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Lessons learned
Artists mentioned:Well, I learned a valuable lesson the other day. I went to Warped Tour a while back, as you may recall. Had a great time, shot some good photos, met some folks, hung out with friends, and managed to find a couple of good deals on records. Well, those “good...(read full post)
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Just when you get to know someone
Artists mentioned:There’s nothing worse than becoming a fan of a band and then having them break up. Such is the case with me and Be Your Own Pet. Their most recent album, Get Awkward and attendant EP Get Damaged pretty much cemented their status as one of my favorite bands of...(read full post)
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Coming up
Artists mentioned:Soooooo… I am a happy camper. The following artists are coming through my neck of the woods sometime before the end of the year. I may end up lacking sleep, and pocket money, and hearing, but I am going to be a heartily entertained man. Saturday, August 23 - the...(read full post)
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CD Review: LaGrecia - On Parallels
Artists mentioned:LaGrecia – “On Parallels” (Suburban Home) How does the equation work? Something like this: Kid Dynamite > None More Black > LaGrecia It’s not fair, but Jason Shevchuk will never be able to shake the specter of Kid Dynamite – not now, not ever. Shevchuk is always going to have...(read full post)
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Review: Willie Nelson at Liberty Hall
Artists mentioned:Last night was the sold-out, full-capacity, fuck-that’s-a-lot-of-people, Willie Nelson show at Liberty Hall. It was a pretty intimate show for such a well-known act. Liberty Hall holds right at about 1,000 people, and there’s really not a bad seat in the house. This may account for the nearly $70 ticket...(read full post)
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Reatarded
Artists mentioned:Head over to Seven Ten Twelve and read this about the latest installment in Matador Records‘ series of Jay Reatard singles. I’ll wait. Finished? That’s pretty fucked up (speaking of Fucked Up, they’ve got an mp3 from their forthcoming Matador album, The Chemistry of Common Life up at the Matablog)....(read full post)
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Capsule reviews
Artists mentioned:From Autumn to Ashes - “Live At Looney Tunes” (Vagrant Records) This live offering by From Autumn to Ashes, recorded live at New York’s Looney Tunes, sounds fantastic. It’s the crispest, cleanest, live cd I’ve heard in a good long while. Still, despite this being a good live album, I...(read full post)
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Milk it for all it’s worth
Artists mentioned:Reissues drive me insane a lot of the time. I’ve written about Elvis Costello’s thrice-reissued My Aim Is True, but that album’s a classic, and gets a bit of a slide. I’m fine with classic albums getting the reissue treatment, with bonus discs of demos and live shit. It’s a...(read full post)
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the Mummies - Sub Pop Singles Club 7″
Artists mentioned:Despite appearances to the contrary, this Mummies 7″ is not actually a Sub Pop singles club release. It’s actually on Pure Fun Records, whose only other production appears to be a record by a band called Dr. Surf. I love Google. Anyhow, it’s two tracks that simultaneously celebrate Devo while...(read full post)
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Hellbound Glory - Scumbag Country review
Artists mentioned:Hellbound Glory – “Scumbag Country” (Gearhead) The last track on Hellbound Glory’s debut Scumbag Country is a cover of Waylon Jenning’s “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?” Retitled “I Don’t Think Waylon Done It Their Way,” it’s a pretty telling demonstration of Hellbound Glory’s sense of song style....(read full post)
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Next week brings a new Valient Thorr record
Artists mentioned:Valient Thorr - bearded rockers from Venus (located within the Earth’s core) - return June 17 with their third full-length, Immortalizer. Judging by the mp3 up on Volcom’s website, it appears to be more amazing riffage, with vocals that fall somewhere in that mystic land between the MC5’s Rob Tyner...(read full post)
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the Templars / Bottom of the Barrel split
Artists mentioned:Much as I’d like to go into amazingly geeky detail about this record, it’s nigh-impossible to find any sort of information about Oink! at all. All I can find out is that Oink! was a skinhead ‘zine that came out of New Jersey in the mid-to-late ’90s, and each issue...(read full post)
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Kosher - Bored In America
Artists mentioned:Perhaps best known for Self Control, their full-length on BYO Records, Kosher hailed from Warrensburg, Missouri. In the early years of this decade, they were stalwarts in the Kansas City punk scene that swirled around the all-ages El Torreon. Along with bands like Tanka Ray, Annie On My Mind, the...(read full post)
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It Starts With Murder
Artists mentioned:Rob Gillaspie (aka Scary Manilow, frontman for Lawrence’s garage / surf quartet the Spook Lights) has been making a movie these past few months entitled It Starts With Murder. Being as how he’s halfway through the filming process, he’s put together a teaser trailer that will leave you desirous for...(read full post)
