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Music: Marnie Stern is Awesome

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Marnie Stern continues to shred on the guitar like nobody’s business and unlike, say, Joe Satriani she can write songs too. See the adorableness that is her new video “Ruler” here:

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Music: Flashback — The Best Albums of 1968 Continued – Part 2 of 2

Monday, June 2, 2008

By Noah Mallin Here’s the last installment of our survey featuring 1968′s best albums.11) The Kinks – Village Green Preservation SocietyThe Kinks were one of The Beatles most serious rivals in 1964, with singer Ray Davies capable of writing more and better songs than the Stones still nascent Jagger-Richards combo. By 1968 a dispute with [...]

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Music: Flashback – The Best Albums of 1968 Part One of Two

Saturday, May 31, 2008

By Noah Mallin Continuing on our trip 40 years back into the tumultuous past, here is part one of the best albums of 1968 in no order whatsoever.1) Aretha Franklin – Lady SoulMost soul albums at this time were collections of big hit singles with lesser tracks sprinkled in as filler. A few performers were [...]

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Music Review: Breeders Spawn Another Keeper With Mountain Battles

Friday, April 18, 2008

Review by Noah Mallin Kim Deal has had a helluva life away from The Pixies, the band in which she first found fame. The Breeders was originally a side project with Tanya Donnely of Throwing Muses (and later Belly). Their 1990 debut Pod is an indie classic, mixing rubbery rhythms and spiky songforms on songs [...]

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Concert Review: Malkmus, Jicks all About the Chick with the Sticks at Bowery Ballroom

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Review by Noah Mallin Standing at the t-shirt booth and checking out the road wares at the Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks show at the Bowery ballroom in New York last night, a swaying gentleman in a blazer and t-shirt breaks away from an intense negotiation with the fellow behind the table to swivel his [...]

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