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    seven and a half hours into an all-night IT shift and it is 630 in the morning. i am waiting for a few gigs of data to migrate to their new server. i’ve been listening to my bloody valentine’s “loveless” and mono’s “gone”. i suppose they are post-punk and post-rock respectively, but […]

sea level weird

an unfinished entry from summer ‘07…
so i get down to sea level records this morning a little early and turn on all of the computers and lights, go around and open the gate and then i sit down to read my e-mail and check on the outside world. i had loaded the new shellac album, […]

quiz of the week

well, there’s something screwy going on with our publishing program, so the new posts have been held up due to this latest technical difficulty. anyways, if i find the right pixel to click on, i can find the links i need to get this stuff up for you guys. so this is our first quiz…
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i unwrapped the record, cleaned my turntable, beat the dust out of my slipmat, carefully set the record on the platter, hit the start button and then gently put the needle down on the outside edge of the record.

tonight’s pick…

a terrible night of music

music to check out…

frog eyes - strange and emotional, in a kind of arcade fire sort of way. but in it’s own kind of way. the album i checked out is called ‘tears of the valedictorian’. it’s consistently energetic and a selection i think might be a good way to stay awake and have fun driving in the […]

friday night pick

tonight at the echo in echo park my friends are having a dance party. it’s gonna be fun without a bunch of snootyness… tandemoro are nothing if not one of the most fun bands around these parts of town or anywhere for that matter. they’re good guys that really enjoy playing music. come on, when […]

sunn o))) boris - altar

not what i expected. i was thinking this collaboration was going to end up sounding more abstract and much, much heavier. the first track starts out along the lines you may expect from these guys, but some of the softer, more melodic tracks caught me by surprise. it’s an awesome release on beautiful baby blue […]

a new church?

the music i would play in a church

exactly

this is the new record