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Kurt Vile and Purling Hiss @ The Grog Shop 4.2.2016
Kurt Vile is chill, so fucking chill. Words crawl out of his mouth in a slacked drawl. Notes from his guitar have so much reverb they sound as if they had wobble their way through jelly on their way from the stage to your ears. Kurt Vile is so fucking chill, he inspires conversations between strangers on the amazingness that is legal weed in Colorado. The truth is, it takes a lot of work to be that chill. Vile alternates nimble finger picking with all out assaults on his guitar.
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A Jam Packed Thursday with White Lung, Nothing, and Steve Gunn
Now, this is what I call a ripper. White Lung's "Kiss Me When I Bleed" is all punky and grungy, Five Hour Energy stacked with Five Hour Energy, shredding on top of shredding, longhairs headbanging and skinny kids, well, looking disinterested. Fuck the cool kids and turn it up.
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The Rockometer: Life/Thrills by Lower Plenty
That bit about friends from other bands in town gathering around a kitchen table to write and record music describes Lower Plenty to a tee. The ten, largely acoustic numbers collected on Life/Thrills are spontaneous and endearingly unpolished: The percussion often sounds like washboards or bottles and cans; the guitars are loosely strummed and tuned to good enough; and, the lyrics are often conversational in nature, gathered from bits overheard about town or supplied as the answer to the simple question, "What did you do today?"
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The Rockometer: Tied to a Star by J Mascis
Look, I'm under no impression that acoustic J. Mascis on his latest solo outing, Tied to a Star, will deliver the same type of thrills as plugged in J. Mascis posing in front of a six-stack of Marshall amps, leveling a room with feedback and fury. I have much more realistic expectations. All I want is a moment or two of fine finger-picking and a couple tracks to reassure myself I indeed need J. Mascis unplugged in my life.
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The Rockometer: A Letter Home by Neil Young
Neil Young
A Letter Home
Third Man Records
Neil Young's A Letter Home is quite the novel record. It's not a ...
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Jam Packed Thursday with Beck, Damon Albarn, and Mark McGuire
Morning Phase, Beck's soon-to-be released, 12th album (2.25 Capital Records), is being billed as the spiritual successor to his 2002 release, ...
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The Rockometer: Has God Seen My Shadow by Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Has God Seen My Shadow
Light in the Attic
Has God Seen My Shadow, the 3XLP Mark ...
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The Rockometer: “it’s a big world out there (and i am scared)” by Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile and the Violators
"it's a big world out there (and i am scared)"
Matador Records
Kurt Vile's ...
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