Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words at the Reading and Leeds fests in the motherland, Golden Gate park... CONTINUE READING OUTSIDE LANDS 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in , , (0 comments)
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When John Vanderslice did "Too Much Time" with the Magik*Magik Orchestra, we suggested that, actually, perhaps he wasn't spending enough time with the so-called "official house orchestra" of his Tiny Telephone studio. Case in point: Check out this lush take... CONTINUE READING JOHN VANDERSLICE EXPLORES HIS "FOREST KNOLLS" WITH THE MAGIK*MAGIK ORCHESTRA»
Posted on July 2, 2009 in , (4 comments)
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It wouldn't be all that risky to say everyone of a certain age has a Michael Jackson moment. He was a cultural phenomenon on a much larger scale than almost anyone else making music today (in some circles he'd get... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKERS EULOGIZE THE KING OF POP»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in (81 comments)
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The last time we checked in with John Vanderslice, he was having a really good day: celebrating the release of his Romanian Names LP, and his birthday, and eating a delicious looking cake. Everybody was smiling, which is pretty typical... CONTINUE READING JOHN VANDERSLICE DOES "TOO MUCH TIME" WITH THE MAGIK*MAGIK ORCHESTRA»
Posted on June 10, 2009 in (5 comments)
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Not your typical in-store at Seattle's Easy Street Records Friday night. John Vanderslice played an hour where a twenty-minute slot would do, but there were things to celebrate -- like last week's release of his seventh LP Romanian Names, but... CONTINUE READING JOHN VANDERSLICE @ EASY STREET RECORDS, SEATTLE 5/22/09»
Posted on May 26, 2009 in , (12 comments)
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When Jessica spoke with John Vanderslice about his upcoming seventh album Romanian Names, he told her: A lot of songs are about the difficulty of being in love, and the difficulty of being in a relationship ... When you're in... CONTINUE READING NEW JOHN VANDERSLICE - "FETAL HORSES" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on April 1, 2009 in , (12 comments)
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NAME: John Vanderslice PROGRESS REPORT: Releasing his 7th studio album, Romanian Names (Dead Oceans), on May 19. It takes a while to get John Vanderslice to talk about himself. He'd much rather talk about blogs, ceramic tile, the iPhone, or... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: JOHN VANDERSLICE»
Posted on February 26, 2009 in (10 comments)
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Tomorrow marks the release of blog-beloved indie rock troubadour John Vanderslice's latest LP Emerald City, and JV's celebrating the record with a show of love back to the blogosphere, premiering live vids of his entire album via ceremonial lap of... CONTINUE READING NEW JOHN VANDERSLICE LIVE VIDEO - "KOOKABURRA"»
Posted on July 23, 2007 in (13 comments)
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In which a suited man and a boy in warpaint and tie headband stare longingly while blogger hero JV sings it's "time to go ... to go, to go" like an indie rock Rihanna. There's some measuring by the man... CONTINUE READING NEW JOHN VANDERSLICE VIDEO - "TIME TO GO"»
Posted on July 13, 2007 in , (5 comments)
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There's no way Pablo Honey or even The Bends could have prepared us for OK Computer. This isn't a new thought, but it is worth mentioning that in just over four years Radiohead graduated from "Creep" to visionary status. It's... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM PRESENTS... OKX: A TRIBUTE TO OK COMPUTER»
Posted on July 10, 2007 in (237 comments)
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From Camp Rogue Wave:On September 30th 2006, San Francisco band Rogue Wave will host a benefit concert to raise money for their drummer Pat Spurgeon, who is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. The benefit concert will feature performances... CONTINUE READING DIG DEEP FOR THE DRUMMER»
Posted on September 21, 2006 (6 comments)
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Wednesdays offer slim pickings during CMJ week. But Jeff and I caught plenty of memorable gigs on Day One. I'm living it up until Friday, 'cause that's when I leave for my bachelor party (Vegas, baby ... I've never been).... CONTINUE READING CMJ WEDNESDAY WRAP-UP»
Posted on September 15, 2005 in (22 comments)
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Is cellar door the most beautiful phrase in the english language? Probably not, but when combined with "free MP3s" who can resist? John Vanderslice has posted all the Cellar Door remixes here. Cover art too. Link via Catbirdseat who also... CONTINUE READING JOHN VANDERSLICE MP3S»
Posted on August 5, 2004 (2 comments)
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