RIFFS FOR DAYS
Wintertime always leads us back to some of our Dinosaur Jr. and Hüsker Dü records, ya know? It’s like something about fuzzed out riffs just makes the cold bearable. Or maybe it just distracts us from thinking about the cold and instead thinking “Man, these are some fucking fuzzed out riffs.” Milk Music are some…
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TAKE ME TO THE PARTY STORE
We mentioned in our big post about 2k11 releases that The Dirtbombs had a new record coming out and today’s the day it sees the light. Party Store, out on In The Red, is a pretty outstanding thing to behold. It’s basically a follow-up to their Ultraglide In Black album, taking the idea of covering…
TENGO WITH THE YO LAS
It’s been a good bit since we last saw Yo La Tengo. Probably a few years back when they played at The Belcourt with Kurt Waggoner. We think we might be even more psyched this time around though, if you can believe that. If you’ve been reading up on this latest Tengo tour, you’re probably…
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GET CRAZY GET LOUD
Everyone’s favorite get drunk, light shit on fire, make a mess, hairy sweaty, Israeli boys, Monotonix, are rolling back through town this Wednesday. They just had a new record come out last week on Drag City and there’s been word spreading around town that this current tour may be their last. We don’t really believe…
DAY’S STILL HEAVY
What is it about these 2000somethings that’s so heavy? Heavy Cream. Heavy Days. Heavy Krishna. Heavy Damage. Heavy Times… Not that we’re complaining about it, just trying to figure out what got so heavy so all of the sudden. Heavy Times are a band of bad boys from Chicago that shell out jangly lo-fi jams….
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BUMMERS BACK
It’s been a while. It’s been a hot minute. We miss our Bogus Bros something terrible. They’ve been making some pretty big waves over across the pond [we hate when people say “across the pond” in reference to being in the UK, but why do we always do it?] Their split with Best Coast that…
TALK IS CHEAP
If Useless Eaters don’t take over every person’s record player this year, we’ll be really surprised. And probably a little pissed. Useless Seth, as we affectionately call him, just put out a message today giving the scoop on a bunch of his upcoming releases. You can read it here, but we’ll sum it up for…
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WANNA GO TO LOVER’S LANE
A while ago we were talking about a new record from the one and only Hunx [Remember?] Well today we’re getting our first little sampling of what’s to come with a new track off the record. It’s so doo-wop and croony. Makes us wish Summer was here so we could get all the girlfriends [or…
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