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Beyond the Pale
posted: December 14, 2009
Some of the best music is born in the bedroom. A good idea only requires a little space and privacy to take root and grow into something truly remarkable. Brothers Michael and Matt Reisenauer began their…
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Metal Monday: Best albums of '09
posted: December 7, 2009
It’s about that time, folks. Everyone and their dog are making their year-end top album lists then checking it twice, and I’m following suit. This has been a quality year in the metal world thanks…
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Waking the Dead
posted: December 7, 2009
Not all ghosts like to rattle their chains and spook their human counterparts. Some just want to play, leading their subjects on wild goose chases and hide-and-seek games in the dark. Columbus, Ohio’s Phantods conjure…
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Download of the Week: The Syncope Threshold
posted: December 7, 2009
It’s easy to see how a band with a million and one influences could fail to succeed due to ADD or “too many cooks in the kitchen” syndrome. If the band is The Syncope Threshold, however, all of the…
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Pity Party
posted: December 2, 2009
Dancing to a somber song can be a strange sensation, but one that’s oddly cathartic. San Francisco’s Geographer offers unlikely material for hipster dance parties in the form of triumphant indie rock drenched in reverb,…
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50 States in 50 Weeks…Week 25: Mississippi
posted: December 1, 2009
Fun Facts: State Tree; Magnolia, State Insect; Honeybee, State Song; Go, Mississippi Home of: B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, Afroman, Milton Babbitt, Sam Cooke The Venues: Blues and the South go hand in hand.…
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