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Introducing:: Master Chef
Stumbling onto Master Chef, a super lo-fi, noise duo from East Van, wasn’t as easy as it should have been. Considering the musicians involved are major players in two herohill favs – Adrian from...
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Best-of ’11:: Dirty Beaches Badlands
Back in 2008, it seemed that Alex Zhang Hungtai’s – a.k.a. Dirty Beaches – music was destined to be heard by only the most devoted of fans (really outside of Said the Gramophone, herohill & Weird...
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News:: Dirty Beaches goes dub
Cavernous. Subterranean. Enough reverb to drown you. Yeah, pretty much another tater from Alex Hungtai. Dirty Beaches is pushing the envelope every time he steps in the studio, and the 8-minute...
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Video Hits:: Honheehonhee, Dirty Beaches, White Wires & More
We missed the Video Hits last week, and as a result we’re bursting at the seams with video goodness. Specifically, we have a bunch of vids from what the majority of Canadians not from the Atlantic...
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Contest:: Win my Polaris Prize Picks
Voting starts for this year’s Polaris Prize tomorrow and after much humming and hawing (and precious little payola), I’ve narrowed down my list to the Top Five. A couple of records fought hard for...
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Reviews:: Masterchef Mae Mae
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been reading and dismissing the (as of yet) failed pop culture experiment that is Bill Simmons new web site, Grantland. The only apt comparison I’ve come up for the bland,...
View ArticleListen Up:: Apollo Ghosts 7″ as part of The Kingfisher Bluez Singles Series
To be fair, this post more about a fantastic Vancouver DIY effort that new material from a great band, but it was the latest Apollo Ghosts single that tipped me off to the whole affair. It’s no secret...
View ArticleFavorites-of ’13:: Dirty Beaches Drifters / Love is the Devil
People often forget that Alex Zhang Hungtai – aka Dirty Beaches – started writing music as he moved undetected through crowds in foreign lands. His songs were musical postcards of sort, collages of...
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