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Album Review: Japandroids – Celebration Rock
It troubles me a little that there’s an emerging sub-genre of indie rock that gets the moniker “Dad-Rock”. The Hold Steady, Gaslight Anthem – you know, you’ve heard it before. The kids who grew up in...
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Album Review: Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
[2012, Domino Records] There is just something entirely reckless about this album. It’s frantic, and disconcerting, and dissonant, and yet somehow, it’s all about harmony. That old Jazz saying – “you...
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Album Review: Dan Deacon – America
It’s the middle of a dark moonless night in the studio. Electronic instruments lie scattered carelessly around the recording booth, synthesizers, computers after a long day of hard work recording. And...
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Listen: Atlas Genius – Trojans
Atlas Genius is an Australian band hailing out of Adelaide, and composed of brothers Keith Jeffery (guitar, vocals) Michael Jeffery (drums) and Steven Jeffery (bass), along with Darren Sell on...
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Byron Bluesfest 2013 Day 1
When I was a kid, the Easter long weekend meant two things: Chocolate for breakfast, and no more school. Nowadays, the full moon marks something much more significant – an annual pilgrimage to the...
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Byron Bluesfest 2013 Day 2
When I was a kid, the Easter long weekend meant two things: Chocolate for breakfast, and no more school. Nowadays, the full moon marks something much more significant – an annual pilgrimage to the...
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We all suspected it – Music is getting worse
As the last poignant A minor rang out from Noel Gallagher’s guitar to mark the end of the Triple J Hottest 100 of the last 20 years, I wiped a wistful tear from my eye and thought to myself – “There...
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Rockn’ @ Lockn’ 2014
This was the second year of the Lockn’ Interlocking Music Festival in Arrington, VA and after only being able to attend one day of its inaugural year, I knew I wanted to experience more of this up and...
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The Eagles – Live at Royal Farms Arena Baltimore – July, 2015
With over 150 million albums sold, the Eagles are one of the greatest bands of all time, and the songwriting team of Henley/Frey is really just a notch below the greatest ever, however for some...
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Lockn’ 2015 Day 1 Preview
With Lockn’ 2014 featuring Tom Petty, Wilco, Willie Nelson, various incarnations of the Grateful Dead, and one of the last performances ever (and very last festival performance – barring a future...
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