NEWMUSICMACHINE 9 – Halfhearted Seapunk Thoughtpiece

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1. Scanner - Pet (Headz) 2. Daphni - Long 3. Lindstrøm - Rà-àkõ-st 4. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Like a Sundae 5. Crystal Castles - Affection 6. Pye Corner Audio - The Black Mill Video Tape 7. Tamaryn - While You're Sleeping, I'm Dreaming 8. Errors - Ammaboa Glass 9. Teen Daze - Garden 2 However you feel about seapunk, vaporwave, and Tumblr fashion/aesthetics - love that kind of thing or find it … Read more

Scare-A-Thon 2012: Criminally Insane, The Boxer’s Omen, Giallo, ATM

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I should note that I will be dealing heavily in spoilers for some of these movies, but in general those are movies I would absolutely not recommend another human being actually watch. Still, fair warning. Also, films denoted with an asterisk are … Read more

Who the Fuck Is Child Bite?

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Seeing Child Bite was a bizarre, unexpected experience. Trying to recall if I've seen a band successfully balance as many disparate elements as they did without becoming completely inaccessible, and I'm drawing a blank. Some bands live in the studio … Read more

Scare-a-Thon 2012: Music Box of Horrors

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I should note that I will be dealing heavily in spoilers for some of these movies, but in general those are movies I would absolutely not recommend another human being actually watch. Still, fair warning. Also, films denoted with an asterisk are … Read more

8 Lines or Less: Blacklisters, Neurosis, Pyres, Hot Garbage

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8 Lines or Less covers albums from small, often regional bands with the occasional major release thrown in. The idea is to give coverage to artists self-releasing great, under-appreciated and under-covered albums. If you've got a band and you've been … Read more

Scare-a-Thon 2012 – Spasmo, Vampires, and Sorcerers

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I should note that I will be dealing heavily in spoilers for some of these movies, but in general those are movies I would absolutely not recommend another human being actually watch. Still, fair warning. Also, films denoted with an asterisk are … Read more

Scare-a-Thon 2012: Horror in the 80s & 90s

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I should note that I will be dealing heavily in spoilers for some of these movies, but in general those are movies I would absolutely not recommend another human being actually watch. Still, fair warning. Also, films denoted with an asterisk are … Read more

NEWMUSICMACHINE 8 – Recursive Retro and The New Nostalgia

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1. Wonder World - "Let Me In" 2. Solange - "Losing You" 3. Hundred Waters - "Me & Anodyne" 4. Chris Cohen - "Monad" 5. Mount Eerie - "Ocean Roar" 6. The Mountain Goats - "The Diaz Brothers" 7. Why? - "Jonathan's Hope" 8. Philco Fiction - … Read more

SCARE-A-THON 2012: Cinema Wasteland

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I should note that I will be dealing heavily in spoilers for some of these movies, but in general those are movies I would absolutely not recommend another human being actually watch. Still, fair warning. Also, films denoted with an asterisk are … Read more

Privacy Please Episode 1 – Haunted Soul Liner Notes

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1. Introduction (music: Shuggie Otis - "Pling!") “Privacy Please” is many things at the moment; this mixtape series, my blog platform for longform writing about music and recording equipment, records, and other thoughts, and a record label of … Read more