Vic Chesnutt
October 21, 2004
Knoxville, TN
Soundboard
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Vic Chesnutt
April 21, 2003
St. Paul, MN
Soundboard/Audience Matrix
Notes: This is a great “Silver Lake” era recording. There are a couple of rarities here. First, Vic duets with M. Ward on the opener “Where Were You”. At the end, he encores with a Nina Simone cover (who had passed away that day).
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2006, Geffen
In the past, after an initial taste, Sonic Youth virgins might’ve expressed anything from intrigue to a fight-or-flight reaction.
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2006, Velour Recordings
Kaki King ditches her normal acoustic thrash-plucking and makes Until We Felt Red—the most conventional album of her career.

2006, Southern Records
William Elliott Whitmore’s voice is gruff, he’s a deft picker, and his banjo is lovely, but this much-celebrated Iowan might not be for everyone.
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2006, Megaforce
Nuclear Daydream is another in a long line of bland pop albums from pretentious singer/songriter/artist Joseph Arthur.

2006, Atlantic/Wea
Consider this a holy war—against middle-of-the-road pop.
Mastodon - Blood Mountain Video Game
2006, Matador
B
I thought that playing an old school, NES-like video game ostensibly based upon Mastodon’s awesome new album would be pretty fucking cool. I was kind of right.
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Loose Fur
December 7, 2002
Audience (Quality: A)
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