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Staff Pix 11/6: Synth
“Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order Very few songs come close to perfection. Bizarre Love Triangle is true, final form, actual perfection. Undoubtedly my favorite song of all time, Bizarre Love Triangle transcends everything imaginable, creating a whole new atmosphere…
First Life: Quadeca at Citizens House of Blues 10/23
There’s an authenticity, a willingness to bare the soul, embodied by Quadeca, his band, the artists opening. It’s a serious skill to hold a room the size of Citizens House of Blues, and none of them seem to have any…
Car Seat Confessions: A How to Leave Town 12 Year Anniversary Retrospective
How To Leave Town is a lonely drive down a darkened highway deep into the pits of night. Its production is unnatural, robotic, like an early draft of an FL Studio project that never really finds a way to escape…
Staff Pix 10/30: Spooky
“Phobophile” by Cryptopsy Listen, I know it might be no “Monster Mash,” but “Phobophile” may as well be the best possible alternative. After all, Cryptopsy offer something for everyone here: eerie, atmospheric piano intro? You got it. Gut-busting levels of…
Staff Pix 10/23: Karaoke!
“All I Wanted” by Paramore Is there a moment from the 2000s pop-punk wave that hits harder than Haley Williams’ seminal high note in this song, and the subsequent monster of a chorus? Debatable, for certain (after all, Paramore have…