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Watch Me: “Life Like This” by Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile, has long been known as a rambling blues man whose complex, dreamlike melodies fuck with long-standing norms of the genre. But, did you know Kurt Vile is also a piano man? On "Like Like This," the latest preview from his forthcoming Matador album, Vile augments that wandering guitar style of his, not with more guitar and more feedback, but with a persistent piano loop giving, this otherwise rootsy track a sly modern feel.
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A Jam Packed Friday with Ty Segall, Nude Beach, Sloan, Lower Plenty, and The Afghan Whigs
Ty the Ripper is back. After a quiet end to 2013 with the downcast, and appropriately named solo album, Sleeper, garage-rock guitar hero, Ty Segall has returned to doing what he does best -- Ripping, shredding, going apeshit on guitar, giving zero fucks about being able to hear past the age of 40, sounding like Kurt Cobain stuck in San Francisco circa 1973, etc, exclamation point.
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The Rockometer: Burn Your Fire For No Witness by Angel Olsen
Angel Olsen
Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Jagjaguwar
Angel Olsen could always sing. Hers was a devastating voice, ...
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The Rockometer: Calendar Days by Dick Diver
Dick Diver
Calendar Days
Chapter Music
Listening to the ...
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The Rockometer: Paper Moon by Georgiana Starlington
Georgiana Starlington
Paper Moon
Hozac Records
One can ...
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The Rockometer: Double Natural by Boomgates
Boomgates
Double Natural
Bedroom Suck Records
Supergroup ...
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The Rockometer: All Hell by Daughn Gibson
Daughn Gibson
All Hell
White Denim
Daughn Gibson's bio is nearly as unbelievable as his music. In introducing their recent signing, Sub Pop ...
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Double Depravity Double Feature: New Videos from Father John Misty and Spiritualized
Let's say we start this week off right. And by right, I mean S&M, drag queens, booze, nudity and ultra violence.
First, we have "Nancy ...
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