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The Highs of Ohio: Nelsonville Music Festival, 2013

BY PETER LILLIS I’ll admit, I’m down on Ohio. My entirely biased distaste for the state is founded on one exorbitant speeding ticket, a few exceptionally long drives from the East Coast to the Midwest, several national stories of debaucherous destruction of property (including an Underground Railroad Memorial) courtesy of the Miami (OH) University Greek system...

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Our Live Life, Vol. 5: May Concerts in New York and Chicago

May is a time when bands get quick runs out across the country before the non-compete clauses of festival season take effect. With Lollapalooza and Pitchfork soon upon us in Chicago, and Governors Ball, the Northside Festival, and others in New York, we were excited to catch 26 shows over the last 30 days. This...

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Must Never Change: An Interview with GOAT

BY PETER LILLIS Korpilombolo, Sweden is a remote “locality” in northern Sweden. With approximately 530 residents, Korpilombolo recently gained notoriety for being home to the mysterious GOAT, a fast rising and fantastic psychedelic rock band with a penchant for tribal drums, blues-drone freakouts and voodoo-like masks. Wrapping up their first US tour, GOAT played sold-out...

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It’s Still Us Against Them: Titus Andronicus, The So So Glos, and Sharpless @ Metro Chicago

BY JORDAN MAINZER After touring the hell out of their three LPs, you’d think that Titus Andronicus would run out of live show surprises. Wrong. On May 4 at Metro Chicago, the everlasting “war” between New York and Chicago provided plenty of fodder for the Brooklyn (via Jersey) band Titus, Brooklyn DIY punks The So...

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Our Live Life, Vol. 4: April Concerts in Chicago

BY PETER LILLIS & JORDAN MAINZER Today, Peter and Jordan continue their monthly roundup of the shows they saw in the last month. As seen below, April includes two of their favorite sets of the year. These 16 additions put our collective concert tally at 47 for the year, not including our coverage of SXSW...

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Jersey Gets Freaky: An Interview with Alex Bleeker

By Peter Lillis Alex Bleeker is a professional. He’s currently a member of two active New Jersey/Brooklyn bands: bassist of indie-pop darlings Real Estate, and guitar/frontman of Alex Bleeker and The Freaks. What was once a “loose collective,” The Freaks has grown to be an exciting, stable five-piece, not far removed from heartland rock of...

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South By Southwest 2013 in Photos

BY PETER LILLIS Here’s just a sampling of the highlights from this year’s SXSW in Austin, Texas, including: Diarrhea Planet’s party set at Cheer Up Charlie’s, Thee Oh Sees nearly destroying Hotel Vegas, Marnie Stern’s opening set at Flamingo Cantina and The Polyphonic Spree’s love fest at Brooklyn Vegan/Old Emo’s. Read our full recap here....

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South By Southwest 2013 Journal: Volume 2

BY PETER LILLIS The gripes with SXSW are well documented and justified, no doubt about it. As Brooklyn’s DIIV stated, it’s just “drunk corporate goons and other industry vampires and cocaine.” Or as Roomrunner stated on stage at Club DeVille last Thursday, “keep tweeting, none of this fucking matters.” Even the supremely likable Foxygen suffered...

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Keeping Secrets: SXSW 2013 Preview

It’s no secret that SXSW is no longer a secret. What was (supposedly) once an event for industry types to rub elbows and get exclusive looks at the year’s hottest acts, has just become one damn good party courtesy of corporate partners. There are rumors of Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake and Lil Wayne sets, providing...

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Our Live Life, Vol. 2: February Concerts in Chicago

Better late than never? Today we continue our live music roundup with shows from across Chicago that we saw in February. 2/1 – Yo La Tengo @ The Vic It was a big day coming. On Friday, February 1st, at the Vic Theater in Chicago, Yo La Tengo treated an eager audience to about two...

Our Live Life, Vol. 1: January Concerts in Chicago and Columbus

Today, we debut a new monthly series, “Our Live Life,” in which we chronicle our live music experiences of the last 30 days. This month, we hear from Managing Editor Peter Lillis, and staff members Jordan Mainzer and Tim Myers, who made it to shows you weren’t able to in Chicago and Columbus. 1/7 – Parquet...

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Nothing Ever Stays the Same: Yo La Tengo @ The Vic Theater

BY JORDAN MAINZER It was a big day coming. On Friday, February 1st, at the Vic Theater in Chicago, Yo La Tengo treated an eager audience to about two and a half hours of material spanning their almost thirty-year-old career. Playing most of their excellent new album Fade and a variety of cuts from some...

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