Just in case you need more connections between Obama and music, you can go buy the above button here or buy a t-shirt with the same design here. I really just don't know what to say about this, so I'll let some of these comments do the talking for me.Said "Malayna":emo people are the sex man..seriouslywe rock this gay world we live inwe might be a lil emotional but dat dont mean nutnwe dont all...
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Eh, What The Hell?
Max Richter (Has A New Album)
Max Richter's 2004 album The Blue Notebooks is a neoclassical masterpiece, and it was with great anticipation that I listened to his latest musical offering. 24 Postcards In Full Colour is, as you might expect from the title, a concept album. There are twenty-four short songs (the longest clocking in at 2:51; the shortest at 0:36), and each one represents an audio "postcard", as it were. Nor...
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Cold War Kids (Have A New Album)
After seeing a teaser for Loyalty To Loyalty a few months ago, I've been eagerly awaiting Cold War Kids' sophomore album. "I've Seen Enough," which was featured in the teaser, had me hooked with just 50 seconds. Now that I've listened to the entire album, I can safely say that the standard that song set is held throughout. It's an excellent follow-up to their 2006 debut, filled with just as muc...
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The Great Burrito Debate: Baja Fresh
[Disclaimer: Yup, this is a music blog. But, as some of you know, burritos are a passion of mine (second to music, of course). So please excuse the brief lapse from music coverage as I discuss a burrito joint in my search for the best burritos in the land. I know, I'm silly.]What is it about Mexican chains that just don't work out well? For the most part, burritos at nationwide places just don...
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Of Montreal (Have A New Album)
The ever-prolific Kevin Barnes continues to expand Of Montreal's catalog with the upcoming release of their ninth studio album in the last 11 years, Skeletal Lamping. As I listened through to the album, I made my judgments fairly quickly. Musically, this is classic Of Montreal material, very similar to Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer. It's filled to the brim with bouncy, energetic beats...
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The Advantage
Today is National Video Game Day. And what better a day than this to write about the Advantage? The band only records music written for the original Nintendo console, and it's just a blast. It's amazing how a simple context change from a video game to a rock band can make these nostalgic songs that much more exciting. And if you never played Nintendo as a child, well, I just don't know what...
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Yes, I Was A Theater Kid In High School
This week in "Yes, I Was A Theater Kid In High School": Stephen Sondheim's Assassins.Yes, it’s true. I was a theater kid in high school. (Get over it, kids.) I sang in musicals and acted (poorly, I might add) in plays. And so, somehow, there are a few musicals that made it through to me from this time period in my life. Despite my involvement in theater, I, for the most part, hate the musi.
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Get The Groove
Hahahaha. Thanks Wayne.
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Live: Ryan Adams And The Cardinals
Ryan Adams And The Cardinals. September 7th, 2008 at the Bank Of America Pavilion in Boston, MA. Photo credit here -- the photo is not from the Boston show.Wait, there must be some mistake. The show I attended last night was a real, genuine Ryan Adams concert? What about the drunken tirades against the fans? What, no stumbling off the stage? And where are the disco boots? Believe it or not, t...
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Kanye West
Chi-town hero Kanye sure knows how to keep the media talking about him. Whether it's going on stage two hours late at Bonnaroo, writing like a madman on his blog, raving drunkenly at the MTV Europe awards, making three different music videos for the same song, or being sued by Evil Knievel, he manages to keep himself in the music news. His most recent escapade? As reported by BrooklynVegan, ...
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Interview: Rogue Wave
[Note: This interview was originally published via audio format last April. However, since I can't host the mp3 forever, I'm revisiting the interview in article format, for internet posterity.]Rogue Wave are quickly moving up in the world. They played the Paradise here in Boston twice in the last year, selling it out on the April night that I interviewed frontman Zach Rogue. And as soon as th...
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Mitch Hedberg (Has A New Album)
Mitch Hedberg has long been my favorite comedian, with his lax style and hysterical one-liners. I’ve listened through to his two releases so many times I can recount most of the jokes by heart. Sadly, Mitch passed away in March of 2005, robbing this world of so many unthinkably creative jokes. However, he has a posthumous release coming up soon, called Do You Believe In Gosh?. It was record.
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Antony & The Johnsons
I've been a fan of Antony & The Johnsons since 2005's I Am A Bird Now, which is a beautiful album. Antony's unique vocal delivery sits atop eloquent music, and it's rather compelling. Prompted by some news about Antony & The Johnsons next album, I thought it was about time I finally wrote about him. On October 7th, Secretly Canadian will release Another World, a five-track EP of new music fr...
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The Great Burrito Debate: Flash Taco
[Disclaimer: Yup, this is a music blog. But, as some of you know, burritos are a passion of mine (second to music, of course). So please excuse the brief lapse from music coverage as I discuss a burrito joint in my search for the best burritos in the land. I know, I'm silly.]I don't understand what all the fuss is about. Since the Burrito Blog loves them, I was expecting good things from Flash...
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This Town Needs Guns
People spend so much time to craft perfect press releases, so it would be a shame not to just let them do the talking:Dreamy spires and Inspector Morse, Oxford's much more than a university city, it's a musical hotbed with a habit of producing important - nay, vital - bands, capable of re-shaping genres and planting large markers in the sand. Radiohead with their illustrious career, arguably th...
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Passion Pit
Recognize anyone in that picture? Maybe go take a look at this. Yes, I'm happy to announce that Jeff and Nate, formerly of the [now-defunct] Peasantry, have become full-time members of Cambridge local Passion Pit. Passion Pit have not been around very long, but they're already starting to blow up, thanks in part to opening slots for Girl Talk, Death Cab For Cutie, and others. They just comp...
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The Simpsons
Back in the day, I was obsessed with The Simpsons. When I was but a youngster growing up, the show was reaching its peak, and I'm happy to say that Homer Simpson and company helped raise me. Maybe I shouldn't proclaim this fact so proudly, but it's true. As an obsessive-compulsive youngun, I recorded every show and attempted to create a commercial-free archive of every episode every aired. ...
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