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Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
At last, it has happened. A new album by The Howling Hex is on the way, promising kinda weird indie rock, cryptic titles like "O Why, Sports Coat?" and... ranchero music. According to a recent press release from the Hex's label home, Drag City, the band — with records released under both the Howling Hex moniker and mastermind Neil Michael Hagerty's given name — will release Earth Junk on September...
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Said the Gramophone (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Next Tuesday, June 17th, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea by Silver Jews will be released on Drag City Records . It's an incredible album, it might be Silver Jews at their best, or perhaps maybe their best-dressed. It's album with made with true love, out of moments and truths and tall wild tales. We're presenting today an interview with David Berman; one of the best poets and songwriters of my whole...
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I Rock Cleveland (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Do yourself a favor and throw out any preconceived notions you may have about Tel Aviv rock bands before listening to Monotonix. That's if you have any preconceived notions about Tel Aviv rock. It isn't exactly a hot spot for new music, and if anything, you might expect to hear some sort of Eastern European gypsy folk fusion. That's not Monotonix. They set the place ablaze with old style Detroit Rock...
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Fifteen Minutes to Live (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
" It's actually been quite amazing to me that I’ve minded my own business, I’ve made hip-hop in a way that's interesting to me in a way that really gets other people up in arms, and at times even people that sell more records than me. I’m amazed and even weirdly flattered that some people hate what I do so much. " - Buck 65 ( Stereo Subversion ) " There's a second book of poetry called the portable...
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Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
Silver Jews fans should be on the lookout for a new album this summer.
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Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007
DOWNLOAD: Six Organs of Admittance - Jade Like Wine (new MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Valerie Project - Introduction (new MP3) DOWNLOAD: Major Stars - Portable Freak Factory (new MP3) Is $7 an album enough to keep an indie label in the...
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Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 10/24/2007
David Cross @ UCB Theater, NYC - Oct 19, 2007 (CRED) Some Fred Armisen news y'all. Drag City Records has finally released Fred Armisen Presents Jens Hanneman: Complicated Drumming Techinque. I mentioned this DVD in a previous Canon, but have...
