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It’s time for a facelift. Welcome to the new TCA. Our aim is to be better, not bigger. We hope you’ll enjoy exploring 2012 with us. »
We highlight our favorites of 2011. M83, Weekend, Destroyer top our list of must-hear music »
MOJO Magazine’s February 2011 issue contains a cover album of New Order’s 1983 classic, POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES. »
Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart died Friday. He was 69 and lived in Trinidad, Calif. The cause was complications of multiple sclerosis, said Gordon VeneKlasen, a partner at the »
The “Publicist” folder in my email program is a bit like my local thrift shop. New stuff is continually being added and I browse through a few times a week, »
It’s great to see music festivals popping up all over the country, and Treasure Island in San Francisco is filled with promise. And it has, arguably, the best view of »
I just received this in the mail. 1 Top Class Manager is how Rob Gretton(January 15, 1953 – May 15, 1999) referred to himself as Joy Division‘s fifth member in the »
Since all my time any energy was focused on Sasquatch this past weekend, last Saturday’s Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist had to wait till today . Jake Fogelnest picks ‘em »
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So I’m home sick with the flu. It’s amazing what you’ll find trolling the web mindlessly for hours. Evidently Chris and Nick of Death Cab for Cutie stopped by CNN »
Stephen Merritt can’t stand still. The amount of projects he’s principled in the last 18 years are too numerous to recollect off the top of one’s head. He’s created some of modern »
I’m a huge fan of the Goodwill Dollar LP bin. You’ve seen those poor, deserted records – children’s learning LP’s, religious sermons and presidential speeches, hypnotism records to help you »
Over the course of his meteoric career, Andy Warhol (1928–1987) used the medium of music to transform himself from fan, to record album designer, to producer, to celebrity night-clubber, to »
It struck me last night when I was choosing which show to cover, that us San Franciscans are damn lucky to have so many fine live music choices on a »
I recently had the pleasure of enjoying an evening of music at The Comet here in Seattle. You never know what you’re going to get at some shows. I’ve been »
The Color Awesome’s own Paige Parsons has been asked to be a part of Crawdaddy!, an online music magazine. Their San Francisco roots date back to a fanzine started in »
I’ve heard it said that everyone in Seattle wants to be a DJ. I don’t see that as a problem! Anybody into music should try it once. At some of »
First off, props to the crowd at Andrew Bird’s Thursday show at The Fillmore. Humanity is evolving. We all had some personal space, there was a minimum of chatter and »
It is fitting that I start this blog with a bit on my favorite band ever. I recently referred to the New Order reissues as “the most beautiful nail in »
