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  • BELLE & SEBASTIAN TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT ON ‘PEACETIME’
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    BELLE & SEBASTIAN TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT ON ‘PEACETIME’

    Feb 7, 2015 0

    Fans have spent many years, many desperate conversations defending Belle & Sebastian. And, really, there’s a lot to defend. Sure, the music is utterly testosterone-free, but who doesn’t love a swe...

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  • RYAN ADAMS IS HIMSELF ON SELF-TITLED ALBUM – FOR BETTER OR WORSE
    Album Reviews, Reviews

    RYAN ADAMS IS HIMSELF ON SELF-TITLED ALBUM – FOR BETTER OR WORSE

    Sep 19, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw Ryan Adams has finally put out a self-titled record, which, from a fan’s perspective, seems like nothing but a beam of hope. After years of incredibly prolific releases – some hit, som...

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  • HALF JAPANESE GET HAPPY WITH ‘OVERJOYED’
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    HALF JAPANESE GET HAPPY WITH ‘OVERJOYED’

    Sep 9, 2014 1

    By Emily Votaw Half Japanese is doing just fine. Months after finishing up a number of dates with Neutral Milk Hotel in late 2013 and a little more than a year after the re-release of “Half Gentlemen...

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  • TUNE-YARDS TACKLES THE ODDITIES OF EXISTENCE
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    TUNE-YARDS TACKLES THE ODDITIES OF EXISTENCE

    May 19, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw Merrill Garbus has made a lot of odd records that somehow manage to mesh the ever-important aspects of catchiness and playful weirdness into something that is incredibly gratifying and...

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  • SLASHER FLICKS’ FRIGHT NIGHT IN COLUMBUS
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    SLASHER FLICKS’ FRIGHT NIGHT IN COLUMBUS

    May 8, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Slasher Flicks is the intricately thought-out side project of Animal Collective founding member David Portner.  The band is complete with perfectly placed allusions t...

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  • ANIMAL COLLECTIVE’S AVEY TARE DELIVERS MEMORABLE ALBUM
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    ANIMAL COLLECTIVE’S AVEY TARE DELIVERS MEMORABLE ALBUM

    Apr 23, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw In late 2012, Animal Collective satiated eager fans with “Centipede HZ,” the follow up to 2009’s “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” an album that had received overwhelmingly positive review...

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  • SIMONE FELICE’S UNINTENDED FOLK PARODY
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    SIMONE FELICE’S UNINTENDED FOLK PARODY

    Apr 15, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw The bombastic, bloated folk rock genre that preys on miseducated high schoolers and middle-aged women is powerful.  Mumford & Sons aren’t rock ’n’ roll, and they obviously aren’t t...

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  • SIGMAN DOESN’T DELIVER ON PROMISE WITH “VIRGINIA EP”
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    SIGMAN DOESN’T DELIVER ON PROMISE WITH “VIRGINIA EP”

    Apr 10, 2014 1

    By Emily Votaw It’s hard to decipher whatever intention Jacob Sigman had throughout the process of writing and recording his five-track “Virginia EP,” released in December.  Did he want to write a co...

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  • DAN DEACON AND HIS AUDIENCE SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT
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    DAN DEACON AND HIS AUDIENCE SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT

    Mar 18, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Who is Dan Deacon? An electronic pop guru? An avant-garde composer? A fanatic devotee of Looney Tunes and Spiderman? Deacon is a bit of each of those things, but ...

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  • FUTURE ISLANDS TAKES ON BREAKUP DRAMA — AGAIN
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    FUTURE ISLANDS TAKES ON BREAKUP DRAMA — AGAIN

    Mar 7, 2014 0

    By Emily Votaw In the post-post-post punk world where the Future Islands discography exists – where romanticism runs wild and every heartbreak is the most meaningful one and synths have the power to ...

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BEWARE OF DARKNESS FINDS THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

BEWARE OF DARKNESS FINDS THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

Oct 11, 2019
DAN DEACON AND HIS AUDIENCE SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT

DAN DEACON AND HIS AUDIENCE SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT

Mar 18, 2014
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO NYC WITH 2-NIGHT RUN

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO NYC WITH 2-NIGHT RUN

Nov 6, 2015
SOUL SHAKERS’ ‘GUITARMAGEDDON’ ALL-STAR BLUES ALBUM OUT THIS WEEK: HEAR A TRACK FEATURING TEDDY YOUNG

SOUL SHAKERS’ ‘GUITARMAGEDDON’ ALL-STAR BLUES ALBUM OUT THIS WEEK: HEAR A TRACK FEATURING TEDDY YOUNG

Jul 8, 2016
JERRY MAROTTA REVISITS HIS TENURE WITH PETER GABRIEL IN THE SECURITY PROJECT (VIDEO INTERVIEW)

JERRY MAROTTA REVISITS HIS TENURE WITH PETER GABRIEL IN THE SECURITY PROJECT (VIDEO INTERVIEW)

May 19, 2022
LOTUS, COSBY SWEATER and ROGUE CHIMP AT SHERMAN THEATER

LOTUS, COSBY SWEATER and ROGUE CHIMP AT SHERMAN THEATER

Nov 10, 2013
PEACH FEST: GREGG ALLMAN, TROMBONE SHORTY, AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD and JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND

PEACH FEST: GREGG ALLMAN, TROMBONE SHORTY, AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD and JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND

Aug 15, 2015

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‘ILEANA’S SMILE,’ A FILM THAT FINDS LIGHT IN A LANDFILL, RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOOL IN NICARAGUA
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‘ILEANA’S SMILE,’ A FILM THAT FINDS LIGHT IN A LANDFILL, RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOOL IN NICARAGUA

May 27, 2025
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS SOLD-OUT ALBUM RELEASE AT BERLIN
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Jun 11, 2025

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