Artist / Meeting of Important People
Songs / “Innocents Abound”, “Oh, Will You Finally Go?”, and “Hanky Church”
Location / Cemetery, Troy Hill
Time / April 9, 2011

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Words by Jim. Photo courtesy of Eric Roseberry This weather is really something else, huh? Last week it was cold with the threat of snow. This week it’s hot with the threat of tornados and flooding. Make up your mind, Mother Nature. Seriously. I’m having a hard time keeping track of this shit and it’s [...]

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Words and photos by Brendan Recipe: Scrumptious Psychedelic Rock Concert. Ingredients: 1 smoke machine, 1 trippy optical illusion wall hanging, 1 old converted church-cum-concert venue, 2 awesome bands. Directions: For appetizer Suuns, sauté trippy guitar lines and entrancing drums and synths for 30 minutes on medium heat; turn to high intermittently, adding a dash of [...]

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Long Division
Low
Vernon Yard, 1995
Produced by Kramer

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Words by Brendan Just a few days ago, Ricky gave us a reading list for the summer, and today we have some summer listening for you. Well, sure, you can listen to this anytime—we’re not gonna stop you—but the catchy surf rock of Shannon and the Clams is just right for sunny days, beaches, skateboarding, [...]

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Words by Rick Moslen Books and hammocks are arguably two of the greatest inventions ever. Summer is arguably one of the greatest seasons. Combine these three elements and voila (!): the perfect carefree summer afternoon…assuming you have something solid to read. The last two summers you promised yourself some valuable reading time, but you pissed [...]

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Words by Brendan Sullivan There’s a lot of shit going down in the next three days. Like, a ton. It’s a good weekend to be in Pittsburgh, that’s for sure. Stream the mp3s right off the bat and read on after the jump for all the details. I guarantee you’ll find something that strikes your [...]

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Original Soundtracks 1
Passengers
Island, 1995
Produced by Brian Eno and U2

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So we typically toss a video onto a post when highlighting a new band, a show preview, or something and let you draw your own conclusion about it. Sometimes we’ll just round ‘em all up for you. Most of these videos are of artists we have previously talked about here on Draw Us Lines, so [...]

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Words by Brendan Sullivan Man, I kinda hope that I’m still rockin’ out at noisy bar shows when I’m old and gray and can still bop to the beat. That’s not to say that I’m not old or gray now, but you should have seen the crowd at this show during The Cynics‘ set! My [...]

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