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March 2008 - Articles
What's the Big Deal with Vampire Weekend?
Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:10 PM EDT
In late March 2007 as I was getting off the subway I picked up a copy of the most recent issue of The L Magazine. The week's feature was "8 New York Bands You Need to Hear" and I, always on the lookout for bands I need to hear, eagerly paged through the to the cover story.
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Women In Music: Feist
Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:35 AM EDT
Thanks to the iPod Nano, everyone in the English-speaking world has heard "1234" and indie boys utter her name with lust and reverence (and a little envy that she slides so easily into those skinny jeans).
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Anti-Emo Violence Erupts in Mexico... Nobody Saw This Coming
Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:10 PM EDT
In the United States these days the term "emo" is widely misunderstood, sometimes to hilarious effect.
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Diggin' the Crates: How To Own The Thrift Stores
Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:16 PM EDT
After a brief hiatus, Diggin' the Crates is back. This week, let's talk about thrift store records. In a lot of ways, this is my favorite kind of digging. You never can tell what you'll find in a crate in the back of a suburban Goodwill.
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TBTMTU: Shame-Free
Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:58 AM EDT
Snarky, *usually* up-to-date, smart-ass music news. If you are looking for pop princesses or flash-in-the-pan rappers, you have the wrong site my dear. reads Shame-Free's header, and it delivers what it promises.
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Mix - Hip(ster)-Hop Mashups From The Hood Internet
Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:01 AM EDT
The creme de la creme of rap and rock come together in The Hood Internet, a duo of mashup DJs STV SLV and ABX.
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Don't Make A Mixtape... Make A Muxtape!
Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:17 PM EDT
When was the last time you made a mixtape? Until five minutes ago, the answer for me was, "It's been so long, I don't remember." But now, thanks to Muxtape.com the answer is, "Just five minutes ago. Want to hear it?"
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Press Play: A Review of The Raconteurs, Consolers of the Lonely
Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:38 PM EDT
Here's one we didn't see coming - The Raconteurs went into the studio early this month, took like a week to record a new album, rushed it to press and quietly announced it a week before its release.
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What's New in Music 3/25/08
Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:02 AM EDT
Another week, another Tuesday, another flurry of new music. As new albums drop, this column will do its best to track the notable releases so you don't have to.
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Listening In Live to Tilly and the Wall: 3/21/2008
Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:23 AM EDT
Since the moment they decided to use Jamie Williams' tap-dancing feet for percussion instead of drums, Tilly and the Wall has been a band unafraid of taking chances with its music.
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Rewind to '96: Fugees' The Score
Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:31 PM EDT
After the relatively obscure release of their debut album in 1994, The Fugees returned two years later to critical acclaim with "The Score".
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My Newsvine Interview With the Harmonica Pocket About Its New Album, Ladybug One
Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:25 PM EDT
My inner child jumps up and down when I play good music made for children and families. Suffice to say my inner child was also smiling a lot listening to the music made by The Harmonica Pocket. I was sent the cd and I asked to interview one of the musicians involved.
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Artist Profile: Corinne Bailey Rae
Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:39 PM EDT
Amidst the criticism of R&B music – talk of mediocre talent and dependence on image rather than vocal ability – Corinne Bailey Rae's star shone bright with her self titled debut album.
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I Built A Theremin, And You Can Too!
Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:57 PM EDT
This week, I'm putting Diggin' the Crates on hold to write about a recent construction project of mine. I built an instrument called a theremin. For Christmas, I got a kit made by Moog. I finally got around to building it over the weekend. What's a theremin?
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TBTMTU: Said The Gramophone
Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:57 AM EDT
Said The Gramophone is a pleasantly clean cut "pistachio-green" blog that's had the time to perfect its style. From the site: said the gramophone launched in march 2003, and added songs in november of that year.
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What's New In Music: 3/18/08
Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:33 PM EDT
Another week breezes by in the cycle we call life, and music accompanies us the entire way. What's new in this segment of the cycle? How about a new top 5 on the charts, a few new album releases and a Sean Combs - LA Times altercation to round out your music news deprived week?
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re:Mix: Revved up on the road
Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:24 PM EDT
Driving is more than a commuter obligation for me, it's a pursuit. In the right car, with the right music, a drive to the gas station becomes a lark. For me, every ride is a joy ride.
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New Single Review: I Still Love Gold (with audio!)
Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:28 AM EDT
David Ellinwood started out playing viola. His mother took it away from him when he started detuning the strings and playing it in his lap like a guitar.
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Press Play: A Review Of AmpLive's Radiohead Mashup "Rainydayz"
Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:40 AM EDT
We at Listen In just don't seem to be able to get away from In Rainbows, do we? Radiohead's headline-grabbing 2007 release has been reviewed, awarded, and generally discussed a number of times in the scant few months we've been doing this.
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What's the Big Deal with Radiohead?
Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:19 AM EDT
1993's ode to nihilism Creep may have put Radiohead on the map but the unspectacular song offered no indication of the direction this band's scope of vision.
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The Artists in Profile: She and Him
Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:10 AM EDT
Actors moving on to the music business is in no way a new idea, however it's an incredibly hazardous one. For every intriguing project involving Scarlett Johansson singing Tom Waits songs there lies a Bruce Willis band, or a Shaquille O'Neal hip-hop record.
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TBTMTU: Tuneage
Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:52 AM EDT
Your music sucks. We're here to help. boasts the headline of Tuneage, the first music tumblelog I've covered in the They Bring The Music To Us series, and one of the few music tumblelogs around period.
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Mix: Revved Up on the Road
Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:12 PM EDT
If you know anything about Southern California, you know that we Angelenos spend a good deal of our time on the road. Just last week I spent three hours in traffic to get somewhere that is normally only 45 minutes away (yeah...).
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Women in Music: Kickin' off with Kaki King
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:58 AM EDT
Georgia-born drummer, New York City busker, womens' health advocate and guitar slapper, one Ovation and two hands1: meet Kaki King, Listen In's first Woman in Music.
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Rewind: PJ Harvey's "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea"
Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:49 AM EDT
Everyone has those albums that they can put on at any time and in any mood and just enjoy them. I've certainly got a few - Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?", Weezer's "Blue" album, the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, the list goes on.
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