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Monthly Archives: April 2012

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The Mystery of Mr. Moon

Due presumably to some chemical imbalance or deep-seeded psychosomatic flaw, I have been known to occasionally become obsessed with individual songs. For reasons that are not immediately apparent, I will feel a strange compulsion to listen to the same track [...]

July 29, 2012 Articles, Features
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As Cities Burn Review @ Bang Bar, Basingstoke, UK (July 18th, 2012)

I have been to a lot of shows in my short life. I have been to huge stadiums and small bars; trendy clubs and festivals; capacity crowds and no-shows. I’ve spent a lot of time traversing the spectrum of live [...]

July 28, 2012 Show Reviews
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Top 5 Non Album Tracks

It’s been a while since we have had a Top 5, but we’re back and no worse for the wear. So, what is a non album track? I mean, isn’t that just called a B-side these days? Well, for the [...]

July 24, 2012 Features, Top 5 Lists
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Interview – I Call Fives

On short notice, Drew Conte (pictured middle) was able to take some time to speak with us here at Type In Stereo. The bassist and founding member of New Jersey based pop-punk wunderkinds, I Call Fives, discussed their new album release, touring, [...]

July 21, 2012 Interviews
Wes Anderson Soundtracks Part II – The Royal Tenenbaums

Wes Anderson Soundtracks Part II – The Royal Tenenbaums

In Part II of this series, we are going over Wes Anderson’s absolute masterpiece, The Royal Tenenbaums. While this may not be his best film, I would argue it is his most complete one – it is the one film [...]

July 15, 2012 Articles
A Night with Guttermouth and a few others @ The Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa

A Night with Guttermouth and a few others @ The Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa

It is 1:45 in the AM, I am extremely tired, and I smell like a hell-spun mixture of beer, cigarette smoke, and ass; none of which was mine, but all of which somehow ended up all over me.  I would [...]

July 13, 2012 Articles
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Ryan Adams – Live After Deaf

Ryan Adams’ Live After Deaf is a behemoth. It is made up of 144 live acoustic tracks spread across 15 vinyl discs, one for each show from Adams’ 2011 summer European Tour, with an additional 74 bonus cuts (and the initial [...]

July 12, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Motion City Soundtrack – Go

When I first put on Motion City Soundtrack’s new album, Go, I was not expecting what was to come.  Now, four albums into their career, I thought Justin Pierre and Co. were firmly set in their sound of moog infused [...]

July 11, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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I Call Fives – I Call Fives

I’ve always said that for me to really and truly love an album, it needs to do one of two things: 1. Do something new. I’m not looking for the birth of a new genre, but at least the challenging [...]

July 10, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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mewithoutYou – Ten Stories

From the first time I heard them, mewithoutYou always struck me as a band with one goal in mind – musical innovation. I was initially introduced to their music by Trever Keith of Face to Face and his electronica mash [...]

July 9, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Gold Motel – Gold Motel

As I walked to work through the constant drizzle that colours the July London skyline a dire shade of grey, I decided to throw on the S/T album from Gold Motel. That was a huge mistake. Whatever an ex-pat like [...]

July 4, 2012 Album Reviews, New Album Reviews
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Best Death Cab for Cutie Record that isn’t Transatlanticism Battle Royale

  Well, we thought it might be fun to do a little debate here about Death Cab. They are a band that has gone through many shifts in sound while always remaining enjoyable, and everyone here has had a love-affair [...]

July 2, 2012 Articles, Features