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Column: Backslash

The (Indie) Music Industry Is All Right

by Liz Colville

[31.Aug.09] :. The media is too preoccupied with the funeral arrangements of the mainstream music industry to celebrate the life that is happening elsewhere.

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Mixed Media

Dan Deacon - “Get Older” and more (Live @ Todd P’s) (video)

by PopMatters Staff

[23.Jul.09] :. Noisevox is a new live music site, focused mainly on indie rock and they’ve come out of the gate with an impressive array of weekly live performances within that genre with Animal Collective...

Mixed Media

 

Music Review

Dan Deacon: Bromst

by Mehan Jayasuriya

[27.Mar.09] :. Dan Deacon holds a warped funhouse mirror up to his inner electronic composer. Don't worry, he hasn't matured. Rather, he's evolved.

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Scenic Overlook Feature

Making a Scene: Baltimore, Maryland’s Wham City

by Erika Szabo

[8.Jan.09] :. Goofy, childlike, chaotic, tribal, artsy -- all of these and more describe Wham City, the sprawling collective of artists working together to make Baltimore, Maryland, a community thriving on wild abandon and mutual support.

Scenic Overlook

 

Capsule Reviews

Adventure: Adventure

by Timothy Gabriele

[1.Oct.08] :. Carpark continues to document Wham City's enchantment with juvenalia, this time taking on some chiptune teenage victory songs.

Capsule Reviews

 

News

ABC revisits Johns Hopkins Hospital, where every moment is critical

by Tom Jicha [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[23.Jun.08] :. “Hopkins,” a six-week sequel to the outstanding “Hopkins 24/7” documentary series of eight years ago, raises a question: Will the television audience embrace genuine doctors...

PopWire

 

Les Savy Fav, Manu Chao, Constantines…

by PopMatters Staff

[23.Apr.08] :. Les Savy Fav Disco Drive (live) [MP3]       In These Woods [MP3]       Precision Auto (live) [MP3]      ...

 

Baltimore by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden

by Chris Barsanti

[21.Dec.07] :. Christopher Golden and Hellboy scribe Mike Mignola make full use of World War I's carnival of cruelty to foreground their tale of lost love and massacred innocence. Not to mention vampires -- lots of vampires.

 

Dan Deacon: Spiderman of the Rings

by Nate Dorr

[6.Jun.07] :. Dan Deacon manages to lure in his audience with his strange, raucous brand of electro-pop and induce them to sway, leap, and even shout along with him.

 

Betty Davis, Get Him Eat Him

by PopMatters Staff

[3.May.07] :. Betty Davis Anti Love Song [MP3]       He Was a Big Freak [MP3]       Buy at iTunes Music Store “For the first time, Betty’s...