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I WAS THERE: Our Review of Guided By Voices’ Reunion Show At Terminal 5

Words and Photos by Aaron Richter Guided by Voices, 2003; Columbia, Missouri. One of the greatest concerts I’ve ever seen. It was an entirely ridiculous show akin to seeing Cheeseburger in a sloppy Brooklyn basement; nothing in the venue was left undoused in beer. Touring Earthquake Glue, Pollard arrived in town on a Monday night to […]

FROM THE STACKS: Barn Owl

We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the s/t staff on its collective ass.

1MM: Photos of Cerebral Ballzy & The Black Lips @ The Shank

Photos by Andrew Parks So what if “M.I.A.,” “O Katrina!” and “Dirty Hands” were the only Black Lips songs that survived the Shank’s murky mix on Saturday? Considering the way people rushed the stage from the start, the point of JellyNYC’s “secret show” was quite simple–to shotgun beer and slam into 18-year-old kids who looked […]

TEST PRESSING: Listen to a Liars Mixtape and Read Our Cover Story

Photo by Alexander Wagner As the year winds down, we’re starting to wax nostalgic about the self-titled stories you may have missed the first time around–stories like the following Liars feature by J. Bennett, the L.A.-based writer who scored a spot in Da Capo’s Best Music Writing book series for his definitive Jay Reatard piece. […]

FROM THE STACKS: John Roberts

We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the s/t staff on its collective ass.