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Guinea Worms, Pop 1280, The In-Out, Family Curse @ Bruar Falls 7/9/11

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Full Flickr Set Being on antibiotics has its advantages too. I haven’t been able to drink since last Saturday when I was diagnosed with a possible sinus infection, so I missed out on both 4th of July drunken antics and yesterday I was one of the few sober people at a friend’s wedding (OPEN BAR!). [...]

Mickey, Liquor Store, The Fucking Ocean, Sleepies @ DBA 7/7/11

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Full Flickr Set Last night was the NYC debut of Mac Blackout’s current project, Mickey. Mickey is a glam garage plunk fusion which rejects current lo-fi techniques, instead making all of their tracks as clean as possible and as rocking as possible. I’d been a fan since the release of the 12″ on FDH early [...]

Slutever, Mannequin Pussy, SoftSpot, Teardrops @ DBA 7/5/11

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Full Flickr Set Last night at DBA, it was a bit of a weird combination of sounds with Slutever from Philadelphia starting off their “Slutever Do America” tour, Mannequin Pussy along for the ride, SoftSpot from Brooklyn and one of the better, weirder bands to come out of the “Bushwick” “Punk” “scene”, Teardrops. Teardrops opened [...]

Tearist, Frank (just Frank), ARC @ St. Vitus 7/1/11

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I was really only familiar with Frank (Just Frank) whose take on coldwave excited me last year. It felt good to hear some dark brooding synth music in a time when every band wanted to take us to the beach. Sometimes you just want to stay in the city, watch French crime films and listen [...]

Ty Segall @ KCDC Skate Shop

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Full Flickr Set Here Ty Segall got his start post-Epsilons playing a similar set-up of kick and hat to accompany his guitar but he said he hadn’t done it in a long time. He eventually abandoned it and essentially just played guitar and sang, something he said he’d NEVER done in public, only to pick [...]

My Sad History With Hip Hop Part 2.

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So yesterday I gave a bit of back story as to how I’m probably among the least deserving people to talk about hip hop, but i want to talk about some stuff that has come out during my “vacation” and why I think you should check it out. Action Bronson – Dr. Lecter: Bronson comes [...]

My Sad History With Hip Hop Part 1.

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One of the things I decided to try to do was listen to more hip hop. I enjoy rap, rapping and rappers, but my experience with the genre is really microcosmic focusing on “Rap White People Like” and a strong familiarity with Ye Olde Skool (see “Rap White People Like”). My disinterest began in 1992 [...]

What I Did on my Blogging Vacation

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I stopped blogging using the excuse that new job required a hell of a lot more of me than the previous job, so I didn’t have the time to listen to as much music or go to as many shows or even more importantly write about them. The truth is I would catch glimpses of [...]