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Records from 2013 that are at least worth listening to and probably buying and getting really into because they’re pretty good or maybe even awesome
A quick post, because we’re 1/3 of the way through 2013 and I’ve not really written anything about new music yet this year, due to all the noughties stuff I’ve been doing. My Bloody Valentine – MBV Th… more →
Sick Mouthy
Changing Gears
wrote 10 hours ago: It’s coming up fast: I’m starting to move some of my stuff into a family friend’s … more →
MORE TURNTABLE TRAVELS
wrote 1 day ago: Record covers encapsulate both art and functionality. They convey information through words and imag … more →
Gender Punk Politics With Titus Andronicus
wrote 3 days ago: Seeing Titus Andronicus perform is like going to a Patrick Stickles Variety Hour. The New Jersey ban … more →
Album Review: Tribes - 'Wish To Scream'
wrote 5 days ago: Every so often, the UK music press seizes upon a new guitar band to spin-doctor, and more often than … more →
Album Review: ADULT. - 'The Way Things Fall'
wrote 1 week ago: With a grind of synths and a few involuntary twitches, Detroit’s biggest purveyors of techno paranoi … more →
Kabalevsky, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Shostakovich
wrote 1 week ago: Here is a link to my program notes for the final St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra performance of t … more →
Come Over. Let's Listen To Some Daft Punk.
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wrote 1 week ago: In a perfect world, a record will stand on its own. Nothing else will matter but the track listing, … more →
Reading: Our Band Could Be Your Life
wrote 1 week ago: Plenty of music critics and writers have professed their love for Our Band Could Be Your Life over a … more →
Getting Old And Modern With Vampire Weekend
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wrote 1 week ago: It has to be said that Ezra Koenig is one of the most underrated vocalists, maybe, of all time. He h … more →
Album Review: Dungeonesse - 'Dungeonesse'
wrote 1 week ago: “Alt” RnB has boomed lately, with Frank Ocean, the Weeknd, and Justin Timberlake, amongst others, es … more →
Vinyl Hunter Gatherers
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Just recently someone said that the city where I live has more record shops per capita than anywhere … more →
What Have You Been Listening To Lately? WAMPIRE, Milk Music, SSGs and Chance
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wrote 2 weeks ago: There has been too much negativity on this website lately. Just today, a friend told me “you w … more →
A Lauren Lesson: Music Blogging
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wrote 2 weeks ago: As a young Lauren watching Almost Famous I thought being a rock critic would be the coolest job in t … more →
5 Reasons Why Music Journalism Should Exist.
wrote 2 weeks ago: Recently, I have been wandering up a path known to many failed musicians and deeply embittered indiv … more →
Story Writing and Song Writing: The 3-act structure in three minutes
wrote 3 weeks ago: Listen to some traditional American folk music. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Did you find a song yet? … more →
Minnesota Orchestra's Osma Vanska
wrote 3 weeks ago: I was in Chicago October of 2012 to visit some friends and get some business done. During my visit a … more →
May's Music Advices: Coltrane's Sound ... Let's Fall in love with some Jazz.
wrote 3 weeks ago: Let’s plunge into the heart of Jazz this month. I know that many persons just can’t stan … more →
Records from 2013 that are at least worth listening to and probably buying and getting really into because they’re pretty good or maybe even awesome
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wrote 3 weeks ago: A quick post, because we’re 1/3 of the way through 2013 and I’ve not really written anything about n … more →
LitMonkey – April 2013
wrote 3 weeks ago: LitMonkey is a monthly series where I discuss the books I’ve read over the past month in a highly pe … more →
