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The Hate My Day Jobs @ The National Underground
Pound that fucking Schlitz then put that smug face straight in the radiator as hard as you fucking can. You feel it yet? Hmmmm. All right, then. Try some Mezcal (preferably an Anejo/scorpion blend) then rip the front off of a box fan. Think all about how you would’ve (somehow,...
133 words with Charles from Slow Club
Right before they took off for SXSW 2010 we caught up with Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor, the duo that is Sheffield England’s Slow Club, during a show at Bar Pink in San Diego. After their highly touted 2009 debut Yeah, So?, Slow Club has been touring the globe at...
Metric – Codeine Velvet Club – Nico Vega @ Hollywood Palladium
Every time I set foot in the Palladium I can feel a little extra adrenaline coursing through my body. It’s like the 60 years worth of legendary shows are collectively in the air for anyone to grab onto; a rock aura all its own. Combine that energy with three bands...
Have a Nice Life – 2/28/10 – The Stone – New York, NY
This is fucking hardcore. Armor pieced together in stolen days and desperate nights. Chinked. Torn. Tatters of the New England winter. Four friends. New mountain men with amplifiers in a room not half the size of them. Their sound is a tower. A wave. A rogue dog with bloodied lips...
Cokie The Clown – SXSW 2010 – Fat Mike
Fat Mike’s ‘Cokie the Clown’ set at South By Southwest 2010 was graphic in nature. The stories Mike told and the things he did at Emo’s Annex during SXSW left me shaking afterward. Damian Abraham, lead singer of the band Fucked Up, later described this Cokie set as the most...
Pinpoint Music at SXSW: Day 2
Picture Galleries from Pinpoint Music at SXSW: Day 2. Check them out, internalize it, figure out what it means to you, and tell us what you think. Thursday, March 18, 2010 Drive by Truckers Fucked Up The Soft Pack The Besnard Lakes Robert Francis...
Pinpoint Music at SXSW: Day 1
Check out the picture galleries from our first day at the SXSW Music Festivals in Austin, TX. Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Ozomatli Hesta Prynn Billy Bragg Fanfarlo Born Ruffians You Say Party, We Say Die! Soko Hollerado Happy...
Stripes And Lines – Live (Episode 1)
The boys from Stripes And Lines have been rocking the San Diego and California scene for over 2 years, but with the release of their first full-length album, Mutiny On The Coast Of Excess, this band will undoubtedly be expanding its horizons in a hurry. Proclaiming themselves as progressive indie...
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4.8/5 : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before ...4.0/5 : Devo – Something for Everybody4.0/5 : Abominable Iron Sloth - The Id Will Ove ...4.0/5 : Nas and Damian Marley - Distant Relativ ...3.5/5 : Wavves- King Of The Beach3.5/5 : Ceremony - Rohnert Park LP3.3/5 : Crystal Castles - (II)3.3/5 : Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude3.0/5 : Scissor Sisters - Night Work3.0/5 : High on Fire – Snakes for the Divine 