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You Say Party! We Say Die! drummer dies

April 18, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Sunday afternoon, NME reported the death of Devon Clifford, drummer for Canadian power-punk band You Say Party! We Say Die!: You Say Party! We Say Die!‘s drummer Devon Clifford passed away this morning (April 18), after collapsing during the bands gig in Vancouver on Friday. Clifford was 30. The band posted a brief note on their Twitter account, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Canada, concert, Devon Clifford, drummer, music, Twitter, You Say Party! We Say Die!

Tea Party Movement finds flow with rapper

April 16, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Who knew that our country’s forefathers were such good rhymeslayers? Apparently, this guy [via New York Magazine]: [vimeovid id=”10969400″] Yep. The Tea Party has hit its tipping point for parody, and this time their critics really didn’t have to do anything. Political rap is all well and good, but this just isn’t good. Just hearing … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: hip-hop, music, Political hip hop, political rap, rap, Tea Party, Tea Party rally

My Record Store Day wish list

April 16, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Dear jolly, rotund Record Store Day Man, Gosh, is it almost Record Store Day again? I’ve waited so long for this day to come! And I’ve been a really good music writer this year, Record Store Day Man. Honest I have. (Well, unless you ask brokeNCYDE.) I wrote my heart out about all the bands … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Against Me!, Beach House, Beastie Boys, Black Keys, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Brokencyde, CD, David Bazan, Devo, Dum Dum Girls, Facebook, Happy Birthday, Hot Water Music, ION Portable Turntable, LCD Soundsystem, Male Bonding, music, Queens of the Stone Age, Record Store Day, Soundgarden, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Cribs, The Get Up Kids, The Hold Steady, The Magnetic Fields, The Thermals, TV On The Radio, vinyl, Weezer

Free the Music: Das Racist

April 13, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Free the Music is a guide to new albums, EPs and songs that are available for free online. Today’s drop is: Das Racist – Shut Up, Dude. In today’s everyones-a-blogger, link economy online community, many an Internet scribe would be content with where Brooklyn’s Das Racist was at the end of 2009. A “year as … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Billy Joel, Brooklyn, Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, Das Racist, Himanshu Suri, hip-hop, meme, rap, UPS, Victor Vazquez, Who's That? Brooown!

What does the new Insane Clown Posse video say about America?

April 12, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Maybe you’ve seen the new Insane Clown Posse music video. Maybe you haven’t. It’s entirely plausible that you’ve missed the sheer insanity of the “Miracles” music video, considering it’s netted a little more than 400,000 views in close to a week. That’s chump change in viral video terms. Yet the sheer amount of text devoted to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: America, Cracked.com, Detroit, Gathering of the Juggalos, hip-hop, ICP, Insane Clown Posse, Jon Caramanica, Juggalo, Juggalos, Limp Bizkit, Michigan, middle America, miracles, music, music video, nu-metal, Republican, Shaggy 2 Dope, Texas State Board of Education, The New York Times, Twiztid, U.S.A., United States, Violent J

The worst music criticism: A review

April 9, 2010 / Leave a Comment

I recently critiqued an article by Steve Almond that I felt unfairly and naively  lambasted music criticism. Almond wrote music criticism is pointless: I disagreed. And then I stumbled upon something that support Almond’s point 100 percent. I still don’t agree with what Almond wrote, but this piece of “music criticism” by Impose’s Jason Diamond … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Alternative Distribution Alliance, Brooklyn Hater, Dennis Lyxzén, Despair, Epitaph, Hardcore punk, hipster, Ian Svenonious, Impose, Integrity, Jason Diamond, music, music criticism, music journalism, Nation of Ulysses, punk, Refused, Steve Almond, Sub Pop, Subcultures, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Make Up, The Shape of Punk to Come, Unbroken, Warner Music Group

Black Flag's Chuck Dukowski and hardcore punk's garage sale

April 9, 2010 / Leave a Comment

A couple years back, Minor Threat drummer and Dischord Records co-founder Jeff Nelson decided to do a little spring cleaning. So, he did what any person looking to unload a whole lot of perceived junk would do: Sell it on eBay. Yet, Nelson wasn’t getting rid of, say, an old Tickle Me Elmo. Nelson began … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Black Flag, BLAST, Chuck Dukowski, Dischord, DIY, eBay, fIREHOSE, Hardcore punk, Jeff Nelson, Minor Threat, Negativland, Out of Step, punk, SST Records, Tickle Me Elmo, U2, Wasted Again

R.I.P. Malcolm McLaren

April 8, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The BBC is reporting that Sex Pistols’ svengali and artist-musician Malcolm McLaren has died: Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of punk group the Sex Pistols, has died in New York, aged 64, his agent has said. There have been a lot of famous pop music managers over the years, but none like McLaren. Though the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: British, Duck Rock, Glen Matlock, John Lydon, Kill Bill Vol. 2, London, Malcolm McLaren, music, New York Doll, punk, rock, the Sex Pistols

Lollapalooza and the Pitchfork Effect

April 6, 2010

The folks behind Lollapalooza officially unveiled the lineup for this year’s fest (that’s right - no more letter guessing) Tuesday morning. And it looks like someone’s been reading Pitchfork. The lineup is jam packed with indie bands. Many of those acts have received the greatest praise Pitchfork has to offer, the oft-coveted “Best New Music” chalice/crown/shiny thing. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: alternative music, Arts, Best New Music, Bonnaroo, Chicago, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dan Deacon, Green Day, Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip, indie, indie rock, Lady Gaga, Lincoln Hall, Lollapalooza, MGMT, music, Phoenix, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Rogue Wave, Schubas, Soundgarden, Spoon, The Arcade Fire, The National, Yeasayer

The Dillinger Escape Plan live at Reggie's Rock Club

April 4, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s reputation precedes the band. The mathcore quintet is (in)famous for their chaotic live sets, which are known for hosting waves of crowd-surfing and leaving members of the crowd and/or band with a broken bone or two. Such a legendary live performance might explain why the crowd Friday at Reggie’s Rock Club … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Ben Weinman, Billy Rymer, Chicago, Greg Puciato, hardcore, Jeff Tuttle, Liam Wilson, mathcore, metal, metalcore, music, New Jersey, Option Paralysis, punk, Reggie's Rock Club, The Dillinger Escape Plan
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