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Michelle Branch: Spirit Room
For the life of me, I wanted that blue Taylor 614ce. The one Michelle Branch held in old photographs—angled just so, girl and guitar gleaming like product and prophecy. I didn’t get the guitar. But I got the album. The Spirit Room. It came to me like most things did then: slowly, imprecisely, passed through… — read more
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Marina and the Diamonds: Family Jewels
I remember thinking Lady Gaga was referencing her—Marina and the Diamonds—in all those high-concept visuals, the performance art, the glamorous misery. Turns out it was Marina Abramović. Close enough. I’ve always been drawn to pop music that knows it’s pop music. Even when I was a scene kid in eyeliner and borrowed band tees, I… — read more
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Brand New: “Deja Entendu”
There isn’t much to say because I took a week to make this album review. Déjà Entendu by Brand New had always been such a pivotal part of my history as a teenager growing up in the early 00s. I admit I haven’t owned a single physical copy of Déjà Entendu. I was living in… — read more
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Diesel Boy, Versus The World and M Section | 12/8/2023
at Kilowatt Bar in San Francisco M Section Versus the World Diesel Boy — read more
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Skinny Puppy Final Tour 2023 | 11/27/2023
at The Fillmore in San Francisco — read more
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Skinny Puppy Final Tour 2023 | 11/27/2023
at The Fillmore in San Francisco — read more