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MUSIC INTERVIEW: ELI MARDOCKSpeed Date: Exploring Alternative Views, Crafting Songs, & Celebrating Hamburg...building up songs, tearing them down, experimenting with arrangements/sounds… I could do that to no end. |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: WILLY MOONSay 'Yeah Yeah' To A New Timeless Star With Style & Poise From New Zealand Via The U.K."I think it's interesting to take pieces of music & different ideas out of context, and to try and present them in a new way. It's almost like a Rubik's cube of music." |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: BUSH TETRASSpeed Date: Hitting The Stage, Stirring The Soup, Staying 'Happy'"These days I love playing on stage because we stir the soup, so to speak, and have the best time together." |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: KITTENA Major New Talent Digs Their Claws Into The L.A. Music Scene“We just want to be the best: That's pretty much our philosophy overall…” |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: BEN TAYLORSpeed Date: Listening, Being Present In Eternity, And Stage Diving Into Mud Puddles"Once, I drank a ½ bottle of Glen Livet and stage dived off a 10ft stage into an imaginary 50K person audience that didn’t show due to rain, into a 4-person puddle..." |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: A WOLF AND HER CLAWSSpeed Date: A Fruity Bunch of Experimental Pop For a Fresh Mouth FeelA healthy batch of experimental electronic pop - with live drums, post-dub rhythms, elegant vocal harmonies, and soulful lyrics for an overall fresh mouth feel. |
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ARTS GALLERY: VICTORY VARIETY HOUR AT SKINNY'S LOUNGEPrince Poppycock Teases & Titillates The Crowd With Burlesque, Comedy & MusicMembers of the rotating cast of producer Penny Starr, Jr.'s Victory Variety Hour teased, titillated, and entertained an audience using striptease, comedy, and music. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: PORTUGAL. THE MAN - LIVE AT THE OGDEN THEATERModern Glam Rock With A Twist of Classics and Mountain-Sized EnergyWhen Portugal. The Man took the stage, we were immediately struck by the sheer audacious commitment they brought to their performance. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: SLAM DONAHUE - 'BIG HOUSE, NICE DREAMS'Something For The Weekend: A Free Download of Energized Indie-Pop...driven beats, poppy ease and rock-party vibes cross pollinate this entire collection. Slam Donahue have the smarts to make all aspects come together. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: OF MONTREAL - 'PARALYTIC STALKS'A Departure Into Dark Fun Shooting Up From Alt-Pop FavoritesThis album is not for the weak of heart but is worth the time to get to know it. You will hear new layers every time you listen. Don’t be afraid. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: THE CURE - 'BESTIVAL LIVE 2011'A Live Album Charting a Career from Darkness to Dance & Iconic InfluenceIf you're new to all this, it's time to start dividing your life into "Before I heard The Cure" and "After I heard The Cure" like the rest of us do. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: THE STEPKIDS - 'STONES THROW SHOWCASE EP'Something For The Weekend: A Free EP Showing Sweet Sounds the Kids Can MakeEverything...has fallen short in defining their sound. I suppose this review will do the same, and that's one of the greatest things I can possibly write about a band. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - 'CEREMONIALS'An Album of Expanding Sounds, Themes & Soul From an Unequalled Force'Ceremonials' has all the feeling of a gospel church with the walls blown out with exhuberance, guile, and gusto. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: PORTUGAL. THE MAN - 'IN THE MOUNTAIN, IN THE CLOUD'Glam-Rock for the Modern Age on an Album of Near Psychedelic PerfectionThere doesn't seem to be a false moment or a misstep, no hint of irony. It's as solid and shimmering as the proverbial hubcap diamond star halo. |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: BARBIE HATCHSpeed Date: Melancholic Electronica Full of Heart & Pulsing StrongA moment spent loving is never wasted, no matter how the story ends. |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: SHE WANTS REVENGESpeed Date: Promoting a Lifestyle of Awesome, of Optimism, and of Sweet Music"I'm promoting love, peace, and tolerance....and less irony and jaded hipsterism..." |
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MUSIC REVIEW: DESTROYER - 'KAPUTT'A Little Rude, All-Smooth Seduction in Powdery Indie-PopWill we still be able to make eye-contact when the sun comes up? |
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ARTS REVIEW: MUSIC ICONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY EXHIBITIONPop Easel Artist Stanley Ralph Maurer Captures Hendrix, Bowie & The BeatlesThe private opening reception of the latest collection from pop easel artist Stanley Ralph Maurer was created of almost as many layers of wonderful stories as it was by |
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Six Organs of AdmittanceMy favorite aspect of this album is its ability to transport your mind to some alternate dimension. |
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of Montreal CD ReviewIf Hissing Fauna liberated Barnes from his marriage, then Lamping has liberated him from himself. |