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How To Get Good Gear for Cheap
posted: November 25, 2009
There you are, in the middle of a shredding guitar solo, and you blow your amp. Not the kind of show-stopper you were probably hoping for. Now your options are to (a) go acoustic (b)…
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Wheel In The Sky
posted: November 23, 2009
Not everything that goes on behind dorm room doors has to be shady. Sometimes it’s as simple and as serendipitous as a guy playing his cello. Such is the case with Boston’s Ferris Wheel, who…
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Domino Effect
posted: November 20, 2009
If Domino Saints prove anything, it’s that a lot of sound can come from just a few people. The duo, comprised of singer Giselle Ojeda and percussionist David Leal, infuse their dance music with contemporary…
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How To Write A Song
posted: November 18, 2009
Every musician”Jay-Z and Ryan Adams included”comes down with writer’s block at some point in his or her career. Just like swine flu, there’s very little you can do to prevent it. Then again, like swine…
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Taking Care of Byssness
posted: November 16, 2009
Braggarts, grand-standers, blatherskites”rap is full of them. If they’re not name-checking the labels on their clothing, they’re advertising their lyrical swerve or sexual prowess. Aspirational thinking (or flagrant machismo, as the case may be) is…
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Wanna Be Sedated?
posted: November 13, 2009
Sometimes you want to be rocked and rolled all night, and some times you just want to lie there and be lulled into oblivion. For the latter, check out the etherizing songs of Minneapolis-based indie…
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