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Barry Brusseau’s ‘Soothing Hypnotic’ Folk

In a twenty year career that has included playing everything from metal to hardcore punk with his band The Jimmies, Portland Singer-songwriter Barry Brusseau has embarked on a formidable musical quest to arrive at the intimate folk music on his second LP The Royal Violent Birds.

06.18.2013

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Fidlar’s Second Video For ‘Max Can’t Surf’

In case you missed it West Coast skate punks Fidlar released a second more lysergic video for the popular “Max Can’t Surf” off of their self-titled debut LP. Fans of Mac DeMarco, Wavves, Black Lips etc. will totally grind on it’s liberal use of green screen depicting a Marty McFly aerial skate/surf board trip that starts in LA and ends IN SPACE.

06.04.2013

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Your Required Listening This Week Courtesy Of 3LAU

We were wondering what kind of tunes a musician like 3LAU finds inspiring so we asked him to curate a little playlist for this week’s Required Listening. He had this to say…

05.10.2013

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Foreign Talks, The Band You Wished You Formed In High School

With clearly developed songs featuring growling bass lines, thumping drums, catchy guitar riffs and four part vocal harmonies you’d never guess that Portland band Foreign Talks is composed of four teenagers.

04.29.2013

Action Bronson Chevy Woods Crystal Seth Penn State

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Penn State Rapper’s New Video Features Chevy Woods

Penn State rapper Crystal Seth releases new video featuring Chevy Woods. New mixtape dropping tomorrow.

04.22.2013

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A Love Song For One Direction’s Niall Horan

We’re big fans of NC punk trio Museum Mouth (having shouted them out a couple times) so we were psyched when MM main brain Karl Kuehn started a solo project called Ok McQueen and released a home-recorded punk-rap “love song” for One Direction pretty-boy Niall Horan.

03.22.2013

Cazzette Chess Club Comedy Laura Stevenson and The Cans Museum Mouth ON AN ON The Lumineers Valentines Day

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Your Valentine’s Day Gif Guide To Making Out

Music will inevitably play a key role in enriching this most romantic of days but it can also help make you a better kisser. True story. Today’s Required Listening mines some of the best music videos of the past few months to extract this GIF guide to making out.

02.14.2013

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Boy Things Is A ‘Boy’ Band That Actually Rocks

Meet NJ’s Boy Things. A ‘boy’ band that actually rocks and their rad song inspired by Pam and Jim from The Office.

02.08.2013

Dustin Wong Ponytail Sophia Peer Woods Yeasayer

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What’s It Like To Direct Music Videos?

Music video directors deserve more attention than they currently get for turning visions into reality for all of our favorite songs. To shine a light on these somewhat neglected souls for a moment and get the inside story on what happens behind the scenes as videos get made we called on artist and music video director Sophia Peer to discuss three videos that she shot and we love.

01.18.2013

Anamanaguchi Chiptune Danny Brown Folk Hip Hop Keaton Henson

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The Raddest, Chillest & Saddest Videos You’ll See Today

Crank it up, turn it down then chill it out this week with Anamanaguchi’s rad chip-punk, Danny Browns chill rhymes and Keaton Hensons’s heart string-tugging folk.

01.11.2013

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