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the downstairs mix-up: February 2009
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Friday, February 6, 2009. Hipster bullshit that i love. So I was checking out Pitchfork Media today, which I, to be honest, read every day, and they reviewed a CD by a band from Brooklyn called The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. I wasn't expecting much, but after a second listen to the song "Everything With You," I was really just, totally captured. It's absolutely simple, beautiful, fleeting, happy pop music that is absolutely fucking irresistible! Or in Sixteen Candles. They're playing at the Black Cat.
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the downstairs mix-up: October 2008
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Saturday, October 11, 2008. So, Ingrid are a sick fucking band, let's start with that. Originating in the Washington D.C. area, the band is made up of Ashley Arnwine(Mass Movement Of The Moth, Des Ark) on the drums, and Joey Doubek(Mass Movement Of The Moth, Danke, Bear And The Butterfly) on the guitar. Combining crusty d-beat hardcore, the jazzy math-core of Tiny Hawks. You can hear all of the mp3's on their website. And you can order their tape from my dear friend Will's label website, Cosmic Debris.
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the downstairs mix-up: December 2007
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007. Without further ado, top five records of the year n' shit. 5 Des Ark/Ben Davis-Battle Of The Beards. I haven't really listened to Radiohead since I was 14, and with this record I was able to fall in love with them all over again. Don't get me wrong, Kid A, Amnesiac. And Hail To The Thief. Were great records in their own right, but they just didn't really hit me like their earlier stuff. Different writers have claimed In Rainbows. 2 The Everybodyfields-Nothing Is Okay. This is ...
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the downstairs mix-up: been so lonesome, shakin' that morning chill
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Sunday, February 1, 2009. Been so lonesome, shakin' that morning chill. My particular choices have been a combination of things: some oldies but goodies, as well as some brand new favorites. The biggest surprise has been the resurgence of my love for Death Cab For Cutie. Particularly their album We Have The Facts And Are Voting Yes. Aren’t one of the best rock bands of all time. This is another case of nostalgia: U2. All of this is to say, I am really moved by this album, it is timeless, it is perfect fo...
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the downstairs mix-up: heartworn highways
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Saturday, January 31, 2009. Not too long ago, my friend and singer/songwriter extroardinaire Allen Thompson. Sent me two new songs he just recorded, one original called "Sick Of Me," and a cover of the Grateful Dead's classic song "Mission In The Rain." With two full length albums already under his belt, and a third one on the way, if these songs are any indication of how his new album will turn out, we are all in for a treat. I am not totally done with it yet, but I can already say that each song on her...
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the downstairs mix-up: January 2009
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Saturday, January 31, 2009. Not too long ago, my friend and singer/songwriter extroardinaire Allen Thompson. Sent me two new songs he just recorded, one original called "Sick Of Me," and a cover of the Grateful Dead's classic song "Mission In The Rain." With two full length albums already under his belt, and a third one on the way, if these songs are any indication of how his new album will turn out, we are all in for a treat. I am not totally done with it yet, but I can already say that each song on her...
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the downstairs mix-up: Overlooked Albums 2008
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Saturday, December 20, 2008. In this entry, I'll talk a little bit about albums I caught onto a little too late in the year., or albums that I underappreciated and am now finally coming around to. They may have made the top ten if I had heard them a little bit earlier, but that's the way it goes. Seriously give these a listen! Grouper- Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill. To do the soundtrack instead of Celine Dion. That only makes sense once you listen to this. Would make one of the best punk albums of 2008!
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the downstairs mix-up: December 2008
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008. The number five choice is the best punk album of the year, or at least the most popular, The Chemistry of Common Life. By Toronto's Fucked Up. This six piece has three guitars, an exciting and confrontational lead singer, and one of the more hilarious, eventful, energizing live shows in the country, usually ended with lead singer Pink Eyes half naked and covered in his own blood. They take a lot of influence from Husker Du. And occasionally bands like Pink Floyd. Of selling ...
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the downstairs mix-up: September 2007
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Thursday, September 13, 2007. He scruffy, Cincinnati-bred chroniclers of twenty-something life known as the National will take on that scruffy, Jersey-bred chronicler of blue collar life known as the Boss aka BRUUUUUUCE aka plain old Bruce Springsteen on the B-side of their new single. I knew they probably loved springsteen. who doesn't? Nice choice of cover. In addition, here are some fun youtube videos i've found in the last day or two:. Grizzly Bear doing an acapella version of "The Knife". And humour...
