May 2012
13 posts
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Hop Along- Get Disowned
Hop Along is that band everyone you know loves. And you should too. The brainchild of Frances Quinlan, Hop Along was mostly a collaboration between Quinlan and friends resulting in 2008’s Freshman Year. In the years that followed, we saw the lineup of Hop Along (Shortened from Hop Along, Queen Ansleis) shift and change, releasing two EPs in 2009 (Is Something Wrong and Wretches) until...
Screaming Females cover Sheryl Crow →
<p>Why the hell are you so sad?</p>
This is so great.
Nada Surf covers New Order →
Sometimes, covers just don’t make any sense. And feel too weird.
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Gemma Ray- Island Fire
Island Fire is a record that is so hard to pin down. It floats around between lush, brilliant pop music and nitty-gritty rockabilly. Quickly pegging Gemma as a neo-soul artist immediately throws her in the ring with the likes of Amy Winehouse, Duffy, and Raphael Saadiq. That, in some ways, is a very unfair position to throw any artist into. Gemma is no stranger to soul music, let alone the...
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The Menzingers- On The Impossible Past
The Menzingers are that band you’ve seen a thousand times at the VFW and were always blown away by every set and knew they should be massive but never really seemed to get there. Well, that story changed. In 2011, the band from Northeast Pennsylvania signed to Epitaph records. Shortly afterwards they embarked on huge stadium tours and released Chamberlain Waits. By far a let down in my...
April 2012
1 post
Six reasons that recorded music should be free. →
An interesting read containing an interview with the CEO of Grooveshark.
As someone who is trying to play music for a living, this is definitely something that resonates with me.
March 2012
8 posts
Social media and dehumanizing music and artists →
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Guided By Voices- Let Us Eat The Factory
Robert Pollard and the always changing line up of Guided By Voices are never quiet enough for you to let them slip from your memory. Pollard, especially. That guy writes until he feels like putting out a record and you’re left with a massive hunk of songs that feel incomplete and raw.
Raw is what GBV is always about. There are no games, there are no tricks, there’s no production,...
Tigers Jaw Release New Song
propertyofzack:
A new Tigers Jaw song called “No Mask” can be heard below by clicking “Read More!”
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The Pi Day Playlist: 10 Songs Your iTunes That Are... →
totalvibration:
It’s Pi Day! Count pi to some insane number of places all you want, then create a playlist from your iTunes of ten 3-minute, 14-second songs to soundtrack your day. I’ll get you started with mine.
The Jesus Lizard “Destroy Before Reading”
Andrew WK “Girls Own Love”
Starflyer 59 “E.P. Nights”
Chelsea Wolfe “Demons”
Macha “Until Your Temples Are Pounding”
Queen “Jealousy”
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Gender identification within popular music, as... →
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The Jealous Sound- A Gentle Reminder
The Jealous Sound popped up quickly and disappeared almost as quickly. Following the disbandment of Knpasack, Blair Shehan teamed up with former members of Neither Trumpets nor Drums, Pulley, and Shudder To Think to release a self titled EP that won them acclaim and spots on tour with alternative/emo powerhouses lik The Promise Ring. In 2003, the band released Kill Them With Kindness and then...
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Sharon Van Etten- Tramp
Brooklyn’s Sharon Van Etten is known for existing in a realm that’s very unidentifiable. That works to the disadvantage of 90% of musicians. Sharon Van Etten is absolutely not one of them. Her folk tendencies are immediately combatted by introspective moods and one of the most unique and distinct voices of the last decade (2002-2012, not 2010 to 2012… Clearly.) We’re...
February 2012
9 posts
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Matt Pryor- May Day
Matt Pryor was part of the seminal Get Up Kids and after their disbanding in 2005, founded The New Amsterdams, fathered two children, released children’s music as The Terrible Twos, and somewhere in there managed to write and record 2008’s Confidence Man. While Confidence Man was a let down and didn’t shine as well as the New Am’s material, or his material with The Get...
