- Backroom- Houston For more entertainment, look back at our top...
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Tags: best live, best of 2009, dallas, duke spirit, granada, history's strangles, house of blues, houston, margot & the nuclear so & so's, meridian, Music, The Bronx, the hives, the new year
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One of my pet peeves is the number of websites who post their “best of” lists beginning in mid-November. With albums still being released and still plenty of opportunity to give an album a couple more spins, why rush? ...
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Tags: Best of 2008, Darker My Love, Fujiya & Miyagi, Music, Steve Malkmus, The Bronx, The Duke Spirit, The Kooks, The Late Greats, The Pigeon Detectives, The Virgins, The Whigs, We Are Scientists
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