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Beecher’s Fault, ‘The Easiest Drug To Sell’
posted: January 3, 2018
The closest analog we could think of while enjoying the new album from Beecher’s Fault, The Easiest Drug To Sell, was Talking Heads. Immediately, the mechanized groove of the opening track, “Moneymouth,” mirrors that of the Heads’…
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The Best Music Books of 2013
posted: December 20, 2013
Oh baby, it is literally so damn cold outside. I have no interest in walking in a winter wonderland because the weather outside is actually frightful and I’m terrified that if I try to go anywhere I’ll…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Steve Forbert Forges Ahead
posted: September 26, 2012
How much of this past stuff are we gonna talk about? asks Steve Forbert with a mixture of weariness and wariness after being debriefed about his early days as a singer/songwriter. It’s fun, but it…
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SK8R BOI
posted: March 26, 2012
Like Lupe Fiasco, Billa Camp hails from Chi-Town, loves skateboard culture and is an exemplar of alternative hip hop. And here’s another similarity”both appeared in the video for Fiasco’s song Kick, Push.” Still, Camp’s got…
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Exclusive Q&A: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Go Hysterical
posted: September 20, 2011
Starting from their plebeian beginnings in Philadelphia and Brooklyn to their meteoric rise to fame, indie rock darlings Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have gone through tremendous periods of flux. After rising to indie rock stardom…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Thomas Dolby Dreams Of A Floating City
posted: June 22, 2011
Even if you have only a passing knowledge of ˜80s new wave, it’s likely that Thomas Dolby has a place in your heart for lending some class”not to mention the occasional touch of funk”to the…
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