Today, part one of Ian Weinberger’s three-part series on this weekend’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in upstate New York. Stay tuned tomorrow and Thursday for more photographs, videos, audio and stories! I…
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Brainbombs – Obey
“Don’t let the jaunty little Lawrence Welk ditty that opens Obey lull you into any sort of peaceful state, you’d best be prepared for the hateful murderous mayhem that Obey has in…
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Six Organs Of Admittance – For Octavio Paz
When Ian first mentioned the name Six Organs Of Admittance, we were shopping at Other Music with a kid he went to college with called Ben. He asked one of the clerks…
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SUNDAY MIX TAPE – NUMBER 111
I used to go bowling with my father a lot when I was younger. He is one of those forty-plus-year-olds who work a 9-5 job all week (most Saturdays, too) and then…
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Spiritualized @ The Echo; Los Angeles, CA
It took ten years for me to see Spiritualized for a second time. It took less than 48 hours to see them a third time. If you’ll remember from yesterday’s post, Nicci…
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Apollo Stars – The Power Of Source
In honor of last night’s sojourn into the dark heart of Scientology, I present you with this wonderfully jazzy, soul-funk record. It was pressed privately and released by L. Ron Hubbard in…
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The Angelic Process – Coma Waering
The Angelic Process was a self-described “ambient drone metal” duo from Macon, Georgia. Formed in 1999, they create beautiful, heavy, VU’s-always-in-the-red compositions. “Gorgeous swirling black ambiance, massive crushing metallic pummel, soaring majestic…
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Cat Power / Spiritualized / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Hollywood Bowl; Los Angeles, CA
After missing Spiritualized twice since moving to LA, I decided that I would see the band on their next US tour no matter where they played. And although I would have rather…
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St. John Green – St. John Green
“St. John Green was a ’60s psychedelic band from the area of Topanga Canyon (not quite LA, not quite Malibu, Neil Young lived there, Charles Manson befriended Dennis Wilson there…). Like most…
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F/i – Paradise Out Here
This is one of my favorite psychedelic albums that was not recorded during the 60s or 70s. In fact, It was originally released by Huamn Wrechords in 1989! While everybody else was…