As one Jacob Martinez has thoroughly established over the last few months, high-quality music blogs are great resources for any tune junkie. The Internet hosts enough of these auditory outposts to present an amaranthine procession of new sensations in any medium, and music is no exception. Aficionados of obscure music: be at peace, assured that […]
Entries from April 2008
A Diggin’ the Crates/TBTMTU Mixtravaganza: Flea Market Funk
April 30th, 2008 by Evan Mix · 1 Comment
Tags: Diggin' the Crates · They Bring the Music to Us
Press Play: A Review of Portishead’s Third
April 29th, 2008 by Evan Mix · No Comments
I have a nasty habit of getting into good bands after they break up. Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins… the list goes on. I first heard Portishead’s Dummy in the late ’90s, several years after its release, at the dawn of a decade of radio silence from these Balboan trip-hoppers. But the wait is over: Third, […]
Tags: Press Play
The Artists in Profile: The Beatles
April 24th, 2008 by Eric Atienza · No Comments
In the mid-80s London club soul scene nurtured many up-and-coming acts. None of the names to emerge from this scene, however, have become more prolific, or more ubiquitous than superstars ”The Beatles”.
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Diggin’ the Crates: The Record Store Mystique
April 23rd, 2008 by Eric Atienza · No Comments
For roughly two decades a little store front called Chris’ Warped Records was one of the main hubs of Cleveland, Ohio’s underground music scene. Staffed by knowledgeable audiophiles, its selection boasted albums (in wax and plastic) not found anywhere else in the city and it served as both a place to pick up tickets to […]
Tags: Diggin' the Crates
TBTMTU: Aurgasm
April 23rd, 2008 by Kimberlee Morrison · No Comments
”Expect music curiously different, yet simply enjoyable.”
If there is nothing else I have learned in my recent search for music blogs is that, much like record stores, music blogs are a great way to discover music and artists you’ve never heard of before. This week’s TBTMTU featured blog, Aurgasm, prides itself on doing just that.
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Tags: They Bring the Music to Us
Listening In Live to Via Audio and The Secret Life of Sofia: 4/21/08
April 22nd, 2008 by Eric Atienza · No Comments
With 2001’s Is This It, The Strokes ushered in a mainstream music fad of stripped down, lo-fi production and straightforward presentation that spread to seemingly countless bands in the ensuing months. A scarce three years later, however, a small Canadian band by the name of Arcade Fire (among others) rose to challenge these sparse constructions, […]
Tags: Listening In Live
Rewind to 1987: A Review of Game Theory’s Lolita Nation
April 20th, 2008 by Steve Mock · No Comments
When R.E.M. stopped by The Colbert Report a few weeks ago, the host admonished the band for being a little too political in the past. He went on to say, “People want to hear songs about girls!” To which Michael Stipe deadpanned, “I’m not big with the girl songs.”
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Record Store Day, Long Beach Style
April 19th, 2008 by Kimberlee Morrison & Tanya Payne · No Comments
You already know by now that today is National Record Store Day. Evan announced it earlier, and don’t forget about Eric and his uncontrollable urges. We spent the afternoon at Fingerprints - Long Beach’s premier (only?) independent record store. Two free in house performances by Limbeck and Silversun Pickups and a signing by metal god […]
Tags: Special Features
Uncontrollable Urges on National Record Store Day
April 19th, 2008 by Eric Atienza · 1 Comment
As Listen In has reported earlier this afternoon, today is national Record Store Day. As one might imagine, New York City has no shortage of record stores (though they have certainly dwindled in recent years) so around noon I set out in search of some vinyl.
My store of choice was Other Music on E. […]
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A Diggin’ the Crates Weekend Special: Today is Record Store Day!
April 19th, 2008 by Evan Mix · 2 Comments
Today is a very special day for record collectors. Saturday, April 19th: Record Store Day. Today, independent record stores across North America are celebrating the wonders of the digging lifestyle with sales and special in-store performances.
It’s also an opportunity to boost flagging sales of physical media - especially your favorite and mine, VINYL!
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