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Dinosaur Jr. has recalled part of the European pressing of its latest record, Farm, because it is too loud. What? Is there such a thing as “too loud” in the world of Dinosaur Jr.? Apparently, it was a mastering issue, which raised the volume of the sound 3db’s. I just can’t get over the fact […]

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Hearing that a band is from Brooklyn may predetermine your attitude towards it, but good music rises above petty biases, good or bad. Soren Well is a quintet from the aforementioned trendy borough that plays a frighteningly accurate amalgamation of Loveless-era shoegaze with showers of guitars and dreamscape vocals. The tonal similarities to My Bloody […]

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I have no idea why this happens, but sometimes I can hear songs dozens of times without really noticing them. Then one day I’m gobsmacked out of nowhere. This White Rabbits tune had this exact effect on me. It’s been out for a few months, and I’ve heard it plenty of times on Sirius XMU. […]

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The Guardian’s John Robb questions whether punk legends Crass – or a band with similarly extreme ideals – could exist in today’s musical and social climate. Are kids today too cynical to buy into such ideals? Was Crass’ success outside the mainstream merely a product of extraordinary times? The band played its last show 25 […]

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“We wanted to do something special for Doolittle’s 20th anniversary,” Pixies singer/guitarist Black Francis explained in a press release, “and we thought this was a good opportunity to play all of the songs from that album, something we don’t normally do at a regular gig.” Guess I’ll be flying to London or Paris for their […]

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