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Music and the Media, Part 4: 'The Man' vs. The Music

June 4, 2010 / Leave a Comment

A massive argument amongst indie music bloggers spilled over Twitter on Thursday. Or, in real terms, a blip on Twitter’s scanner brought up some pretty big concepts about how new music is transmitted dispersed online, and right from the keyboards of a few “big” name indie bloggers. The whole shindig went down when I Guess … [Read more…]

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Sampled Reviews: Broken Social Scene

May 6, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Pitchfork Reviews Reviews, an intelligent and humorous site that critiques album reviews by the popular alt-music site Pitchfork, uploaded a keen little video the other day. The video is a review of a song by Francis and the Lights, and the on-screen action is a written review that follows the pace of the song. With … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: @1000TimesYes, album review, Broken Social Scene, Christopher R. Weingarten, Forgiveness Rock Record, Francis and the Lights, music, Pitchfork Media, Pitchfork Reviews Reviews, Sampled Reviews, Twitter, YouTube

Music and the Media, Part 1: Everything killed the radio star

April 19, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The past few years, one word has come up constantly in conversation about today’s pop music: Balkanization. Be it another teeny-indie scene given the tag “glo-fi,” or another subset of Brooklyn bands revisiting the aural atmosphere of ’60s garage pop, the message remains loud and clear: As micro-scenes develop within pockets of our society, our … [Read more…]

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Music In 2009: A Review

December 31, 2009 / 5 Comments

It’s hard to sum up an entire year of pop music in one concise “best of” list. Instead, here’s a tidy little look at some of the highs and lows in pop music over the past year: Hip-Huh?: The New Yorker‘s Sasha Frere-Jones declared that hip-hop was dead and upset a lot of hip-hop heads. … [Read more…]

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Overlooked in the Aughts: Parts & Labor – Mapmaker

October 17, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Overlooked in the Aughts is an ongoing feature focusing on some of the best albums from the 2000s that haven’t quite received the attention they deserved. Today’s post: Parts & Labor’s Mapmaker. Back in June, music writer Christopher R. Weingarten extolled the pains that have befallen music journalism at the 140 Characters Conference. Among many of his excellent … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: art-punk, Battles, Brooklyn, Christopher R. Weingarten, Deerhoof, Do It Yourself, Hardcore punk, Mapmaker, music, NPR, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Parts & Labor, Receivers, Rolling Stone, TV On The Radio

9 Things To Look Forward To in 2009

December 31, 2008 / Leave a Comment

2008 is almost gone as the New Year will arrive in a matter of hours (or it may have already arrived depending on when you read this). So, in anticipation for the number of times I’ll forget to put “2009” on whatever documents need a proper year, here’s a little listing of 9 things I’ll … [Read more…]

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