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The Courtesy Tier: Map and a Marker
The Courtesy Tier Map and a Marker Rating: 4.0 Label: Self-released In this current indie landscape where countless bands seem intent on churning out inaccessible albums in the name of experimentation, The Courtesy Tier’s
Read More »Three Pizzerias: Brooklyn, NY
Grimaldi’s – 19 Old Fulton Street / 718.858.4300 / http://www.grimaldis.com DiFara – 1424 Avenue J / 718-258-1367 / http://www.difara.com L&B Spumoni Gardens – 2725 86th Street / 718.449.1230 / http://www.spumonigardens.com/ The classic New York
Read More »Interview: Nathan Williams and Ryan Ulsh of Wavves
Spectrum met with Nathan Williams in Portland quite a while before his recent bad luck, but even at the eerily empty Reed College, it was clear that Williams was aware he may have been
Read More »Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Rating: 3.5 Label: Glassnote On French quartet (and Sofia Coppola’s favorite band) Phoenix’s 2006 breakthrough It’s Never Been Like That, they seemed like the chic, cool exchange students who might,
Read More »Unknown Instructors: Funland
Unknown Instructors Funland Rating: 1.0 Label: Smog Veil Records Under no circumstances should anyone ever listen to this album. Nothing more than a collection of free-form nonsense, Funland is fucking intolerable. Before we get
Read More »Kabei: Our Mother
Kabei: Our Mother Dir: Yoji Yamada Rating: 3.0 Strand Releasing 133 Minutes Japanese director Yoji Yamada is closing in on 80 years old and has directed films since the early 1960s, but it was
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Concert Review: Yann Tiersen/Asobi Seksu
When my companion and I arrived at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom, I was astonished at the length of the line at the door – we had arrived early… it was Wednesday night… how far back
Read More »White Rabbits: It’s Frightening
White Rabbits It’s Frightening Rating: 4.0 Label: TBD Records I’m going to try and get this all out of my system at once – the new White Rabbits record sounds just like a new
Read More »The Wooden Birds: Magnolia
The Wooden Birds Magnolia Rating: 2.0 Label: Barsuk The return of Andrew Kinney to Austin, TX is strongly felt on The Wooden Birds’ Magnolia, his first project away from the hibernating American Analog Set.
Read More »The Big Shot-Caller
The Big Shot-Caller Dir Marlene Rhein Rating 2.0 Stella Films 90 Minutes It’d take a heartless monster not to feel some twinge of endearment for this sweet-natured rom-com, given its inspiring back story. Acclaimed
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