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"I could never wear what you wear,...

THAT IS NOT A COMPLIMENT, UNDERMINER!
Dec 2nd
Through this Sunday, December 7, you can download...
Dec 1st
Wait! There's a Golden Filter tumblr?...
Dec 1st
Zana in her natural habitat (and wearing Alexander Wang,...
Dec 1st
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“The Constellations” by FanDeath Just now jumping on the FanDeath bandwagon (though I...
Dec 1st
via simko Once again, the work of Phillip Toledano: ...
Dec 1st
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via tessagoldsmith: “Herpes Simplex” by Rosa Yemen The singing is no wave, reverby,...
Dec 1st
via soupsoup and inothernews and notthatkindagay and folkinz
Dec 1st
Charlie Brown, racial integration, and the...
Dec 1st
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Dec 1st
TOKION magazine asked the divine Lizzi Bougatsos to...
Dec 1st
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“Larousse Baron Bic” by Rosa Yemen Rosa Yemen was the performance art/music project of...
Dec 1st
Absurd, yet fascinating.
Nov 30th
“Did yall see Mathangi Arulpragasam on the cover of SPIN? (I...”
— Whenever an Alternative Artist...
Nov 29th
avedanke: >Thanks for this one Britticisms. Glad you...
Nov 29th

Things I Learned Today:

That my mother and grandmother both worked at Planned Parenthood in the ’70s, and that my mom...
Nov 29th
The 60th anniversary basement “House Party” for...
Nov 29th
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“Ghost Rider” by Suicide Going back to what you love to remember why you loved it.
Nov 29th
via avedanke and jessicachu and bebelestrange
Nov 29th

Ghost Rider motorcycle hero. Baby, baby,...

Nov 28th
Natalia Brilli | Leather Rock Band Installation | Hypebeast
Nov 28th
via alohanico Stream of Light is a conceptual sofa by...
Nov 28th
via spectra and baikuken and Stephan Abry
Nov 28th
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Love Split With Blood” by 8 Eyed Spy Tell me how you really feel, Lydia Lunch.
Nov 28th
The new issue of Venus Zine featuring She & Him on the...
Nov 28th
I’ve been in a particularly strong no wave, post-punk,...
Nov 28th

More or less Thanksgiving:

a late dinner, debates on gay marriage and the proposed high school for gay students in the city...
Nov 28th
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“Jim on the Move” by Lizzy Mercier Descloux Something light (or as light as I can...
Nov 27th
Download here via ill-informed.
Nov 27th
Re: Flosstradamus, via Arianna
Nov 27th
Urban Outfitter’s About a Girl section features...
Nov 26th
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planettampon: Cut Copy - Sands of Time NEWNEWNEWNEWNEW. I really hate it when Cut Copy does...
Nov 26th
alohanico: Surface to Air 2008 Fall/Winter Jewelery...
Nov 26th
Past ESG posts on Britticisms: “UFO” ...
Nov 26th
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“Dance” by ESG One of my favorite ESG tracks, the chorus is delectable. One listen is...
Nov 26th
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“Chistelle” by ESG Perfection. Also included in the latest post-punk mix, when you...
Nov 26th
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“Parking Lot Blues” by ESG Just as good as the first time I heard it.
Nov 26th
Nov 26th

The Tumblr effect:

When you are momentarily obsessed with a band you almost forgot about because someone posted one of...
Nov 26th
postpunk: Since I’m going to be away from my computer for...
Nov 26th
So, I’m rather obsessed with Zana’s work in...
Nov 26th
Spotted on the Sartorialist Shredded legs.
Nov 26th
via alohanico and handa: today and tomorrow (via dunny)
Nov 26th
Fleeting Seating: The Slightly Uncomfortable Chair...
Nov 26th

According to a recent interview in The...

I’m not saying mediocrity is determined by the amount of time put into something, but… ...
Nov 26th

In a just world...

