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Bear Hands at Spaceland (2/25/10)

Mar 1, 2010 | No Comments

7-inch single of “What A Drag” featuring the infamous cover image of a cigarette smoking a joint out now from Cantora Records.

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Rad Cuts #3 Will You Please Listen with Good Speakers, Please

Feb 27, 2010 | No Comments

I won’t explain much. I’ve been listening to these songs for one reason or another. You should too. Listen to them with good speakers. Respect the bass.

Rad Cuts #3

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Ribbons Newsletter

Feb 23, 2010 | No Comments

Got the latest from Ribbons… It’s a newsletter. Got this email a few weeks ago:
dear friends,
the first ever ribbons newsletter is about to hit the streets and it’d be a great pleasure to keep you informed of what dreams are brewing…
be a stop on the delivery route,
pass on your address,
it
is
so
simple.
Also, check out the latest RIbbons [...]

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Weekend: SANDS, Mi Ami, Bob Holman & Karamo

Feb 10, 2010 | No Comments

SANDS (Formerly Dame Satan)

Mi Ami:

Bob Holman & Karamo

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SAFE at Artists’ Television Access for Deep Leap Microcinema (1/17/2010)

Feb 2, 2010 | No Comments

I went to see Safe, AKA Chris Edley play a few week ago at ATA. You can’t exactly tell from my blurry photography, but Chris was singing over beats recorded onto a VHS, which also contained a video of him kneeling shirtless in front of the camera singing along. It ain’t easy to stand up [...]

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Owen Pallett at Different Ear Studios in San Francisco (photos)

Jan 27, 2010 | No Comments

A few months ago, I went to interview/ photograph Owen Pallett (the artist formerly known as Final Fantasy) at Different Ear Studios in San Francisco. Photos didn’t get used, but I think they’re pretty cool.
More After the Jump…

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The Max Levine Ensemble played on a bus at Ashby BART, missed their Gilman show w/Nana Grizol (who are also awesome), damn (1/14/2010)

Jan 21, 2010 | No Comments

TMLE are awesome. They’ve got a new EP entitled:
“THEM STEADILY DEPRESSING, LOW DOWN MIND MESSING, POST MODERN RECESSION BLUES,”
More photos after the jump.

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Deep Leap Microcinema at ATA

Jan 16, 2010 | No Comments

Deep Leap Microcinema at ATA

Info here.

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“Death to the Pixies” Sneaker

Nov 27, 2009 | No Comments

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A Brief History of the Rock n’ Roll Sneaker

Nov 16, 2009 | No Comments

The sneaker deal is as old as, well, the sneaker. Chuck Taylor, after all, was a basketball player. But millionaire-athletes aren’t the only ones cashing in these days, and the results can be pretty amusing when musicians get mixed up in the branding act. Especially when its rockers who’ve spent decades professing edgy politics. [...]

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