Dec 11, 2013
Music
Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM
VII gives you no indication that it was created after 1975. Blitzen Trapper‘s seventh full-length continues in the band’s tradition of offering listeners a timeless blend of folk, rock, roots, gospel, country, and everything in between.
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Studio: Tribeca Film
Written and Directed by Jessie McCormack
Dec 10, 2013
Cinema
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In an example of incredibly apt titling, everything one expects – and nothing one doesn’t – happens.
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Dec 10, 2013
Music
Melvins
Two alternating line-ups weren’t enough to keep them busy, so core duo Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover have now formed a third concurrent incarnation of the hardest-working band in heavy rock.
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Dec 09, 2013
Music
Latyrx
Sixteen years after their groundbreaking The Album, Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born return as Latyrx for The Second Album. Where The Album felt vibrant and off-the-cuff, thrilling in its loose assembly, The Second Album is a traditional record, with solid production and a coherent vision.
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Dec 09, 2013
Music
Obits
Here’s more from lifers Obits, with the crew doing just what they do: amped-up, straight-up rock & roll served raw, with churning guitars framing a shit-tight rhythm section and vocalist/guitarist Rick Froberg mercilessly beating up his voice box.
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Dec 06, 2013
Music
Psapp
Despite releasing three terrific LPs in the ‘00s and one of their songs being used as Grey’s Anatomy‘s theme song, Psapp never really received their due.
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Studio: CBS Films
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Dec 06, 2013
Cinema
Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM
Dreary, wintry, and infused with the Coens’ trademark dark humor, Inside Llewyn Davis chronicles a brief, days-long span in the singer’s adventurous vagabond life.
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Dec 06, 2013
Music
Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM
Grounded in a loose tradition of Northwest indie, Quasi are defined, if at all, by their expansiveness. Their raucous yet cerebral—and highly creative—brand of party rock has grown to stadium size and left genre in the parking lot.
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