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MusicPosted onJune 29, 2013January 12, 2015

Racking Up Plays: “Ohio” by Patty Griffin feat. Robert Plant

Robert Plant’s arrangement lends the song an earthy, mystical quality that makes the song seem as timeless as the titular river.

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Bay Area MusicPosted onMay 14, 2013January 12, 2015

Report From the Show: Cloud Cult with JBM at The Independent, SF, 05.09.13

I can’t think of a better show for my first outing as a dad than Minneapolis chamber-folk-electro-enviro-orchestro-pop-rock band Cloud Cult.

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Concert PhotosPosted onMay 9, 2013January 12, 2015

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…

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MusicPosted onDecember 14, 2012January 22, 2018

PHOTOS: Flatfoot CD release, Woodruff’s, Ypsilanti, Mich., 12.08.12

Sad circumstances brought me back to Michigan last week. My grandfather passed away at the age of 91. If there was a silver lining to…

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End of the Year RankstravaganzaPosted onDecember 27, 2011January 12, 2015

Rankstravaganza: My 30 favorite tracks of 2011

I don’t know about you, but for me, 2011 was not a year of discovery. Most of the songs that bubbled their way to the…

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MusicPosted onDecember 14, 2011January 12, 2015

Racking Up Plays: “Party Crashin'” by Blacktivity

Over some banging, reckless beats, Illtone describes the world’s biggest asshole tearing a path of destruction through a party, ranging from the inconsiderate (failing to flush the toilet) to the felonious (stealing the host’s DVDs).

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MusicPosted onSeptember 20, 2011January 12, 2015

Racking Up Plays: “The Lark” by Timothy Monger

And what does The New Britton Sound sound like? Well, there’s a lot of banjo, which is a fantastic development as far as I’m concerned.

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MusicPosted onAugust 7, 2011January 12, 2015

Five awesome (yes, I said awesome–what of it?) discoveries at Friday’s Oakland Art Murmur

Honestly, some of the most creative artwork I saw all night was drawn in crayon on the back of paper placemats and taped to the wall at the pizzeria.

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MusicPosted onMay 6, 2011January 12, 2015

Racking Up Plays: “Just for Show” by Atmosphere

“Just for Show” is a document of a nasty break-up, the type of quarrel I’d sometimes hear outside my window on warm summer nights when I lived within walking distance of the downtown bars, with shouts of, “Get out my face!” and “You wanna threaten me?”

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Bay Area MusicPosted onMay 6, 2011January 12, 2015

Report from the show: Big ups to Minnesota hip hop with Doomtree’s Dessa, Sims and Lazerbeak at Bottom of the Hill

San Francisco has been a favorite tour stop for the Doomtree family for as long as there’s been a Doomtree. At least that’s what the…

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