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The Best Free Albums of 2009

December 10, 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 Free Albums, EPs and Mixtapes of 2009. Since Radiohead made the pay-what-you-want model so notable with … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: 2009, Aesop Rock, Appetite, Back to the Feature, Best Free Albums of 2009, Burn After Rolling, Dead Kids, Deastro, Decomposure, electronica, emo, Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit, Get Religon, Grower, hip-hop, Illinoize, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Moondagger, music, No Ceilings, North Carolina, Orange Swimmer Red Summer, Park Ranger Barkwood, Shinobu, Short Attention Span, snowing, Strange Spring Air, Tab-One, The Ambiguous Garment, The Tabloids, theFREEhoudini, Themselves, Tor & Sufjan Stevens, Wale, We Are Not Brothers, Weird Tapes, Wiz Halifa

Don't Call It A Comeback

November 5, 2009 / Leave a Comment

A little blog entry from a little emo band coming out of PA got me thinking: Don’t expect a reunion show! I write this because we recently celebrated our third anniversary. Three years are a long time for a band such as ours, especially when you take into consideration that many of our predecessors and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Algernon Cadwallader, America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Count Your Lucky Stars Records, emo, Juvenescent Beat, music, Shinobu, The A.V. Club, The Onion, True/Slant, Twilight

Interview with Mike Moroboshi

May 20, 2009 / 1 Comment

Continuing with the interview series with artists that will be featured in the forthcoming book, America Is Just A Word, this week I’m offering up snippets from an interview with Shinobu frontman Mike Moroboshi. Most of the bands that I’ve written about in the book so far, and many of the acts I’m drumming up … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, emo, Mike Moroboshi, music, Phat N Phunky, Shinobu

There Are Too Many Songs About Love: An America Is Just A Word Update

May 5, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Another day, another addition to the growing list of interviewees for America Is Just A Word. Joining the ranks is Mike of San Jose’s Shinobu. Whereas some of the other bands that will be included in the book have a large enough cult audience to be noticed, such as Cap’n Jazz or Heroin, Shinobu are … [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, emo, music, Panic! At The Disco, Quote Unquote Records, Shinobu, Strange Spring Air

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