Slumdog Millionaire will be nominated for Best Picture and we can all pretend that garbage like Juno...
Nov 26th
Born in Chengdu, Echo Morgan (real name: Xie Rong) is a...
Nov 25th
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piercethenight: risingtensions: esg - erase you (1983) love those girls Seriously. As Barrett...
Nov 25th
kanamit: Paris, October 1971 (photo by Richard...
Nov 25th

Finished, son!

Wrote a paper on how the black female body was/is identified as both hypersexual and non-female,...
Nov 25th
R.I.P. Imitation of Christ
Nov 25th
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“Under the Sun” by Junior Boys Still so good. As part of my paper writing playlist,...
Nov 25th
via homecoming
Nov 25th
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kafka-on-the-shore: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin in and singing Slogan
Nov 25th
“Subjects in the liberal diaspora constantly urge one another...”
— Elizabeth Povinelli in The...
Nov 25th
photography by Bill Ray
Nov 24th
photography by Bill Ray
Nov 24th
This is essentially an ode to pretty boys and pretty music,...
Nov 24th
postpunk: A bunch of no-wavers: Harold, Kristian Hoffman,...
Nov 24th

Sookie Stackhouse is fierce.

When you compare fierce Sookie to weak Bella from Twilight, there’s no competition. End of...
Nov 24th
via squattheatre.com
Nov 24th
Anya Phillips guestlist for James Chance concert at the...
Nov 24th
I’ve been thinking about the fact that living in the...
Nov 23rd

I'm doomed.

Alex just informed me of Google Reader and its “sharing” feature. This, along with...
Nov 23rd

It feels like summer.

And by summer, I mean above 32 degrees.
Nov 23rd
via thisrecording The Washington Square Park that was
Nov 23rd
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forwhenifeellikesharing: Nina Simone - “Little Girl Blue (Postal Service Remix)” “SGW”...
Nov 23rd
twentysix: ...
Nov 23rd

Tonight I celebrated my sister's...

And as much as I knew I tried to despise the bar she held it at (Rockit Bar and Grille, which, among...
Nov 23rd
postpunk: Now That’s What I Call New Pop! I recently hit...
Nov 23rd
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This one’s called Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down. Hearing a lot of current,...
Nov 23rd
I finally caught up with the Dossier #2 while waiting for...
Nov 23rd
Responsibilities at my job include sharpening golf pencils...
Nov 23rd
via raisedonsandwiches saltine necklace… yes please!
Nov 22nd
robot-heart and marrina JAK & JIL BLOG Is this Devon...
Nov 22nd
No Wave City is the interactive community and...
Nov 22nd
Four years ago, it was completely feasible to want to become...
Nov 21st
boneretteparty: Joe Strummer - “I would let this man do...
Nov 21st

Selected quote from Kanye's interview in...

Q: Did you have an epiphany about singing on this new album? A: I never even thought about it like...
Nov 21st
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“Brooklyn Club Jam” by Runaway Nine and a half minutes of disco goodness, wrapped up...
Nov 21st
Spats
Nov 21st
switchbladesusie: Egon Schiele, Sitting Woman With Legs...
Nov 21st
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postpunk: DNA - Blonde Red Head (clip from Downtown 81) Britticisms inspired me to post this. ...
Nov 21st

OMG, Twilight was so bad.

And I’m not just saying that. My sister said that I would have to evaluate my assessment of...
Nov 21st
Free Danger is a multi-media artist collective based in...
Nov 21st
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“Blonde Red Head” by DNA Third favorite DNA song after “Not Moving” and...
Nov 20th
“White people like Journey in general and “Don’t Stop...”
—  Alexander Balk, who indeed...
Nov 20th
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Lykke Li and Q-Tip perform “Can I Kick It?,” “Move,” and “Vibrant...
Nov 20th
Bridging the white-black Journey gap?
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
planettampon: Dazed & Confused: Building Blocks
Nov 20th

I didn't realize Journey would be so...

And I wasn’t trying to be mean, or anything. I also wasn’t trying to lump together or...
Nov 20th
kanamit: Ian Curtis, 6 January 1979 “And he just looks...
Nov 20th

Can white people please explain...

“Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey to me? This is something that’s bothered...
Nov 20th
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grayandgreen: There’s this present-day Japanese tradition of adopting the styles of 1960’s ye-ye...
Nov 20th
hydeordie: Yayoi Kusama Her painting No. 2 (not shown)...
Nov 19th

Puppies, kittens, bunnies, otters!

I just finished writing a paper on how the Guatemalan government and political elite used anonymous...
Nov 19th

Put your teeth where you love to love....

Nov 19th
frsh2dth and kiske
Nov 18th
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“Function of Your Love” by New Look Obsessed. That’s all.
Nov 18th
You can download New Look’s EP for free here.
Nov 18th
Dazed Digital recently posted an article with New Look from...
Nov 18th
A chained chain
Nov 18th
endriu and eclettichevisioni
Nov 18th
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counterforce: Dinosaur Jr. “Take A Run At The Sun”
Nov 18th
somethingchanged: Oh wow. Via Jak and Jill. My (imaginary)...
Nov 18th

Playlist #6 By Britt Julious

Have you been checking out the Futuremilk playlists? They’re pretty awesome. I submitted a...
Nov 18th

Things I Absolutely Love (An Ongoing...

The first five seconds of “Digital” by Joy Division (so much so that I included it in...
Nov 18th
OMG Arianna! I love you for this list.
Nov 18th
Bangles
Nov 18th
via alohanico and shimmerandshine and shotguneddie: Japan...
Nov 17th
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“Detroit” by Morgan Geist This album is a permanent fixture now. It’s so...
Nov 17th
(via futuremilk)
Nov 17th
Micronomic Mondays - A Playlist based on the song...
Nov 17th
Nov 17th

Oh, wait.

Ferrrn first linked to the article and I’m posting some of the lowlight. Think major...
Nov 17th
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“My Week Beats Your Year” by Telefon Tel Aviv Finals week. I apologize in advance for...
Nov 17th

There are white flecks falling from the...

Go away.
Nov 16th
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“The Shore” by Morgan Geist Morgan Geist’s album Double Night Time features guest...
Nov 16th
Six Scents is a collaboration between Seven New York, six...
Nov 16th

RE: britticisms

drned: yeah i remember going to Filter the day before it closed. it was sad. i know it sounds lame...
Nov 16th
Nov 16th

Things I wish I could say, but don't: "I...

Things I say instead: “Um, is this, um, skim milk? Um, it doesn’t really taste, um, like...
Nov 16th
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Things that are perfect (an incomplete list): The pumpkin cranberry scones at Red Hen Bread ...
Nov 16th
bonerparty: you know the boner party is over when Robin...
Nov 16th

Things I Absolutely Love (An Ongoing...

The exact moment when the doors open on the Green Line train and I can smell “fresh”...
Nov 16th
Dazed Digital Playlist November 2008 includes my techno...
Nov 16th
Dazed and Confused December 2008 Featuring Harmony Korine,...
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
Nov 16th
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“Emily” by Shocking Pinks
Nov 15th
danhacker and davidcho But wait? It’s decided, right?...
Nov 15th
Problems getting this article produced were numerous, most...
Nov 15th

OMFG.

I forgot how horrendous the Green Line is. As if the horrible stench, the trash, the people eating...
Nov 14th
A piece-by-piece look at the equipment that comprises the...
Nov 14th
“For me, [singing is] very emotional. The sadder you...
Nov 14th
Gang Gang Dance (have I talked about them enough? Are you...
Nov 14th
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OMG BURNS! This sample, it’s hot. I’ve listened to this over 25 times since...
Nov 14th
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mvmvmv: Deerhoof - Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back
Nov 14th
So, the MCA, cool as ever, is starting a new music series on...
Nov 14th

I remember you all calling me a fat,...

