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Listen to The Fordists’ Debut Album – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper

June 16, 2011 / Leave a Comment

Local post-hardcore trio The Fordists are readying their debut full-length, and it’s streaming now on Bandcamp. via Listen to The Fordists’ Debut Album – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper. Sweet stuff from a D.C. post-hardcore trio. Watch You by The Fordists

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Posted in: Freelance Work Tagged: post-hardcore, The Fordists, Washington City Paper, Watch You

Interview: Native’s ‘Moves’

August 25, 2010 / Leave a Comment

I interviewed a couple of the guys in Native with my friend and classmate Tanveer Ali for one of our classes at Medill. Take a peek at the video and listen to their lastest album, Wrestling Moves after the jump: Native interview from Leor Galil on Vimeo.

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Posted in: Blog Tagged: music, Native, post-hardcore, Wicker Park Fest, Wrestling Moves

The Best Overlooked Albums Of The Aughts

December 27, 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 Overlooked Albums of the Aughts. A while back I started an ongoing feature called “Overlooked in … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: (k)no(w)here, +/-, A Name Writ in Water, A Story In White, Aereogramme, albums, Alias, All These Long Drives, All Together, Antelope, Apollo Sunshine, Aqueduct, art-punk, Beauty Pill, bedroom pop, Belly, best of, best overlooked albums of the aughts, best overlooked albums of the decade, Black Eyes, blogs, blues, bubblegum pop, By The Throat, Cave In, Cell-Scape, Central Hug, Central Hug/Friendarmy/Fractaldunes, Chad VanGaalen, chamber-pop, Chino Moreno, country, D.C., dance punk, Danger Mouse, Danger Mouse & Jemini, Dartz! This Is My Ship, David Terry, Deftones, doo-wop, Double Dagger, dubstep, Duplomacy, Ear Pwr, Emblems, emo, Emperor X, Eyedea & Abilities, Fire Theft, folk, Food For Animals, Forest Fire, Friend Army/Fractal Dunes (And The Dreams That Resulted), funk, Ghetto Pop Life, Gomez, Gowns, Guns Babes Lemonade, Hardcore punk, Hella, hip-hop, HLLLYH, Hope of the States, Hrishhikesh Hirway, I Sold Gold, In Our Gun, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, Interventions & Lullabies, Ire Works, Is This It, It Takes A Nation Of Millions, jam, jazz, Jemini, Karate, Let's Build A Fire, lo-fi, London Zoo, Low Level Owl Vol. 1, Low Level Owl Vol. 2, Lucero, Lungfish, Mapmaker, Maritime, Mark Kozelek, Mary Timony, matt pond PA, Melt-Banana, meme, metal, metalcore, Milosh, Mineral, minimalism, Movie Monster, Muscles, music, Night On Fire, noise rock, noise-punk, Oh No! Oh My!, Parts & Labor, Pattern Is Movement, Perfect Pitch Black, Personal Journals, Pinback, Pitchfork, Pitchfork effect, Plus/Minus, pop, pop-rock, post-disco, post-hardcore, post-punk, prog, Public Enemy, Putting The Days To Bed, Q And Not U, Ragged Rubble, rap, RCA, Red State, Reflector, Resurgam, Rhymesayers, Rob Crow, Sage Francis, slam poetry, slowcore, Soft Airplane, Sound Team, Southern rock, Sun Kil Moon, Sunny Day Real Estate, Super Animal Brothers III, Survival, Team Sleep, That Much Further West, The Appleseed Cast, the aughts, The Bug, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Dismemberment Plan, The Fire Theft, The Format, The Long Winters, The Lost Riots, The Mae Shi, The One AM Radio, The PoPo, The Rapture, The Strokes, The Unsustainable Lifestyle, Tiny Cities, twee, Unbeast the Leash, Unsolved, UUVVWWZ, VHS or Beta, Videohippos, Volcano I'm Still Excited!!, We The Vehicles, Wilderness, Zach Hill

