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Cap'n Jazz will play more shows

January 26, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The A.V. Club confirmed something I suspected after Friday night’s surprise Cap’n Jazz set at the Empty Bottle: Straight from an anonymous but reliable source, The A.V. Club can confirm there will be more Cap’n Jazz shows this year. Additionally, Jade Tree Records is issuing deluxe LP and CD versions of the band’s material sometime in … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: A.V. Club, Cap'n Jazz, emo, Empty Bottle, Jade Tree, Mike Kinsella, music

Interview with Darren Walters

October 18, 2009 / 1 Comment

I’m happy to post a selection from the ongoing email interview I’m having with one Darren Walters, co-founder of Jade Tree Records. As a majority of my America Is Just A Word interviewees happen to be musicians, it’s great having Darren on board to give some perspective of the other goings on that helped transform … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Cap'n Jazz, Darren Walters, Dischord, emo, Fucked Up, Hot Water Music, Ian MacKaye, Jade Tree, Joan of Arc, Lifetime, music, My Morning Jacket, Pedro the Lion, Suburbia, Texas Is The Reason, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Promise Ring, Tim Owen

Downlo(d)

September 1, 2009 / 4 Comments

I’ve got an odd relationship with downloading. I’m usually outspoken against it when discussing the subject with most of my friends, but usually for a variety of reasons that you really can’t articulate when these types of conversations boil down to lots of yelling. I’ll diffuse the normal “record labels and artists” and “pirating” and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Black Flag, Chocolate Kiss, Chune, Citywater, Dischord, downloading, emo, emusic, Facebook, Gravity Records, illegal downloading, iTunes, Jade Tree, James Joyce, Jimmy Tamborello, Joel Tenenbaum, Last.FM, mediafire, music, My War, Nickelback, Nirvana, Onethrutwelve, Ordination of Aaron, RIAA, Roosevelts Inaugural Parade, Self-Satisfied, Smashing Pumpkins, Stories About Old Rich White People, The Postal Service, The Promise Ring, The Trigger Quintet, Trocar, Watercolour, Waxploitation Records

Delaware Are You: An America Is Just A Word Update

June 8, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I’m excited to announce yet another contributor to America Is Just A Word. Darren Walters, co-owner of Jade Tree records, has given me the thumbs up for the interview process, and his voice will be more a welcome addition to the roster of interviewees. Although most of the first-person interviews I’m collecting will be musicians, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Cap'n Jazz, Darren Walters, emo, Girls Against Boys, Hot Water Music, Jade Tree, Jets to Brazil, Joan of Arc, Juno, Lifetime, music, Owls, Pedro the Lion, Texas Is The Reason

Don't (Touch and) Go

February 18, 2009 / Leave a Comment

From the looks of a post early in the day by Stereogum, one would have thought it was the end of the aural world for fans of underground music. Although the reports later in the day dismissed the rumors that Touch and Go Records was finished; instead, the still dreadful news that the label will … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: !!!, Bedhead, Big Black, Butthole Surfers, Cap'n Jazz, Corey Rusk, Dischord, distribution, Drag City, emo, Flameshovel, indie music, Jade Tree, Jesus Lizard, Jets to Brazil, Lifetime, Maritime, Merge, music, My Morning Jacket, Naked Raygun, Pinback, Polvo, Rob Crow, Robcore, Slint, Southern, Stereogum, Sub Pop, Ted Leo, Texas Is The Reason, The Meatmen, Touch and Go, TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, zine

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