Category Archives: Music

The Rumble Los Angeles June 9th w/White Arrows, Milo Greene & My Goodness

June 6, 2011 – 12:01 am

White Arrows are coming home to LA to headline The Rumble LA, after their stint at Sasquatch and a mini West Coast run. We’ve been enamored with their 70’s Stooges inspired rock meets electro-psych pop since they released their self-titled EP last year. Numbers like “Coming or Going” and “The Vouyer” drip with synthy Strokes [...]

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VIDEO SPOTLIGHT: WITHOUT YOU BY RAINBOW ARABIA

May 14, 2011 – 5:28 pm

With Silverlake Jubilee fast approaching we’re getting in the mood with one of our favorite acts on the bill, Rainbow Arabia. Check the trippy video for”Without You” of their Boys and Diamonds LP (Kompakt) below. Face paint and chest beating ftw. This duo meld Middle Eastern and tribal beats with aptly timed percussion and enough [...]

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THE RUMBLE SAN DIEGO WITH GUN RUNNER, THE FLING AND LONGSTAY

May 5, 2011 – 2:31 pm

The Rumble is heading to our home base on Saturday May 7th with The Fling culminating their stint on the tour at Bar Pink after a long week on the road promoting the release of When The Madhouse Appear (Dangerbird). Check their “road warrior” video for our favorite track, “Wanderingfoot.”

Sean Davenport’s smokey croon coupled with [...]

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Top Ten Albums of 2010

December 11, 2010 – 1:30 pm

1/ High Violet by The National (4AD)

2/ The Suburbs by Arcade Fire (Merge)

3/ Gemini by Wild Nothing (Captured Tracks)

4/ Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter (4AD)

5/ Ring by Glasser (True Panther Sounds)

6/ Crystal Castles (II) by Crystal Castles (Polydor)

7/ Eyelid Movies by Phantogram (Barsuk)

8/ Teen Dream by Beach House (Sub Pop)

9/ Astro Coast by Surfer Blood (Kanine)

10/ [...]

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Lollapalooza 2010: Friday

August 6, 2010 – 10:40 am

We just landed and are already inundated with mosquitos and muggy humidity.  The cicadas are in full effect.  It’s 11am.  ahhh Chicago!  Today’s Lollapalooza line-up has us heading in to Grant Park this afternoon and into the evening to check out The Walkmen, Big Pink, The New Pornographers, Dirty Projectors, Hot Chip, Lady GaGa and [...]

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BigChampagne unveils the “Ultimate Chart”

July 20, 2010 – 9:23 am

Move over Billboard…
This morning at New Music Seminar in NY, BigChampagne is disclosing their “Ultimate Chart,” a new way to rank artists and songs by aggregating a wide variety of metrics. It also represents an attempt to seriously challenge Soundscan, a yardstick that has plenty of critics in the direct-to-fan and independent communities.
The new [...]

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Road To SXSW w/ Tape Deck Mountain

March 13, 2010 – 11:21 am

by corespondent, Matt Draper

Last night San Diego haze-rock trio Tape Deck Mountain kicked off their SXSW tour at the Tin Can Ale House. Great times were had as the one-two duo attack (pardon the pun) of Primitive Noyes and Writer opened the night after which TDM swirled us all into the next day.

So begins [...]

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Our Picks for Best Albums of The ‘00 Decade

December 22, 2009 – 7:49 pm

We tried and tried, but just couldn’t get this list down to ten; so here’s our top 12…
12/ For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver

11/ Self-titled by Broken Social Scene

10/ Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

9/ Oh, Inverted World by The Shins

8/ Kid A by Radiohead

7/ I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning by Bright Eyes

6/ Turn On The [...]

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Our Picks for Best Albums of 2009

December 21, 2009 – 6:33 pm

10/ Up From Below by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

9/ Self-titled by Small Black

8/Julian Plenti is…Skyskraper by Julian Plenti (aka Paul Banks)

7/  XX by The XX

6/ Love Comes Close by Cold Cave

5/ Vectkatimest by Grizzly Bear

4/ Album by Girls

3/ Wolfgang Amadeus by Phoenix

2/ Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

1/ It’s Blitz by Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs

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In Office Listening: WOXY’s Modern Rock 500 Redux

August 31, 2009 – 12:42 pm

Summer is almost over and we realize all good things must come to an end, but that doesn’t mean the soundtrack should suck. One of our favorite radio stations, WOXY, is closing summer with the 20th annual MODERN ROCK 500, a countdown of 500 of the best songs in the history of modern, alternative, and [...]

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