so why would I want to catch up at Pops for Champagne like we’re all tight and shit? No, thank...
Nov 14th
Nov 14th
Nov 13th
Refinery29’s fall playlist, “Autumn...
Nov 13th
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Uh-oh! Britticisms cameo! Those be 4-inch heels, people. My friends Colleen, Connor, and Matt...
Nov 13th
johnbrissenden: (via bebelestrange) And…here comes...
Nov 13th
The highest heels The reddest lips Perfectly coiffed
Nov 13th
noahkalina: My photograph of Castanets (Ray Raposa) in Issue...
Nov 12th
I like the freedom one is afforded to create new interactive...
Nov 12th
“Unfortunately for the class of New York/urban...”
— THAT$WHAT$UP! Thank you,...
Nov 12th
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“The Top” by Francis and the Lights Kinda Prince, kinda Jamie Lidell, kinda Jamiroquai
Nov 12th
Nov 12th
by Laura Laine
Nov 12th
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“Ruler” by Marnie Stern Everything about her I adore.
Nov 12th
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homeofthevain: Broadcast, Until Then (The Noise Made by People, 2000) “If you think nothing is...
Nov 12th
Layered and Lazy: I’ve posted a (full) look on...
Nov 11th
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The first time I heard this, I had to do a double take to make sure that I was actually listening to...
Nov 11th
Sometimes, I have a difficult time falling asleep when I...
Nov 11th
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It’s LOG! It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood! It’s better than bad,...
Nov 11th
An open letter to activists on prop 8
Nov 11th
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bg5000: Sonic Youth - “Silver Rocket”
Nov 10th
Nov 10th

I'm naked. I'm numb. I'm stupid. I'm...

Nov 10th
via nadamas:Air Lines is a poster created from the pattern...
Nov 10th
Nov 10th
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The below picture made me remember this video and this song, which I posted earlier in the year, and...
Nov 10th
futuremilk: “Lupe Fiasco”
Nov 10th
Nov 10th
Follow Alert: Rahmblr, a hilarious new tumblr...
Nov 10th
XLR8R, one of my favorite music magazines (and if you are an...
Nov 9th
“Man it’s fun to write “Obama...”
— miss havisham’s...
Nov 9th

Shots ring out from the center of an...

Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
(via futuremilk)
Nov 9th

It's Saturday night and I'm home at...

This is early for me. Something I realized tonight: I need more single friends. Spending time with...
Nov 9th
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“(This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan” by Dntel featuring Ben Gibbard (Superpitcher...
Nov 9th
Follow alert: It's called Daily Otter and...
Nov 9th
ferrrn: book explosion. want. via the selby
Nov 8th

About last night...

I tend to have a distate for most boys my age. And that’s what they always seem like to me. ...
Nov 8th
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edr: DNA -Detached from Downtown 81
Nov 8th

I can't become a teacher.

A part of me considered working for Teach for America post-graduation, but after working as a TA...
Nov 8th
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Stereo Image is former Junior Boys member Johnny Dark and house musician San Serac. Whereas Junior...
Nov 8th
Nov 8th
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“Dark Chapter” by Stereo Image
Nov 8th
Apartamento Issue #02 launch party
Nov 8th
(via homecoming)
Nov 8th
New York No Wave: Noise That Still...
Nov 8th

I certainly haven't been shopping for...

Nov 7th
“Marnie Stern Shreds Light on Guitars” On the...
Nov 7th

Can't Hardly Wait came out ten years...

Kenny Fisher: Yo, I gotta have sex tonight! I mean peep this - They say here ninety-two percent of the honeys at UCLA are sexually active. Ninety-two of the women in Los Angeles at UCLA walking around going, "Class... or sex? What shall I do?" Ninety-two percent, yo! Hey, you know what that means?
Ritchie Koolboy: What?
Kenny Fisher: It means I gots a ninety-two percent chance of embarrassing myself. I roll up on that shorty be like, "What's up yo?" she be like, "You don't know 20 different ways to make me call you Big Poppa" cuz I don't yo.
Nov 7th
After the Disaster by Thobias Faldt
Nov 7th
(via prettylegit)
Nov 7th
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forwhenifeellikesharing: Sébastien Tellier - “Look” This was featured at the conclusion of...
Nov 7th
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futuremilk: found video / preview to syd kim’s playlist P.S. Futuremilk’s guest playlists are...
Nov 7th
New obsession: Streetstyl.es
Nov 7th
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And then the temperature dropped and I found myself stuck underneath an awning at the Walgreen on...
Nov 7th
Nov 7th

Browsing through the new Change.gov...

