Given the antics we are barraged with on TV and Facebook, it seems I can't have any sort of discussion nowadays without it getting politicized. So when I was mulling over sending out this email about the new Sorority Noise album (which is hella tight!), the...
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Some folks are labeling the Montclair, NJ (mostly) 8-piece band, Pinegrove, as alt-country. I don't think that's terribly fair, but then again, labeling things is hard to do well. We as Americans love to label (#LTL). It's one of our favorite past times. Dr. Remen...
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If my time with Bear Grills has taught me anything, it's that you can create Makeshift Shelters out of anything. You can hollow out a tree trunk (if you've got the time and the tools), you can weave those long stringy leaves together like a...
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Just got back from vacay, and what was waiting to ease me back in to the work week?, nothing but the long awaited album release from Canterbury four piece, and heavily FSL mentioned, Moose Blood. I saw them a few weeks ago at a tiny...
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In honor of whichever makes you more upset, the RNC or the Cavs winning the championship - tough call there - (hey, at least the NBA doesn't call themselves "world" champions, like the NFL or MLB, who for some reason, don't include the rest of...
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Throwback Thursdays...
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As a way to honor their Colorado roots, the humble foursome named their band "Elway" - a word so commonly used in the everyday vernacular of the Rockies. So you can imagine their shock, when the band that [at the time] "routinely plays in front...
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Albany boys, State Champs, are super f-ing fun. The 5-some have been kicking a$$ for a few years now, and are back at with their third(ish) full length, "Around the World and Back." The latest album grows up from their formative years - to be expected...
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Kurt Thomas Travis (KTT to some - not to be confused with **heartthrob** JTT, who btw, stepped away from the limelight and went back to school! Good for him) is a Sacramento vocalist who has played with a whole slew of bands. After getting kicked...
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So I've been listening to lots of new music this week and truthfully, I'm a bit exhausted. I've been researching my magazines, reading sites, talking to friends (mostly my concert boyfriend - Joe Ciolli). Then I listened to an album that came out last week...
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