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All She Can: Sharon Van Etten @ Lincoln Hall
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: February 21, 2012
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Sharon Van Etten is a very serious songwriter; no one would argue that. Her three albums are narratives of self-aware heartbreak, with a rare glimmer of hope or positivity. Track after track, Van Etten pines over lost love and mistakes made, always with taste. So, naturally, she’s my kind of girl. In person, however, she [...]
Fountain of Youth: A Review of Punch Brothers, Who’s Feeling Young Now?
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: February 20, 2012
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Chris Thile is a monster of modern music. A rare talent, Thile is known for his constant progress, taking his skills and voice into new territories with every endeavor. The mandolin virtuoso has released 19 full-lengths in the last 19 years, while working with renowned artists like Yo Yo Ma, Béla Fleck, Dolly Parton, Jack [...]
Hardcore Hysterics: Ceremony Unites With Fans To Destroy, Inspire
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: February 10, 2012
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After years of toiling in hardcore obscurity, definitive Bay Area “power violence” band Ceremony is on the cusp of international recognition and (relative) mainstream success. From their smashing debut—the appropriately titled Violence Violence, 13 songs in 13 minutes—through 2010′s redefining Rohnert Park LP, Ceremony has been recognized for their decidedly artful approach to lo-fi brutality. [...]
Time to Stay Useless: A Review of Cloud Nothings, Attack on Memory
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: February 9, 2012
Despite suffering debasement from low-quality acts and living as a cultural punchline for the better part of the last decade, emo has persevered as a legitimate sub-genre. Songwriters like Jesse Lacey, Patrick Stickles, Max Bemis and David Bazan have managed to preserve the essence of intelligence, self-awareness and honesty that has defined the genre as [...]
Dialogue: Lana Del Rey (4)
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: February 3, 2012
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Lana Del Ray, Video Games L.V., It seems that we’ve come to some basic agreement about Lana Del Rey: She has talent, her songs are catchy, and the negative reaction to Born to Die says more about the biases of her critics than it does about her music. But perhaps I was too quick to [...]
Dialogue: Lana Del Rey (3)
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: February 3, 2012
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Lana Del Rey – “Off To The Races” Keith, I must admit that your critiques are valid: I certainly short-changed LDR’s vocal capabilities (unfairly so), and I am most certainly a cynic! Allow me, then, an opportunity to re-evaluate and rephrase. I suppose I was trying to say that, although Lizzie Grant is certainly a [...]
Dialogue: Lana Del Rey (2)
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: February 2, 2012
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Lana Del Rey, Diet Mountain Dew Who cares if Lana Del Rey’s daddy is rich or her mama’s good looking? Who cares that music tastemakers made her an Internet sensation, then tore her to shreds by the time her album Born to Die was released this week? Who cares about her fake name or fake [...]
Dialogue: Lana Del Rey
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: February 1, 2012
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(Today we introduce our new column, Dialogue. Every month, editors Keith Meatto and L.V. Lopez will discuss an ongoing controversy in pop music. This month, the editors take on Lana del Rey’s Born To Die and the critical struggles surrounding it.) Lana del Rey – “Born To Die” For those of you who don’t follow such [...]
We All Blessed: A Review of Schoolboy Q’s Habits and Contradictions
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: January 26, 2012
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It’s been said before and hopefully it will be said again: hip hop is on the rise. Last year we learned that the Internet actually does work as a means for promotion, catapulting hungry artists from nobodies to somebodies over night. By removing the tawdry veil of fake success that defined hip hop of the [...]