See, going to the site makes me quickly realize that there are so many disparities between men and...
Nov 7th

Putting it out there...

I find Rahm Emanuel extremely attractive. Always have, really. I’m very excited that I will...
Nov 6th
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OMG new video from The Kills So, perhaps you are new to this blog, but if you’ve been reading...
Nov 6th
Spec covers for the Teenage issue
Nov 6th
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So yes, this song is impossibly gorgeous. It kind of makes me wish that I was still in high school,...
Nov 6th
The Day After The Day After: An Obama...
Nov 6th
It’s OK to be a little confused by Free Blood Unlike...
Nov 6th

McCain supporters on Facebook = FAIL

All of these people talking about the fact that they’re gonna leave the country and go to...
Nov 6th
The Selby plus Magnus Berger
Nov 6th
Fuck This Life started in 2005 by Weirdo Dave. It is the...
Nov 5th
Billy Kirk/Rider Robison leather bound notebooks
Nov 5th
Obama celebrates Obama photo taken in Obama, Japan
Nov 5th
“Of course we did.”
— Britticisms modifying the...
Nov 5th
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whatcriscilikes and skeetonmischa: “Champion” by Kanye West Here’s to you, Mr. President.
Nov 5th

Half a bottle of rose plus no dinner...

But I did do the “Naomi Campbell” walk, so all is good.
Nov 5th
dailybunny: Via
Nov 5th
Is This Shit Over? An Electro/House/Dance Playlist to...
Nov 5th

Seriously, though.

I’m super sick of seeing these pictures everyone took secretly of their vote for Obama....
Nov 4th
You are no longer allowed to be a lazy hipster.
Nov 4th
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There are a couple of dance parties taking place tonight for the election. One is providing free...
Nov 4th
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“Too Much Paranoias” by Devo think I got your dial tone think I got Billy...
Nov 4th
floraflora: (via to.m)
Nov 4th
So I voted, friends! Woke up at 5:15 (after getting in from...
Nov 4th

More than Barack,

I’m excited for Michelle Obama in the White House. If there is anything Black females need in...
Nov 4th
“The way to my cold dead heart is through warm synth beats.”
— Niki You and me both.
Nov 3rd
Chictopia's now on tumblr.
Nov 3rd
Blackbook and the girls of Rodarte interview Kim Gordon for...
Nov 3rd
(via tothemaxxx)
Nov 3rd
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“I Can Make You Feel It” by Home Video I already love this EP and it hasn’t even...
Nov 3rd
Spotted on the Sartorialist Dapper Young Fellows: These...
Nov 3rd
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postpunk: Talking Heads - Right Start (Unfinished Outtake) This is an early version of the song...
Nov 3rd

The potential for danger?

I’d like to believe that nothing terrible will happen tomorrow night and into Wednesday. On...
Nov 3rd
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“Helen of Troy” by Telefon Tel Aviv This song is from their new album, Immolate...
Nov 3rd

OMFG FIRST TWO MINUTES OF TRUE BLOOD...

Really though?
Nov 3rd
Home Video makes dreamy, minimalist electro-rock. Their...
Nov 3rd
Some of the best looks from Lookbook are now...
Nov 3rd
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Golden Birthday are a Chicago-based band making sweet yet haunting lo-fi music combining a variety...
Nov 3rd
Nov 2nd
I am a fan of Chandaliers and their LP, The Thrush, combines...
Nov 2nd
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“Stars” by Celebration Like if TV on the Radio and The Birthday Party had a female...
Nov 2nd
All conventional wisdom would tell me that Celebration is...
Nov 2nd
Moleskinerie is a website that details the...
Nov 2nd
One thing I love about the Creative Review and their...
Nov 2nd
Friendly Fires performing during CMJ and photographed by the...
Nov 2nd
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postpunk: Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar Former Theoretical Girl Glenn Branca’s...
Nov 1st
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God, the new Deerhunter is good. I know that it leaked over half a year ago, but I just picked it...
Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st