written by: Eric Witt
on June 1, 2013
These days, the term “folk” is being thrown around for anything that involves an acoustic guitar. So when The Front Bottoms gets tagged as “folk-punk,” as oxymoronic as it sounds, it fits. The two-piece out of New Jersey matches punk riffed out on acoustic guitars with savvy leads on everything from a classically folk accordion […]
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written by: Eric Witt
on May 25, 2013
Chance the Rapper and his Merry Prankster music.
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written by: Eric Witt
on May 14, 2013
Snoop is at it again!
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written by: Eric Witt
on May 8, 2013
For some, The Flaming Lips represent a sonic optimism, an enthusiasm for life. The fans come again and again for the circus where animals dance to loud, happy music and Wayne Coyne wears his suit, rolls on the crowd inside a giant inflatable ball, and tells them how great they are again and again. Diametrically, […]
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written by: Eric Witt
on May 2, 2013
Iron & Wine’s Ghost on Ghost slides in with a weird jam of whining guitars and organs, with odd beats strung around them—only for a cymbal crash to cut the section off and have “Caught in the Briars” come in with a that familiar Iron and Wine sound. No, it is not the fall-asleep-over-an-acoustic-guitar sound […]
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written by: Eric Witt
on April 2, 2013
Can you teach an old Dogg new tricks?
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written by: Eric Witt
on March 19, 2013
Thomas Meluch’s latest album feels like an old tale.
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written by: Eric Witt
on March 5, 2013
If you want to leave a show covered in confetti, with your ears ringing and a shit-eating grin – then these might be your bands.
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written by: Eric Witt
on February 7, 2013
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s second album is a textural exploration of the old style.
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written by: Eric Witt
on January 29, 2013
The following artists are lesser known, but to a good-many they have influenced music in ways that popular musicians will never be able to.
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written by: Eric Witt
on January 8, 2013
Dance music brought to you by something other than computers.
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written by: Eric Witt
on December 13, 2012
The MacGyver’s of musicianship make due with mundane objects.
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