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Free the Music: Signals

March 30, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Free the Music is a guide to new albums, EPs and songs that are available for free online. Today’s drop is: Signals/Supple Youth Tour Mixtape. I was crushed when I found out The Mae Shi broke up last summer. Or should I say, split in twain. Whatever the case may be, a number of the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Abe Vigoda, Bipolar Bear, free music, Free the Music, HLLLYH, Jacob Safari, Kid Static, L.A., Major Lazer, mixtape, music, Po Po, punk, Signals, Supple Youth Tour Mixtape, The Mae Shi

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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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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The (Most) Memorable Singles of 2009

November 17, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I started writing here at True/Slant with a little piece that questioned the nature and purpose of year-end-lists. Who’s an authority on anything? Isn’t it all arbitrary? True, but, as I mentioned, it’s a bit fun to do. So, though we’re not even into December, I present a list of five memorable singles from the … [Read more…]

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Flu Season…

February 3, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Sorry for the lack of updates – the flu caught me (and probably a good chunk of the Northeast) by storm. So, to satiate any current need for… well, who knows what, here’s a song the Mae Shi made up in honor of Christian Bale freaking out on some guy working on the Terminator Salvation … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Christian Bale, emo, music, RU Professional, Terminator Salvation, The Mae Shi

They Said It…

December 30, 2008 / 3 Comments

Roundup of various end of the year music lists…

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Top o' 2008

December 12, 2008 / 3 Comments

A countdown of the best albums of 2008, in all their colors.

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Double Double

July 14, 2008 / Leave a Comment

In one corner, weighing in at 6 members is The Mae Shi, with support from The Death Set, at Great Scott. In the other, pulling together as a duo is No Age, with a little help from High Places and Abe Vigoda, at the Middle East Downstairs. It is a challenge to behold… For music … [Read more…]

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Bastards of Pop

July 10, 2008 / Leave a Comment

By now most music-loving folk are aware of the pay-what-you-want, online release of Girl Talk’s latest album, Feed The Animals. But this isn’t about that… well, it’s almost not about that. As any other savy internet users are concerned, a trio of folks hailing from the greater Baltimore/DC area new about this all to well. … [Read more…]

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