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Consider the Playlist: Dealing with the Winter Blues

February 17, 2012 – 6:20 pm

Winter sucks, for most people, and is the one season that will induce clinical depression, if you believe that. Despite that, here is a little winter playlist to help you deal with this time of year. 1. Vampire Weekend – “Horchata” I’ve never had horchata, but I hear it’s delicious. It may take a substance [...]

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Record Review: “As the Crow Flies” by Amos Lee

February 16, 2012 – 10:09 pm

While these songs may be left overs from the Mission Bell sessions of 2010, on their own they are equally as compelling as the full length from which they were born. Aside from the fact that Lee may be the most badass artist on the Blue Note label; his influences feel like someone that doesn’t belong, [...]

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Record Review: ‘Arrow’ by Heartless Bastards

February 16, 2012 – 8:53 pm

Erika Wennerstrom has always been the defining force behind Heartless Bastards, but with the band’s third incarnation in the last three albums, it seems that they have found a comfortable direction in which to go. The former three piece is now a four piece with the addition of guitarist Mark Nathan. Together with a top [...]

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Record Review: ‘Who’s Feeling You Now?’ by Punch Brothers

February 16, 2012 – 10:54 am

In the world of folk and bluegrass music, this isn’t your mother’s bluegrass band (that’s if she listened to bluegrass?). For those who were broken hearted over the break up of Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers are the filler for that big hole in your back yard. Granted, you won’t find the Watkins siblings here, but [...]

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Kevin Hellions’s Uninformed 2012 Grammy Picks.

February 10, 2012 – 10:49 am

Our boy Rob just posted his picks for the winners of the 2012 Grammy awards.  For those of you who don’t know, Rob is the one that posts all of our music reviews here.  I like music, but I’m old and as we should all know by now, the older you get the worse popular [...]

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My 2012 Grammy Picks

February 10, 2012 – 9:43 am

With the Grammy’s coming up this Sunday, I figure it’s time I make my picks…so here it goes. (I’ll limit it to the major categories and winners will be in bold. Strikethrough will indicate an artist with a fighting choice.) 1. Record of the Year “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele “Holocene” by Bon Iver “Grenade” [...]

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Record Review: ‘Be the Void’ by Dr. Dog

February 9, 2012 – 10:14 am

With Dr. Dog’s 2012 release, the band returns to the lo-fi looseness and chaos of their previous efforts to recapture the signature sound that has defined Dr. Dog. Their last album, Shame Shame, saw the band take a new direction, trading in looseness for a tightly fit, more meticulously constructed album. Now the band has [...]

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Record Review: ‘Scars & Stories’ by The Fray

February 9, 2012 – 8:19 am

For The Fray’s new album Scars & Stories, the band took a different approach in writing it. Setting aside some of the budget for travel, the band, in a sense, toured the world, and gathered stories that were infused into these songs. The band also enlisted producer Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Black Crowes, Lifehouse), and [...]

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Record Review: ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ by Van Halen

February 9, 2012 – 7:12 am

It feels so weird saying that Van Halen has a new CD out, but it’s true! Van Halen’s first CD in nearly 14 years also features David Lee Roth on vocals, making it his first album since 1984. Also featured here is Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang Van Halen on bass guitar. This highly anticipated [...]

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Record Review: ‘Kisses on the Bottom’ by Paul McCartney

February 9, 2012 – 6:49 am

It seems so cliche’d, for Paul McCartney to do a “standards” album; I mean hasn’t Rod Stewart done that to death? How many volumes of the American Songbook series are there? Four? What?! He came out with another one in 2010! You’ve got to be kidding me, but anyway, I digress, the idea seems just [...]

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