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INTERVIEW: Petey Dammit of THEE OH SEES talks Floating Coffin, Dead Notes and High Guitars
San Francisco’s chaos-mongers Thee Oh Sees put on a mean live show – and their albums of crazy psych rock are pretty damn tasty too. In this, I interview high-hoisting bassist Petey Dammit on the subject of their new LP Floating Coffin.
February 22, 2013
LUNA/Dean & Britta’s DEAN WAREHAM and BRITTA PHILLIPS to Release Three Solo Albums
He Said: Dean Wareham talks about his solo album(s). She Said: Britta Phillips talks about her solo album. Here’s the early word on what to expect from these fab, married Luna ex-pats.
February 18, 2013
My Bloody Record Review: First Listen of “MBV” by My Bloody Valentine
I could spend 22 years fiddling about with a review of the new My Bloody Valentine album, but instead I’ll show you my gut reaction, on the first listen, as the world waited to download it.
February 2, 2013
REWIND: A letter from Wayne Coyne, Flaming Lips, 1997. Posters, Spider Bites and the Birth of Zaireeka
The Flaming Lips announced they’d be re-releasing their quardrophonic album Zaireeka for Record Store Day 2013, which reminded me of a package Wayne Coyne once sent. Take a look, in this special BSR REWIND.
January 27, 2013
FOALS: Too Much on the Subject of New Album “Holy Fire” and a Band I Love (+ new video!)
The first post of 2013 and I’m laying it out. My name’s Mikala and I’m a Foals-a-holic. And I’m also now trying to wrap my head around their new album “Holy Fire.”
January 23, 2013
AFGHAN WHIGS Deafen and Destroy in Seattle
The Pacific Northwest gathered in preparation for the rapture, rather the return of the Afghan Whigs, which was bigger, louder and more satisfying. Here’s what went down at the Showbox on November 3rd.
November 16, 2012
CAT POWER Live in Vancouver – Weird. Beautiful. Weirdly Beautiful.
Just days before she cancelled her European tour, Chan Marshall’s Cat Power performs at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre and it’s a wild, utterly compelling combination of weird and beautiful.
November 13, 2012
Introducing METZ: I Love Them. You Should Love Them, Too
In which you are introduced to a nice trio of Canadian boys who are putting out the best metallicky fuzz-punk of the moment. They are called METZ and you should love them.
November 12, 2012
CRYSTAL CASTLES bathed in haze of loud in Vancouver
Crystal Castles assaulted all senses at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on October 26. This is the story of that show and how I ended up taking really bad pictures on stage.
October 27, 2012

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