2008

Lyrics Born: Everywhere at Once

Five years after his well-received debut, Later That Day…, Lyrics Born (real name Tom Shimura) returns with his Anti- debut, Everywhere at Once, another party-ready collection of danceable rhythms and smooth lyrical delivery.

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Strangers Die Every Day: Aperture for Departure

Aperture for Departure, on the other hand allows the rock to slip its bonds and explore a broader musical landscape. At the same time, it loosens classical up with an off-kilter rawness that typical classical performances miss.

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Bloggy Goodness: Rock And Hard Place

Maybe because we’ve been reporting about the endless stream of festival announcements we let this slip by, but I was totally unaware that their was even such a thing as

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Briefly: We’ve Got a Jammys Lineup

The lineup for the Jammys came out today, and it looks really good to us: Page McConnell, Booker T. Jones, String Cheese Incident’s Kyle Hollingsworth, James Carter, The Fab Faux,

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The B List: Top 10 Fictitious Music Venues

Since the beginning of time, classic productions for both television and cinema provided some monumental music performances. While we often go on and on about the bands and the music, we sometimes forget to pay homage to the venues where the magic happens. Well here’s our chance.


Today, we’re taking an inside look at the Ten Greatest Fictional Music Venues Ever. The competition is fierce, but we think we got a pretty accurate list. So without further ado, let’s take a walk down memory lane:

10. Pikestreet – My So-Called Life


While the thought of spending an evening with Jordan Catalano’s band, The Frozen Embryos, as they butcher the Ramones’ I Wanna Be Sedated makes most people need a Rolaids, they do get some decent acts at Pikestreet, such as Buffalo Tom. Really, the best part about Pikestreet is you can hang out with Rayanne and rap about her beloved Cosmic Charlie closer at Palo Alto in 1971 or the Stagger Lee the Dead played in episode five, which she nearly missed when Angela scalped their tickets just for a chance to talk to Jordan Catalano. Luckily, “Rusty ran into this guy he knew from Vietnam who was in a wheelchair and had an extra ticket. He had a sexy upper bod, too.” And Rayanne let Angela have it for not miracling anyone.

Read on for nine more fabulous fictitious music venues…

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Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Land Of The Lost

I’m trying to find the best way to ease into this one, but I barely have words to describe Galactic’s video for Hustle Up. It’s one of the most frighteningly

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