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Both being a teen and dreaming can be disorienting, strange, and something from which you might soon want to flee; both can be a terrifying nightmare. But the title of Baltimore-duo Beach House’s third album also suggests…

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It’s weird to think that the 00’s (aughts? naughts?) are already almost over. Soon it will be the tens, and we’ll be dressing like Gibson girls all over again. But for the next few weeks, and probably for the first few months of the new year, there will be a lot of “Best of the [...]

A mix tape wrought by Satan himself.

Bursting immediately into the explosive first track “And the Hazy Sea” off their debut album Why There Are Mountains, Cymbals Eat Guitars rocked an entranced Santos Party House last night. The members are talented, tight players that are quite visibly skilled at their instruments and bring what might be called an indie rock sound along [...]

Arriving from the UK, from where it’s apparently a bitch to ship a cello, wise-beyond-her-years musician Laura Marling enraptured a packed house of believers. Tiny and girlish, but with a voice that’s not only lovely but alarmingly wise, Marling did not veer far from the shape of her songs in the live setting, though they [...]

Merill Garbus, member of the excellent Sister Suvi (who’ve now either disbanded or simply gone on temporary hiatus) performed as her oddly-spelled solo project tUnE-YaRdS last night at Union Hall. Enthusiastic hooters and a few hilariously swaying hippies welcomed her to the low, comfortably livingroomesque space below Brooklyn’s favorite Bocce Ball bar. More than just [...]

I just wanted to share with you the meeting of two great minds that was Prince’s interview on Tavis Smiley tonight. Prince didn’t say much in particular, except for mentioning how he likes sports like basketball, which just made me think of Dave Chappelle’s brilliant sketch. And he mentioned how important it was that people [...]

I was just watching TV when a commercial for Crayola came on, and I wasn’t paying attention but found myself bobbing my head along to the song. Then as the ad ended I realized what I’d been listening to….Click here to continue reading this article at its new home, Ad Nauseous….