I saw this band in 2009 in the back room of a Bushwick bar with my pal EE. EE remembers:"Early spring 2009, back room of that bar on Bushwick Ave. I remember cold weather, dirty carpeting, and a weird opening band."Now, they've got Maeby in a music video where NY looks like LA and LA like NY. Movin' on up.I post this track with some reservation, as it tends to get painfully stuck in my head and th
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Hospitality//Friends of Friends
Zoo Kid//Out Getting Ribs
Have you heard of Brit School, the Croydon arts & tech. high school that's churning out many of today's most talented musicians? I stumbled upon it last night, after a pal posted the following song on FB. I have decided to go back in time and redo high school there. Is that something we can make happen?Already having gone through two band names (he now performs as Kid Krule), Archy Marshall aka Zo
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The Strokes//New York City Cops
Yo, OSSers. How's it?I've been feeling pretty conflicted lately. On one hand, in the words of the great Jackson Browne, "All good things gotta come to an end." On the other, in the words of my constantly approximating generation, "All good things kind of like might have to come to an end, sorta."The argument with myself has been mostly going like this:Me: You should stop writing OSS. You haven't e
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tUnE-YarDs//Bizness
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Hello and good Tuesday to you. It seems like we all survived the great 405 shutdown of 2011. I spent the weekend mixing bizness with wedding planning, as I so often do these days. Six weeks and counting…wish me luck.Ethan was playing me this new tUnE-YarDs record when he was here visiting a few months ago. I was liking it, but didn't get hooked in a way that made me want to seek it out immediately
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