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Wednesday, July 25 2007

Saving Humanity: An Interview with John Vanderslice

"I am in general very anti-government." John Vanderslice brings his political and economic sides to the fore in taking on the world's crazies.


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Thursday, February 3 2011

John Vanderslice: White Wilderness

Vanderslice's approach may be more direct here, more immediate, but the results resonate just as deeply as anything he could have worried over in the studio.


Wednesday, May 20 2009

John Vanderslice: Romanian Names

On a memorable seventh album, John Vanderslice sheds the political overtones and finds himself just as alienated as ever.


Tuesday, July 24 2007

John Vanderslice: Emerald City

Full of murky and beautiful songs, this should be the album John Vanderslice is remembered for.


Thursday, December 7 2006

John Vanderslice

Is it true, what his website says, that John Vanderslice is the "friendliest guy in indie rock?"


Thursday, August 18 2005

John Vanderslice: Pixel Revolt

Welcoming new literary characters into the world, in the form of a song... they could entertain you for years.


John Vanderslice: Cellar Door [19.Mar.04]
John Vanderslice: Time Travel is Lonely [11.Jun.01]
John Vanderslice: Mass Suicide Occult Figurines [1.Jan.95]

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Wednesday, August 5 2009

John Vanderslice & the Magik Magik Orchestra - "Promising Actress" (video)

John Vanderslice hooked up with the Magik Magik Orchestra at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to record a live take of "Promising Actress" from…


Saturday, July 4 2009

The Tallest Man on Earth + John Vanderslice: 23 June 2009 - Exit In, Nashville

It doesn’t help that half the audience left after the opener, one of the songwriting world’s most secret weapons, the Tallest Man on Earth.


Thursday, June 11 2009

John Vanderslice - "Too Much Time" (video)

Pure Magic. Vanderslice + Magik*Magik Orchestra perform a song off his stellar new album.


Wednesday, April 29 2009

John Vanderslice - "Too Much Time" (MP3 / tour dates)

Dead Oceans has just released a new MP3 from the upcoming John Vanderslice album Romanian Names (US: 19 May / UK: 18 May). The singer-songwriter…


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