Original Music and YouTube →
Watchiwishiwasaginger:
Catnaps new (Anti-)Valentines EP!
1) This band is great.
2) They’re great people.
The Producer Age is Back, With A Vengeance
Most people will readily and happily agree that the Producer Age ended with the death of Disco in the mid 1970’s. At the time, pop music was created by some guy in an expensive leisure suit doing blow sitting at a synthesizer (Just so everyone knows, that’s totally an exaggeration) and then finding someone with a pretty face and decent voice to ‘sing’ it. I am without a...
The Jesus And Mary Chain US Tour dates →
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Fawn Spots- Hair Play
After having lost my first, and only, submission (Thus far), then finding it a few weeks later and clearing my schedule to write about it after listening to it for two weeks, I’m excited to sit down and talk about the UK’s Fawn Spots. Mid 80’s blaring, feedback drenched, post punk that constantly borders on classic American hardcore founded by Black Flag, is a refreshing...
January 2012
11 posts
SOPA, PIPA and Independent Record Labels. →
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John K. Samson- Provincial
John K. Samson’s unique brand of folk, rock, and punk is something that drew Prophaghandi fans to The Weakerthans (Probably? I’m not entirely sure on that, don’t quote me on it), and both to his solo material that’s dotted the last few years. Provincial is an honest effort that combines so much of the last two Weakerthan’s records B side songs and Samson’s...
Tape Op Interview w/ Steve Albini →
iwishiwasaginger:
Really cool article from the man who most recently produced the new Cloud Nothings album. But he’s done a TON more…
Hello everyone! It’s been a busy and quick 20 days since the new year… And my deepest apologies for more or less neglecting this. While I’m sure most people didn’t notice… I did. And it then encouraged me to make the following commitment: I’m going to post something of substance in addition to the random re-blogging and links to pertinent articles/essays. ...
No Sleep Records: Welcome THE CASKET LOTTERY to No... →
nosleeprecords:
We are BEYOND ecstatic to announce the signing of one of my personal favorite bands to No Sleep Records. Please welcome The Casket Lottery to the family. TCL to me is one of the greatest groups to come out of the Kansas City area, and i can not be more excited to welcome them to the family.
December 2011
10 posts
It’s probably a little cliché right now, but I’d like to wish everyone a (belated) happy holidays, and that 2012 is even better than 2011.
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog, and I know it’s been slow here, but I am one man. I hope that you continue to read and make this more and more special for me. Thank you!
xMitch
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The battle of the Internet, music, and SOPA.
There’s not a lot that really, really gets my blood boiling, I’ll be honest with you. Especially when it comes to politics and all that other corruption filled bullshit. But SOPA and the current climate of an industry that I’m attempting to have a career in and would be a totally different person witihout, is something I will absolutely 100% fight for.
If you’re out of...
I just realized
That there are some bands that follow me, and possibly people in bands.
If you’d like me to review your music, please don’t hesitate to send me a message with a link!
If you're looking for something to do...
I will be playing at this show in both Negative Department and The Only Ghost In Town.
It’s going to be a great time, so if you’re 21+ and live in Philadelphia, it would be nice to have you with us.
Nanoculture, the web, and it's effects on pop... →
The final edition of Poptimist, as curated by Pitchfork (Blech). Written by Tom Ewing.
Seriously, go back and read the previous articles. They are fantastic.
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Touché Amoré- Parting The Sea Between Brightness...
I’m always pretty conflicted on how to talk about screamo and post hardcore that is just as melodic as it is heavy without people automatically assuming I’m talking about metalcore or the kind of post hardcore that came with UnderØath. And don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with that kind of music (Well, there is, but that’s just my opinion and all) but...
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2011: In review
Well, it’s December (officially), and I figured since everyone else on the face of the earth is posting their 2011 lists, I might as well too. It’s a little early, but whatever.
FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2011 (In no particular order):
By Surprise- Mountain Smashers (Topshelf)
Explosions In The Sky- Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Fucked Up- David Comes To...