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July 2008 - Articles

To Everything There Is a Season: Summer 2008

Since it's officially (been) summer (for over a month now) it's also officially time for another seasonal playlist. For those who haven't been keeping track at home every season I make a playlist that epitomizes the feeling inspired by that time of year.

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TBTMTU: Condemned to Rock 'N Roll

I have to say that even though I do this They Bring The Music To Us series every week, featuring a new blog, very few of them make a significant impression on me.

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My Interview With the Producer of Putumayo's Album Quebec

I won't repeat, beyond this sentence, my usual introduction about how I love reviewing and doing interviews for Putumayo albums because they do three things: 1) They introduce me to a different culture and genre, 2) They let me ask (hopefully) interesting questions of fascinating …

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TBTMTU: Late Night Wallflower

Up this week on They Bring The Music To Us is Late Night Wallflower, the webzine "dedicated to alternative music and culture".

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Listening In Live To Bon Iver at The Crofoot Ballroom 07/21/08

Justin Vernon and company unloaded their souls last night in an extremely moving live incarnation of 'the record'. As a tangible hush often filled the space, about 300 admirers showed great respect for the band and material throughout.

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TBTMTU: Battle of the Midwestern Housewives

This weeks They Bring The Music To Us featured blog is Battle of the Midwestern Housewives, a music blog featuring punk, indie and ska.

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Women in Music: Sleater-Kinney

Musically speaking, conversation regarding Washington State is usually reduced to a certain pair of grunge bands that made somewhat of a splash in the early 90s (Newsvine notwithstanding).

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What's the Big Deal with Amy Winehouse?

Since her 2007 break out album Back to Black, Amy Winehouse has become a tabloid queen. The world watches with pity and fascination as she plays out a classic tale of the drug addicted songstress on a downward spiral.

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TBTMTU: Berkeley Place

This weeks They Bring The Music To Us featured blog, Berkeley Place is easily the most meticulous blog I've ever featured here. While it isn't purely a music blog, most of the content is music related, and it boasts one hell of a mission statement:

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TBTMTU: Quick Before It Melts

This week's They Bring The Music To Us featured blog is the refreshing Quick Before It Melts, which operates along the same vein as Fluxblog, except with pictures, which Fluxblog never has.

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What's New In Music: 7/1/2008

Every Tuesday (well, OK, almost every Tuesday) Listen In does it's best to bring all the happenings, going-ons and news in the music world. Typically, we'll serve up the Billboard chart toppers, new album releases, and the hottest music news.

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