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Bamboozle Or Bust
posted: April 29, 2010
As we all know, music is a roller-coaster of a business. Bands are hot one minute and cold the next, and the same holds true for music festivals. But one fest in particular has latched…
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Getting Kinda Hectic
posted: April 7, 2010
Every artist needs an editor. For some, the editor is the voice in their head telling them they don’t need 10 different parts in a song. For others, it’s a producer refining their material in…
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Backtracking Forward: Wanted On Wax VI
posted: March 4, 2010
In my ideal world, everyone would have access to a vinyl press in their own backyard. Cutting discs would be as easy as ripping a CD. Until this happens, I will be digging in 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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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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Captain Hooks
posted: November 9, 2009
Every musician chases his or her own particular muse. For rappers, it’s verbal dexterity, the gift of flow. For funk/soul purists, it’s the groove. And for the legions of pop-punks out there, it’s hooks. Irresistibly…
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