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Picking up from where I left off in Part I… This will be a relatively pictureless post. Also, no mp3 samples this time! I am without my computer and music collection. Okay, maybe some…

I agree with The Village Voice in that CMJ shows are more like coronations than introductions. While I had a press badge for CMJ via BTR, I didn’t end up using it at all. Instead, I took a pretty…

If CMJ only helps a handful of bands, one will be Surfer Blood. In my mind, Surfer Blood will always the band whose buzz was almost quantifiable on Twitter around the time of their Bruar…

Full post coming later today, but here’s a little preview.

Kurt Vile was all smiles after the show. The show did indeed sell out, and I even heard that one desperate fan snuck in through the…

Although I felt like a teenybopper by arriving at the venue an hour before doors were scheduled to open, I suspected that I wouldn’t be the only one who didn’t mind camping out a little for …

Can’t get enough of glorious lo-fi garage pop? Sick of all the fuzz? Regardless of what camp you’re in, I strongly urge you to listen to Makeout Videotape right now. During my search for…

My love of Kings of Convenience goes back to the beginning of the college, just a couple months after the release of their second album, Riot on an Empty Street. As many of you can…

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This may come as a shock to you, but I really dislike summers. The sun, heat, humidity, high SPF sunscreen that I must reapply every 10 minutes to avoid sunburn - What…