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Wednesday Music News

For those who didn’t get their Coachella fix this year (or didn’t get tickets to next year’s fest), festival promoter Goldenvoice has a solution: the S.S. Coachella. Departing from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in December, the ship sails to the Bahamas and Jamaica, and while in transit, the cruise will host performances from Pulp, Hot Chip,Read more...

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Bumbershoot 2011, Sunday: Warpaint

LA female quartet Warpaint played a dusk set full of stellar percussion (lots of offbeat snare and polyrhythm) and hypnotizing, swirling three and sometimes four-part harmonies. There is something about a band that has multiple talented musicians that can all sing - it makes for an awesome spectacle. Warpaint is part of the goth-tinged new-wave-yRead more...

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Live Around Town This Week

  With Labor Day Weekend and Bumbershoot ahead of us, it’s a busy time for music, so you’ll just have to pace yourself. Monday has Ravenna Woods and Motopony, and Tuesday is arguable one of the most kick-ass shows of the week -- Japandroids and Bass Drum of Death at Sunset. Surfer Blood‘s on Wednesday,Read more...

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Coachella 2011: Video

So, Coachella happened this weekend. Renowned as one of the biggest and best summer music festivals, this year’s took place this past weekend at Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. But if you weren’t able to get down to the desert for the party, the fest had the courtesy to webcast some of the biggerRead more...

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Live Review: Warpaint @ Neumos 3/20

On Sunday March 20 I headed over to Neumos to see Warpaint, with Family Band and PVT opening. I first saw Warpaint back in October 2009 opening for School of Seven Bells, and enjoyed them enough to pick up their EP Exquisite Corpse. By the end of 2010, I’d also bought their debut full-length albumRead more...

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Live Around Town This Week

Tuesday, March 15 GIRL TALK @ Showbox SoDo My first experience with Girl Talk came unexpectedly at a music festival a few years ago. At the time, my friends and I weren’t terribly familiar with Girl Talk - who he was, what he did, or what kind of following he had - and we wereRead more...

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KEXP at NXNE: Showcase at Horseshoe Tavern 6/17

KEXP’s unending quest for new musical discovery takes us to some interesting countries and cities. Last week week, we got a chance to visit Toronto, Ontario, and attend the 2010 North by Northeast conference and even host our own showcase at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern with Elliott Brood, The Ghost Is Dancing, Warpaint, Free Energy,Read more...

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