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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Favorite Concerts of 2012
Here are my other 2012 Rankings if you missed them: Favorite Songs of 2012 Favorite Albums of 2012 Here are my 10 Favorite Concerts for 2012! This year, I attended 24 concerts, not counting Lollapalooza (my first time attending!). I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Andrew Bird, Chairlift, Dirty Projectors, Empty Bottle, Fabulous Fox, favorite concerts 2012, Fiona Apple, Firebird, First Aid Kit, Gargoyle, Lincoln Hall, Peabody Opera House, Plush, Sharon Van Etten, SVE, The Avett Brothers, The Mountain Goats, The Pageant, The Walkmen, Tilly And The Wall
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Favorite Songs of 2012
Here are my other 2012 Rankings if you missed them: Favorite Concerts 0f 2012 Favorite Albums of 2012 Well, it’s about that time of the year. After a full year of listening to songs, attending concerts, and contemplating lyrics, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 top songs, Amanaemonesia, Amongster, Artificial Nocturne, Bat For Lashes, Beach House, Cat Power, Chairlift, DJ Ease My Mind, Dreams, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Emmylou, Erato, favorite songs 2012, Fineshrine, First Aid Kit, Genesis, Grimes, I Belong In Your Arms, It's Not My Fault I'm Happy, Japandroids, King and Lionheart, Laura, Man on Fire, Metric, Myth, Niki and the Dove, Nothin But Time, Oblivion, Of Monsters and Men, Passion Pit, Polica, Purity Ring, Simple Song, Stars, Stubborn Love, Taken By Trees, The House That Heaven Built, The Lumineers, The Shins, Theory of Relativity
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Band Discovery: Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg (real name – Jacob Kennedy) is young English lad from Nottingham – all of 18 years old really. He is apparently really big in his native UK. His self-titled album, released last month, debuted at number 1 in … Continue reading
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Tagged Band Discovery, Jake Bugg, Lightning Bolt, Taste It, Two Fingers
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Band Discovery: The Midnight Hollow
The Midnight Hollow started as the solo project of San Francisco-based musician Spencer Draeger after his band of nine years, Mata Leon, broke up. Eventually Draeger was able to find kindred souls in Andrew Segreti (drums) and Trevor Murphy (guitar, … Continue reading
Album To Check Out: El Perro del Mar – Pale Fire
El Perro del Mar (translated in Spanish, The Dog of the Sea) is the moniker of Swedish singer-songwriter Sarah Assbring. Assbring sings lo-fi melancholic songs with sunny surf-pop melodies. It sounds contradictory at first, but this balance of sweetness and … Continue reading
Album To Check Out: The Babies – Our House On The Hill
The Babies was born (pun intended) from the friendship and union of two bands. It is the side-project collaboration of Cassie Ramone, lead vocalist/guitarist of the Vivian Girls, and Kevin Morby, bassist of Woods. While sharing many similarities between the … Continue reading
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Tagged Album to Check Out, Alligator, Baby, Cassie Ramone, Get Lost, Kevin Morby, Our House On The Hill, Slow Walkin, The Babies, Vivian Girls, Woods
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Album To Check Out: Dirty Projectors – About To Die EP
One of my favorite records this year (top three even) is the Dirty Projectors‘ Swing Lo Magellan. It seems that despite Dave Longstreth and company’s love for experimental chords and complex melodies, stripping and paring down their songs, as they … Continue reading
Album To Check Out: Crystal Castles – (III)
Crystal Castles are Canadians Ethan Kath and Alice Glass. In case you weren’t familiar with them before (you might have heard their single with The Cure‘s Robert Smith), just know that Crystal Castles create cathartic, uneasy, occasional melodic, chippy, experimental … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, Album to Check Out, Alice Glass, Crystal Castles, Ethan Kath, III, Plague, Wrath of God
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Concert Gallery: Regina Spektor @ The Pageant
Last night brought the always amazing Regina Spektor to the Pageant in St Louis and her brand of adorable quirkiness. This was my second time seeing Regina, and she is a joy to see as always. The first time I … Continue reading
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Tagged Concert Gallery, Fidelity, How, Live, Regina Spektor, Small Town Moon, The Pageant, Us, What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
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Band Discovery: Chvrches
First of all, I would just like to give a quick shout-out to my fellow wordpress blog, 70dayweekend. They’re the one who brought my attention to today’s Band Discovery of the day. Seriously, check out their blog, it’s one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Band Discovery, Chvrches, Iain Cook, Lauren Mayberry, Lies, Martin Doherty, National Anthem, Purity Ring, The Knife, The Mother We Share
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