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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Racking Up Plays: “Nanobots” by They Might Be Giants
In short, “Nanobots” is everything that TMGB fans have come to expect from the band, which is still engineering insidiously catchy little songs out of pop melodies, heady topics and peculiar humor. Continue reading
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Tagged apocalyptic, nanotech, NERRRRDS!, pop-rock, The Warfield, They Might Be Giants, TMBG, upcoming shows
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A Taste of Things to Come: Cloud Cult at The Independent, SF
Man, I’ve never been to a show with so little front lighting. Makes it awfully hard for your average, intrepid blogger to get decent photos from about five rows back armed with nothing but a camera phone. And that’s the … Continue reading