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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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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

Lollapalooza releases lineup… in code

March 31, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Lollapalooza, the gigantic three-day alternative pop music extravaganza, announced its 2010 lineup. Except you’ve probably got to be Vanna White to be able to discern who will be there from this quirky/gimmicky mess: It’s a cute concept, but you’ve got to wonder why they decided to only use the “Os” from Lollapalooza and not any … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: concert, Grant Park, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Lollapalooza, music, music festival, Phoenix, Soundgarden, The Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Vanna White

Pitchfork Music Festival Predictions

February 4, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Pitchfork announced its annual music festival will take place July 16-18 in Chicago’s Union Park. Tickets for the Pitchfork Music Festival will go on sale Friday, when the music site will also announce part of its lineup. The Chicago Tribune‘s Greg Kot got word that Pavement and St. Vincent will be performing at the festival. The … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Beach House, Coachella, Consequence of Sound, Diary, Don't Look Back, emo, Four Tet, Future Of The Left, glo-fi, Grammy, Greg Kot, Harvey Milk, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Mos Def, music, Neon Indian, Pavement, Phoenix, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Sleigh Bells, St. Vincent, Surfer Blood, The Beatles, The Chicago Tribune, The xx, Toro Y Moi, Washed Out

The Best Albums of 2009

December 14, 2009 / Leave a Comment

The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of the Year Lists.” Here on Ex-Spectator, I’ll be rolling out a few “End of the Year”/”End of the Decade” lists. Today’s list: The Best Albums of 2009. As I’ve mentioned previously, there are a lot of pitfalls for “best of” … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Animal Collective, Attention Deficit, best albums of 2009, Bitte Orca, Brand New, Brandeis University, Bromst, Chums, Curse Your Branches, Daisy, Dan Deacon, Dananananaykroyd, David Bazan, Deastro, Dirty Projectors, electronica, emo, Family, Fuck Buttons, Future Of The Left, Grizzly Bear, Harlem Shakes, Hey Everyone, hip-hop, Hospice, indie, Japandroids, Jeremy Enigk, Jewellery, Merriweather Post Pavillion, Micachu & The Shapes, Mika Miko, Moondagger, music, Never Better, New Leaves, OK Bear, Owen, P.O.S., Phoenix, Post-Nothing, punk, R&B, rock, Say Anything, See Mystery Lights, Tarot Sport, Technicolor Health, The Antlers, The xx, These Four Walls, Think About Life, Travels With Myself And Another, Veckatimest, Wale, We Be Xuxa, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, YACHT

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