have you ever felt like the 90word capsule reviews that pass as music criticism these days were too like long man or thought that the slavishly pressreleaseready writeups proffered by music bloggers didnt get to the thumbsup thumbsdow n point quickly enough for you to figure out whether or not you were going to go off and not pay for a record well have we got the site ......
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the bay bridged is proud to announce the crown jewel of our ongoing fundraising drive a new compilation called the bay bridged volume 2 now available for purchase at our online store . its a 10 vinyl picture disc featuring allnew exclusive songs by five of our favorite local bands rogue wave emily jane white birds batteries two sheds and ok......
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the bay bridged is one of my favorite music sites that champions its local musicians and shows. the site combines a music blog audio podcast s a video podcast a concert calendar and more into a truly essential portal for music fans in the san francisco bay area and those of us unlucky enough to live elsewhere. the level of entertainment value and professionalism is always high ......
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this is one of the better albums to come out this year in my book. death is characterized by a fragile type of folk music sometimes optimistic other times devastatingly sad. while the music is certainly good it is the lyrics that put this album over the top. it tells the tale of a hunter named shaelem and several woodland creatures a bear a bird a rat and a rabbit. it is an unorthodox tale ......
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ill give myself a late pass for this one and im having some trouble collecting my jaw from the floor so i need a hand with this one. invincible is ilana weaver an mc from detroit. im fascinated by the way she works with the figure of a sledgehammer. im pretty satisfied with the way cokemachin eglow821 7s mark abraham puts it imagine a hip hop artist rappin......
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press thoughts on the new i heart lung album interoceans. mp3 download via amazon for only 3.96 it may alter your perception of possibility in music. l.a. record this compelling of music isnt easy to come by nowadays. 4 out of 5. tiny mix tapes its a work of great subtlety and profundity. all about jazz i heart lung......
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try buy big jimbo putnamhe of las favourite foster sons the radar brothers continues his worship of home taping technology on his debut as mt. wilson repeater named after the local california radio beacon he uses to pierce the ionosphere. to say putnam is genetically attune to the science of preserved noises is like saying stephen hawking knows his way round a calculato......
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ive been pretty useless really recently and i apologise to everyone whose commented and i havent replied to them. i shall do it after this post. to update you on trouble books ive had two great reviews one here the line of best fit and another here 3 bar fire thanks to tom and james for the reviews. also trouble books are on the first page at coke machine glow yes i......
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seriously folks seeing illustrations of babar in the times and the new yorker these past couple weeks has warmed my pretending tobecyn ical heart many many times. gush . and as an aside all of this coverage makes me wish my memories of babar were not simply being bored by the hbo cartoon as a child. anyway todays main topic of discussion was to be tv on the radios new al......
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the page above comes from indierock lifers mag magnet who love the third band on our friday neon lights extravaganza glasslands in brooklyn btw enough to include my teenage stride s record ears like golden bats in their top 20 albums of 2007. they are far from the only ones smitten by the sharp ties and tunes of songwriter jedediah smith. a brief roll call o......
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dj names redsean passenger panda young adult fiction real names sean gian preston ages the awesome midtwenties. where youve seen them disqo disqo tuesdays at fallout lounge and other various random functions of high fashion and sweaty bodies that we get asked to dj at. genre hot spacey disco pumpin electro boogie hop ......
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tonight head to the sunset for the shoegaze stylings of film school . theres also l.a. pop mainstay adam marsland at the skylark and local troubadour rocky votolato at neumos. tomorrow seems to be the day to travel for your music. you can stay close to home and hit up the magnolia summerfest which actually starts today.......
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mark abraham of cokemachineglow has very quickly become my new favorite music reviewer. after first blindsiding me with his thoughtful and engaging and 2359word review of an album that i otherwise wasnt too interested in and then the no big hairawarded review of shapeshifters by detroitby wayofan n arbor rapper invincible . being a longtime lover of det......
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on new years eve of 1972 i attended a great party thrown by someone i didnt know and inadvertently fell into a protracted conversation with this nearsighted social worker about 20 or 25 who kept babbling about his volkswagen until i finally had to say wait a minute. are you telling me that the owning of a volkswagen is a social or a political act via ......
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i forget who was originally responsible for discovering them between us but im willing to give freed credit for turning me on to blue states . this was probably in 2002 right around the time that a song of their found its way into the soundtrack for 28 days later. at the time they were recording pretty downtempo electroinc atype stuff so it hit me by total surprise when after an appare......
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i just cant help but take a moment to note the difference in journalistic approaches between cokemachineglow s and pitchfork s reviews of wolf parades latest offering . one thoughtful and effective in contextualizing an album that might not represent the most approachable of big name releases this year the other reactionary and predictable. amanda petrusich 8217......
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sigur ros kicked off their 2008 tour last night at the teatro degollado in guadalajara mexico. not completely sure on the setlist yet but about four new songs were played including gobbledigook and the amazing festival as well as older songs like popplagia and hoppapolla. here is the debut performance of gobbledigook complete with amiina on percussion. download sigur ro......
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so a couple days back sigur ros unleashed gobbledigook upon the masses. and i still dont know what to make of it. it has grown on me a bit but honestly if the rest of the record has the same feel im likely going to be wondering what the hell they were thinking. at the moment im huddled in the corner quietly chanting they are geniuses it will be okthey ar......
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i dont think ive read a single review of zero star that doesnt note that he is from columbus ohio or how his talent somehow relates to fellow columbus hiphop artists copywrite illogic rjd2 blueprint. its not entirely unwarranted columbus hiphop is a niche market in relation to other midwest cities chicago and detroit but zero stars loc......
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im hesitant to go to the mats on this one as i really enjoyed rubies and thought at first that i was really enjoying trouble in dreams too. something has never fully clicked though because ive never absorbed his catalog. recently streehawk a seduction was referenced in a conversation about albums that sound good like productionwise not in an oh my gosh its ......
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my brother told me about a website that does good music reviews and i finally checked it out. its called cokemachineglow and maybe its a little too cool for its own good but they say some really smart stuff and theyve got new subtle . recaall is rejoicing in his cubicle somewhere.......
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the reviews are pouring in well just one review and its written by a friend of mine. but still. head over to cokemachineglow for a comprehensive review of the capital idea festival. im impressed that conrad managed to make it to so many of these shows let alone cover each of them. i barely made it through that week and i slept through most of it. and laurens photos of ......
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