Play Music Magazine

Posted on September 11, 2007 Under Music

If you're hankering for new music without having to interrupt too much the zen flow of your daily web surfing session, open that extra tab in your browser to Play Music Magazine, a digital online publication rockin' to go with…

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Pharoahe Monch Turning Japanese?

Posted on September 6, 2007 Under Music

Pharoahe Monch; now there's a name I hadn't heard in a long time..until a month or so ago that is, when I found out I had completely missed the release of his new album, called Desire. It had been several…

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Sigur Ros: Heima Trailer

Posted on September 3, 2007 Under Music

This trailer for Heima, the documentary by Sigur Ros is a must see. It's gorgeously shot (HD is stunning), and shockingly moving. The film was made last summer at the end of an extensive world tour-- the group returned home…

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Jose Gonzales: In Our Nature

Posted on August 27, 2007 Under Music

Our heads have been bobbing all morning to the new Jose Gonzalez album, In Our Nature. No, it's not available yet (slated for a September 25 Release), and yes, we're naughty boys for listening to leaked music -- but I…

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Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Posted on August 10, 2007 Under Music

For anyone still insisting rap is dead, you may want to send Del tha Funkee Homosapien the memo. The rapper has been slinging rhymes for 16 years, starting out as part of his cousin Ice Cube's background band and later…

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Camp Bisco 6

Posted on July 30, 2007 Under Music

Oh lovely; I adore writing about music festivals that I won't be attending. At least Camp Bisco 6 looks like it will feature primarily electronica -- a fact that will make both my future absence less painful (not really my…

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Revenge of the Bookeaters

Posted on July 27, 2007 Under Music

A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers! Feist! Jim James of My Morning Jacket! Sarah Vowel! Demetri Martin! I like these people! I like their musical and comedic styling! They're all going to be on one stage! The stage of the…

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New Sia: 'Buttons'

Posted on July 27, 2007 Under Music

Josh thought it imperative that he call and tell me that he saw Sia's new video just now which -- in addition to accompanying the standard incredibleness that is anything she creates -- is flat-out WEIRD in that "OMG, this…

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Indie Rock Festival: Brazil

Posted on July 26, 2007 Under Music

Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are hosting two days each of the country's first-ever Indie Rock Festival (July 25-27), bringing in England's The Magic Numbers and The Rakes as headliners alongside some very good Brazilian indie artists. The indie…

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Talk Shop Fridays: Mixtape Time

Posted on July 20, 2007 Under Music

At any given time I have between fifteen and forty playlists that I actively listen to, each of them slightly different and tailored to fit exactly what mood I'm in, and generally the only time I actually share these with…

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