Monthly Archive for March, 2007

This Week’s Contest Winners

Avalanche Larry King

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Site Updatings

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Hosted Live Download: David Bazan; February 17, 2007; Sweet Briar, VA

David Bazan
February 17, 2007
Sweet Briar, VA

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Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Security

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Security
2007, Anti-
A

Security, the latest album by Brooklyn-based Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra (hereafter referred to as Antibalas) is monstrously funky, exotic, and challenging-yet-accessible.

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!!! - Myth Takes

!!! - Myth Takes
2007, Warp
C+

Clever album title, not a terribly clever album. !!! should take note: the dance-punk revolution is thankfully over.

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300

300
2007, Warner Bros.
A-

It’s official, I’m a bad parent. I took my kids to see 300 and whenever a limb was severed and/or blood sprayed, we pumped our fists and declared it, as a family, awesome.

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Children of Men

Children of Men
2007, Universal Studios
B+

Children of Men marks director Alfonso Cuaron’s return to the realm of cinema for grown-ups, but his homecoming is not entirely triumphant.

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Hosted Live Download; Iron & Wine w/ Calexico; October 22, 2005; Seattle, WA

Iron & Wine w/ Calexico
October 22, 2005
Seattle, WA

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The Owl & The Bear Podcast vol. 31

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The Owl & The Bear Podcast

Hosted Live Download: Built to Spill; September 25, 2001 (DVD)

Built to Spill
September 25, 2001

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Hosted Live Download: Tom Waits & The Nighthawks; December 14, 1976

Tom Waits & The Nighthawks
December 14, 1976
New York, NY

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Review: The Hold Steady; March 14, 2007 at The Hi-Tone Cafe; Memphis, TN

When: March 14, 2007 around 10:30 PM
Where: The Hi-Tone Cafe; Memphis, TN

I had already bought the tickets for The Hold Steady because my wife was supposed to go with me. Then, two days before the show, she decides that our marriage “just isn’t working out,” and she needs more time to find herself. Apparently, this missing part of herself resides at the bottom of a bottle of anything alcoholic.

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Hosted Live Download: Kaki King; June 10, 2004

Kaki King
June 10, 2004
Northampton, MA

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