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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Blind Yeo (opens the original)
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The Two Sides of the Same Coin series ask musicians to reflect on two things: one unexpected surprise that emerged while making their record, and one goal that did not work out, ultimately sending them in an unexpected directionMusic fans are rarely invited behind the curtain, given insight not only into how an album they love came to sound the way it does, but also into the ideas, experiments, and even entire songs that didn’t survive the process. Those creative dead ends are often just as form
Courtesy Desk Favorites: September 2026 Part 1 (opens the original)
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Hi.My email inbox on any given day receives anywhere from 50 to 500+ new-release emails, mostly from Bandcamp, because I follow an honestly ridiculous number of labels and artists. On a good week, that list reads like headline news I can’t wait to dive into.On a bad week, the arrival of each new email feels like another stone added to the pockets of a drowning person. This month, I am heavily underwater.Our band Outer World heads out on tour tomorrow, which also happens to be the release day for
Two Sides of the Same Coin: I Will Die In This Jean Jacket (opens the original)
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The Two Sides of the Same Coin series ask musicians to reflect on two things: one unexpected surprise that emerged while making their record, and one goal that did not work out, ultimately sending them in an unexpected directionMusic fans are rarely invited behind the curtain, given insight not only into how an album they love came to sound the way it does, but also into the ideas, experiments, and even entire songs that didn’t survive the process. Those creative dead ends are often just as form
Courtesy Desk Favorites: August 2026 Part 2 (opens the original)
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Hi friends!Pushing this out on Bandcamp Friday eve in hopes that perhaps you will like something enough to want to add it (or a few) to your personal collection. Happy Listening,TracyVideo of the week: Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer - “All It Takes is One Bad Day”This one is for all you boom-bap comic book lovers! Wu-Tang Clan’s Inspectah Deck and Boston duo 7L & Esoteri AKA Czarface is back and has teamed up actor Tom H
Dahlia Seed's ‘Survived By’ Turns 30: Part 2 (opens the original)
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Part 1 of this story is here. Troubleman Unlimited released Survived By on May 17, 1996. We didn’t know it yet, but this was also the beginning of the end for the band.That summer, we hit the road for what would become our first, last, and only full U.S. tour. It went about as well as you might imagine when a relatively unknown band books its own shows through friends of friends and print ads placed in a handful of underground fanzines.<a class="
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