January 2012, 40 Watt, Athens, Ga. John Darnielle stunk, and he knew it. “I’ve been wearing this shirt for nine days, and I smell worse than a pig,” the affable
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I was listening to a podcast the other day detailing the story behind db drag racing, a competition where people seek to create the loudest sound inside a car. The
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You know what, before I become fully invested in this review of Brett Netson‘s Simple Work for the Dead, I have to address the 17-minute “song”. There’s a point in
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I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise, this gentle rise of Brit pop from the American hinterlands. The lasting dynamic of ’90s stalwarts Oasis, Pulp and Blur have filtered
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A band’s name doesn’t carry much weight with me. Too often the moniker has some odd genesis that has little to do with anything, giving no clue what one can
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As the frenetic pace of opening track “Defend Rosie” comes to a close, Static Jacks‘ lead singer Ian Devaney leans into the mic, and in a throaty charge yelps “I’ve