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Shrapnel
Sending out feelers
By Mosi Reeves
About eight years ago, the Anticon collective was known as an avant-garde and even revolutionary force within hip-hop culture.
Living and recording together in a warehouse...
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Film
Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs
By Rob Nelson
Park City, Utah Ten days of terse texting among professional narcissists working on little or no sleep in one of the last cold spots left on Al Gore's inconvenient...
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Shrapnel
They make it look cool
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Nearly four years after forming, Tempe hardcore/trashrock quartet Casket Life has no money, no booking agent, and no record label. But they're still having a blast ...
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Locals Only
Delayed gratification
By Julie Peterson
Surreptitiously, like folkie snipers in the night, devoted aficionados of this Willcox-based duo have been sneak-listening to tracks from their most recent record, Just Like...
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Locals Only
And that's a lot of jam
By Niki D'Andrea
While Ten Dollar Outfit shies away from the "jam band" label, they are sorta like Phoenix's own version of Widespread Panic-meets-John Mayer, and singer/guitarist Brian...
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Live Wire
Have you ever really looked at your hand?
By Niki D'Andrea
Welcome to your Woodstock '69 flash back! While you're getting naked and covering yourself in mud like a dirty hippie, don't forget to grab an empty coffee can and drum along...
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Live Wire
See you at the Rec Center
By Emily Zemler
Even if you aren't familiar with Jack's Mannequin singer and pianist Andrew McMahon's former band, the undeniably emo Something Corporate, it's easy to see the musician's...
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Home Grown
Color Behind Closed Eyes (self-released)
By Niki D'Andrea
While Oh Doctor doesn't really fit comfortably into the "emo" category, its music does bear some resemblance to bands in that genre: the impassioned,...
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Listen Up
Super Roots, Super Roots 3, Super Roots 5 (Vice Records)
By Aaron Burgess
While they rose to prominence in America via a bewildering major-label deal and two high-profile stints on Lollapalooza, Japanese noise troupe Boredoms had been cult favorites...
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Listen Up
We Know About the Need (Anticon)
By Ray Cummings
The further Anticon strays from its original granola posi-artiste rap roots, the more intriguing this Oakland, California label becomes. England's Bracken represents the latest...
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Listen Up
Stones Throw Ten Years (Stones Throw)
By Mosi Reeves
Established in 1996 by producer Chris "Peanut Butter Wolf" Manak, Stones Throw serves as a benchmark for innovative hip-hop music. This compilation, originally released last...
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Listen Up
Alright, Still (Capitol)
By Ed Masley
The first words out of Lily Allen's mouth here are on the song "Smile": "When you first left me, I was wanting more/But you were fucking that girl next door." So yeah, she's...
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Listen Up
Blood Visions (In the Red)
By Jennifer Maerz
Remember the first time you heard the Pixies classic "Where Is My Mind?"? It condensed the euphoria of cutting anchor and sailing into the abyss into a four-minute pop song....
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Needle Exchange
We know where it's been
By Benjamin Leatherman
Free time has got to be the eternal enemy of local DJ impresario Hyder. When the turntable trickster isn't spinning at The Blunt Club on Thursdays at Hollywood Alley, he's...
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Turntable
Who's spinning what, where and when
Thursday 25 AZ 88: Mr. P-Body (synth pop, electro)
Blue Note: DJs Soloman, & Fred J, & guests (lounge, hip-hop, house)
Bobby C's: Willie B (old school R&B)
Cherry Lounge:...
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What's Selling
Chart-busters for the week
1. Mos Def, True Magic (Geffen Records)
2. Nas, Hip-Hop Is Dead (Def Jam)
3. John Mayer, The Village Sessions (SonyBMG)
4. The Beatles, Love (Capitol)
5. Matisyahu, No...
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