Words by Rick Moslen So this is the series where I ramble on about classic indie/punk record labels fated to feed every music junkie’s obsessive fix. This time I’m gushing about possibly the mother of them all. Hold onto your butts and stuff some earplugs up those earlobes, cause it’s time for some raw, spazzing [...]

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Words by Jim Big Hurry’s latest release begins with the clapping of hands and an eery summarization of their career as a band: “Hey, we started right on the very bottom / We worked our way right out / I got right back down on my bended knee”. Fitting words for a group that’s progressed [...]

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  Words by Brendan Halloween is a strange holiday, when you think about it. For kids, it’s that magical day when you can ask your neighbors for candy and they have to give you some! (Fuck that guy who gave you raisins.) For teens, it’s that awkward day where you’re too old to trick or [...]

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Words by Brendan There’s a one/two punch of tracks right in the middle of Straight Arrows‘ debut album, entitled It’s Happening, with songs entitled “Something Happens” and “It Happens Again”. What is happening?! What is “it”?! Should we be concerned?! No, no, no, nothing to worry about, folks. Just some scuzzy, fuzzy, fresh and buzzy [...]

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Rachael Yamagata, with Mike Viola / Club Café / Saturday 11.05.2011 / Doors 8:00 / $18 Words by Vicki I think Rachael Yamagata might be spying on me. That’s my only explanation for how much I can relate to her music; it seems like somehow, some way, she knows what I’m going through and then [...]

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Fitz & The Tantrums with Walk The Moon / Mr. Small’s / 11.07.2011 / 8:00 PM / $20 Words by Jim If you don’t know who Fitz & The Trantrums are, well, come on! Where have you been? Ok, whatever. Just know that I’m not entirely happy with you right now. If you have heard [...]

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Words by Will Wikipedia cannot tell a lie[citation needed]. After some Wikipedia-ing, I am able to ascertain the following: John Knox was a leader of the Protestant movement in Scotland a long ways back. He did not play in a Scottish post-punk band that specializes in re-imaginings of traditional folk songs. Nor did he listen [...]

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Words by Jacob Artist: Feist Album: Metals Released: October 4, 2011 Label: Interscope/Cherry Tree The critical dust currently settling on Feist‘s fourth solo album, Metals is that it’s a willful rejection of big money commercial success, and I know what you’re thinking. It’s only her third solo album right? That’s what I thought too, but [...]

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Cold War Kids, with Young Man / Mr. Small’s / 11.05.2011 / 8:00 PM / $20 Words by Jim Sometimes you just need to jam it out, man. The house is yours. Maybe it’s Friday (but it doesn’t have to be). Turn the fucking speakers up and just do it. Pull out dance moves that [...]

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