The Decade In Emo

December 23, 2009 / 7 Comments

It was indeed “A Decade Under The Influence.” But while Taking Back Sunday could string together a few solid hits drenched in a post-hardcore milieu and cut with pop sensibilities, chances are no one in the band could have predicted how influential emo would become in the aughts. The presence of the word in the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: ...is a Real Boy, A Decade Under The Influence, Abercrombie & Fitch, Achilles Heel, Algernon Cadwallader, Atmosphere, Bleed American, Brand New, Chris Carrabba, Coheed & Cambria, crunkcore, D.C., Dashboard Confessional, Dog Problems, Drive Like Jehu, emo, Emo: Where The Girls Aren't, emocore, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Fall Out Boy, Fugazi, Hardcore punk, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Jawbox, Jessica Hopper, Jimmy Eat World, Maritime, Monument, music, My Chemical Romance, New York Times, Owen, P.O.S., Pedro the Lion, Pop music, post-hardcore, Punk Planet, Rhymesayers, Rising Tide, Rolling Stone, Sage Francis, Say Anything, screamo, scrunk, Sunny Day Real Estate, Taking Back Sunday, The Appleseed Cast, The Argument, The Format, The Get Up Kids, The Guilt Show, The Promise Ring, The Used, Thursday, Tim Burton, War All The Time, Warped Tour, Wood/Water

Here comes the argument

October 26, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Gothamist’s John Del Signore has a fantastic interview with Fugazi wailer and guitarist Guy Picciotto as he tours the country supporting Vic Chesnutt. In it, there’s a quote that some Fugazi diehards may put more emphasis on than a majority of the rest of the chat: The band may do something again; we don’t know. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Amy Farina, Brendan Canty, Fugazi, Gothamist, Guy Picciotto, Ian MacKaye, Joe Lally, John Del Signore, music, post-hardcore, Vic Chesnutt

Overlooked in the Aughts: Beauty Pill – The Unsustainable Lifestyle

October 22, 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: Beauty Pill’s The Unsustainable Lifestyle. Dischord in the Aughts was something many of the label’s ardent fans never saw coming. The beloved DIY label seemed to be going through … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Beauty Pill, Dance of Days, Dischord Records, DIY, emo, Fugazi, Hardcore punk, Jawbox, Lungfish, music, Nation of Ulysses, Our Band Could Be Your Life, post-hardcore, punk, Q And Not U, Shudder To Think, The Argument, The Make Up, The Unsustainable Lifestyle

R&Bemo?

August 31, 2009 / Leave a Comment

It seems that the Seattle Times‘ Andrew Matson has stumbled upon the formula that came to fruition in popular culture a bit over half a decade ago: “random genre/culture/thing/idea/word” + “emo” = combination of the former two concepts! Back when emo first really hit it big, it seems everyone was trying hard to configure the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 808s and Heartbreak, Andrew Matson, Drake, emo, indie, Kanye West, music, post-hardcore, R&B, R&Bemo, scrunk, Seattle Times, Successful

Interview with Justin Pearson

June 17, 2009 / 1 Comment

It’s been a long while since I last featured an interview by an individual to be featured in the forthcoming book, America Is Just A Word. I’m pleased to present some snippets of the first part of an ongoing interview I’m conducting with Justin Pearson, a man who’s energy cannot be contained by the sheer … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 9:30 Club, America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Andrew W.K., DC, emo, hardcore, Justin Pearson, music, post-hardcore, Swing Kids, The Locust

Let's Make A List: An America Is Just A Word Update

June 16, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I’m happy to announce another addition to the America Is Just A Word roster of voices involved in the book. Chris Leo, frontman of The Van Pelt, will lend his voice to the evolving narrative. The Van Pelt were a part of the post-hardcore/emo scene in New York City in the mid 90s and were … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Chisel, Chris Leo, DC, emo, Gern Blandsten Records, Kunfunecktie, music, Philly, post-hardcore, Ted Leo, Texas Is The Reason, The Black Cat, The Van Pelt

Cave In Reunion Show

May 1, 2009 / Leave a Comment

That’s right! The Massachusetts post-hardcore metal maelstrom known as Cave In is doing a reunion show. So far, it looks like it’s just one show, at Great Scott in Boston. Tickets went on sale this morning at 10 am and sold out. I’m currently trying to grab frontman Steve Brodsky for an interview for Bostonist. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Boston, Bostonist, Cave In, Great Scott, metal, music, Newbury Comics, post-hardcore
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