Said by my friend Aaron when we went to see them last year. It kind of jolted me when he said it. For some reason, I never thought of the band name as referring to fireworks whatsoever.I was thinking about September 11 and the particular association one could make with airplanes and buildings falling out of the sky, as well as non-man-made things like stars and sunlight. The sun, exploding into th
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when you find out a song you know quite well is actually a cover of a song from a different, semi-unrelated band in your music library.caUSE co-MOTION! is a post-punk-ish Brooklyn band that put out a full length cd last year, a collection of their singles from 2005 to 2008. One of those songs is called "Falling Again."which is actually a cover of a 1983 song by English all-girl band Marine Girl...
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Recently I have been trying to absorb everything I can about 80s indie music, which someone today called "dub narcotic" music, which is definitely a label I hadn't heard of before. In trying to put together all the pieces of this past scene, it has become clear that lots of these people and bands are intertwined, and that set me about trying to fit them all together.So we begin with Los Campesinos
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Bottom of the Hill is a venue for live music in San Francisco that looks like it's in the bottom of someone's house. There's a small stage, framed with those little Christmas lights, an outdoor pattio and a pool table covered in stickers. It's a nice little place to go see music.I used to think that Bottom of the Hill was a clever name because a lot of relatively unknown bands play there, and the
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I am quite stingy. I don't like to buy CDs for more than 9.99, used at Amoeba, and even then I'm standing there wondering if the benefit of new music outweighs the cost.So when it comes to concerts, I've found a way to cover the cost of my ticket, and sometimes make a little money on the side, by engaging in the hotly debated practice of scalping.Now, before you hardcore concertgoers get on me abo
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I haven't been outside the Bay Area in almost four years, and when I did leave, I went to France. So I have never seen any other part of the United States.I'm applying to college right now, and in addition to the requirement that whatever school I go to be in or very, very close to a city are the requirements of a good music scene and college radio station. What I mean by scene is a place where ba
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I haven't been able to listen to anything except Random Spirit Lover these past few days. The music is less accessible than that of Wolf Parade, more unattainable and open to interpretation, and I think that allure is part of the reason I've grown so attached. The songs are stories. Shut Up I Am Dreaming spun tales of horses, snakes, dreams, kids who need rides... Random Spirit Lover is a bit diff
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Well, it's always been a struggle. I like going to see live music; it's quite fun. But the planning and the logistics get really hard to handle. For instance, a lot of the concerts I am interested in going to are in September, aka the beginning of school and month before The Most Important Test Ever, the SAT. Now, in the long run of my life, I very much doubt this one SAT score is going to matter
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Chuck Klosterman is the author of four books on topics ranging from pop culture to sports to death. He's ironic, funny, and quite insightful, although firmly cemented in his opinions, so if you aren’t open to other’s ideas then don’t read this, because you’ll probably just get angry. He openly talks about doing drugs on various occasions, as well as tying in his life experiences (they’re
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I opened iTunes today, wanting to hear some music, and found... nothing. It is empty. There's nothing there. It's like I opened it up for the first time ever. Everything's disappeared, the playlists, the podcasts, most importantly, ALL THE MUSIC IS GONE.Now, it would take me a good long while to import back into the computer all the cds I have, not to mention adding all the files I have on my comp
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