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22. Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol If there was a year end category for “Most Bitter Sweet Album of The Year”, then Fate & Alcohol would be the hands down winner. Steeped in the call and response super layered sound we’ve come to expect from Brian King and David Prowse, this LP marks the end…
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23. Chuck Prophet & Qiensave – Wake The Dead I had my reservations about Chuck doing a cumbia record, but boy was I wrong. Yeah there are definitely the infectious grooves you’d expect from this Peruvian style of music but there’s also more than enough Chuck Prophet sarcstic, witty and driving rock and roll.
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24. Ghost Shirt – Crayon Dragon Ghost Shirt – Crayon Dragon How many times have I said, “__________ is the best songwriter nobody has never heard of”? Well here I go again, Branden Barnett is one of those. And here, he reunites with old Columbus, OH bandmates, Samantha Schnabel, on vocals and violin, drummer, David…
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In early 2023 while out to dinner with friends at a local East VIllage restaurant only a couple of streets from his walk up apartment, Jesse Malin suffered what ended up being a very rare spinal stroke which left Jesse paralyzed from the waist down. Jesse has yet to return to his walk up home,…
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December In Her Eyes – The days are short, the nights are cold and the mood is meloncholy.
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The Menzingers Live at Theatre For The Living Arts (2024-11-29) The Menzingers celebrated the 10th anniversary of their, in my humble opinion, underappreciated album Rented World with a semi one off show in their hometown of Philadelphia (fuck the Eagles & the Phillies) at Theatre For Living Arts aka TLA, a venue I’d not previously…
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Futurebirds and Color Green at Bowery Ballroom (2024-11-24) Futurebirds brought their brand of southern fried rock and roll to New York City last weekend with a 2 night run at Bowery Ballroom and to quote rhythm guitarist and vocalist Dan Womack, it might have been the best shows and experience they’ve ever had in the…
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UK foursome, Fightmilk have been around for some nine years now, having grown up and formed in the neighborhoods of South London. They burst upon the British music scene with their debut LP, Not With That Attitude in 2018 and released their follow up, Contender in 2021. Both albums received considerable good press from the…
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Ratboys, Palehound & youbet Live at Warsaw (2024-11-16) Chicago’s Ratboys have been a busy band this year. They were out on tour most of the summer as support for The Decemberists (a tour which passed through Brooklyn over at the gorgeously renovated Brooklyn Paramount back in May. On Saturday night they finished up a mini…
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The indie folk foursome, known as Florist is currently in the midst of a sold out 4 night stand at Cassette over in Ridgwood. Not surprising the 4 night run in this small basement venue sold out almost immediately considering Emily A. Sprague, lead singer, primary songwriter, and rhythm guitarist along with her 3 bandmates…
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 