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LCD Soundsystem – Day 2 At The Aragon – 05/25/24
My biggest takeaway from LCD’s Saturday night show, Day 2 of the Soundsystem’s four night residency at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom, is that they are now a jam band. That’s my closing statement, does the jury have any questions? At this point of music blogging and reviewing, I’m left to pick out the biggest takeaways instead…
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PART II – CONCLUSION: CUT-OUTS AND WHAT THEY MEAN
In Part I, we discussed how labels (and entities operating as labels doing vanity pressings) ended up building a problem by releasing entirely too much product for customers to buy and absorb. The end result were additional costs that labels had hoped the distributors would prevent by taking on so much product for sale…paying for…
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PART ONE: THE BIRTH OF THE CUT-OUT
For a time, I was lucky to play with Adam and Rob in an indie-rock group called the Cut Out Kids (based on Adam’s rock/journalist alter ego, the Cut Out Kid). As a media obsessive, I knew immediately what the name meant. Though I was always surprised when talking about the project with others. Did…
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How Good Is Your Record Store?
I am that rare creature that genuinely loves making regular visits to our area record stores to browse compact discs in person. More than 35 years after receiving my first CD player and my first CDs, I still get a genuine spark out of this ritual. When home, I am lucky to be within 90…
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