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High Sierra 2009

Words by Spencer K. Rouse The trek up to Quincy is filled with large amounts of anxious perspiration. A good dose of this is simply from packing ...

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The Polyamorous Affair — Bolshevik Disco

The Polyamorous Affair Bolshevik Disco Winter Palace/Manimal How can you name your band the Polyamorous Affair when the band is just you and your ...

Tiga — Ciao!

Tiga Ciao! Last Gang Tiga, the Montreal-based DJ, gives us his second original CD of minimal electro. Ciao! sounds heavily influenced by NYC post-disco, ...

Pet Shop Boys — Yes

Pet Shop Boys Yes Astralwerks Break out your black turtlenecks, pound a case of Red Bull and get ready to fly off the handle ...

Tortoise — Beacons of Ancestorship

Tortoise Beacons of Ancestorship Thrill Jockey Tortoise has always struck me as one of those bands that get off more on the sounds they ...

Bonnaroo 2009 — Now Say “Awe”

By Jeremy Gerrard When I claimed my degree from Chico State a few years ago, I cried an emotional goodbye to that ...

Les Claypool – Of Fungi and Foe

Les Claypool, bass virtuoso and all around musical legend, continues his trademark innovation and eclecticism in his latest release, Of Fungi ...

Zoroaster — Voice Of Saturn

Zoroaster Voice of Saturn Terminal Doom The difference between worthwhile stoner/doom metal and the lackluster, heard-it-all-before variety is rather slim. This is because we ...