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Portland Peeps: Honey Owens

XLR8R — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:17:05 GMT

Bridgetown's sorceress of free-spirited noise reps the Blazers.

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Portland Peeps: Adam Forkner

XLR8R — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:29:00 GMT

Psych-noise jam king White Rainbow blows minds, delivers wine.

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Full Tilt Tussle

XLR8R — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:32:01 GMT

As the San Francisco-based dance-rockers prepare for a nationwide tour supporting their new album, Cream Cuts, they only have one thing on their mind: pinball.

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Deerhoof Groupthink

XLR8R — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:28:01 GMT

We catch up with San Francisco-based quartet Deerhoof before they embark on a long tour supporting the release of their tenth album, Offend Maggie.

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What You Talkin' Bout, Willits? Part 4

XLR8R — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:27:03 GMT

Christopher Willits finally returns from a summer of touring, but not without some behind-the-scenes footage to share with you lucky viewers of his monthly series.

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Hercules, Love Affair & Teenage Nostalgia

XLR8R — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:23:06 GMT

In seemingly a matter of months, Andy Butler went from being a bedroom disco-house producer to leading Hercules & Love Affair, an eight-piece band featuring three vocalists (Antony Hegarty, Nomi Ruiz, and Kim Ann Foxman) a two-man horn section, and Shayne Oliver, a legendary dancer in the New York voguing scene.

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Bikes n' Beer at the Quake City Rumble

XLR8R — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:57:01 GMT

For three days each summer, couriers from around the world descend upon the streets of San Francisco to drink beer, outrun the SFPD and generally raise hell in a series of unsanctioned bike messenger street races.

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The Evolution of Daedelus

XLR8R — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:01:01 GMT

Alfred Darlington, our favorite Los Angeles-based Victorian gentleman, is best known as the prolific producer Daedelus.

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Eliot Lipp Sometimes Goes Outside

XLR8R — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:40:01 GMT

Brooklyn-based electro-hip-hop specialist Eliot Lipp has lots of reasons to stay inside: his amazing collection of analog gear, for one.

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Drop the Lime at Coney Island

XLR8R — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:26:00 GMT

We fled to Coney Island on the hottest day of summer with Luca Venezia, better known as sub sonic-bass, skull-rattler Drop the Lime.

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MUTEK Grows Older and Wiser

XLR8R — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:33:02 GMT

XLR8R TV heads to Montreal to check out this year's edition of MUTEK

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Crate Digging with Kon & Amir

XLR8R — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:10:00 GMT

We tag along with East Coast producers Kon and Amir as they go digging for 45s on New York's Lower East Side.

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Jamie Lidell and his All-You-Can-Eat Sonic Buffet

XLR8R — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:24:03 GMT

Since he's made the leap from experimental knob-twiddler to 21st-century soul crooner, Jamie Lidell has evolved into quite a showman.

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James Pants' Golden Oldies

XLR8R — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:22:01 GMT

James Pants is a thrift store scouring music-obsessive from Spokane, Washington and when we say his music sounds exactly like that description, we mean it as a profound compliment.

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Chris Duncan's Little Things

XLR8R — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:34:00 GMT

Oakland-based artist Chris Duncan doesn't have to look far for inspiration.

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M83's Teen Romance

XLR8R — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:28:01 GMT

The swelling uplifts of M83's new album Saturdays=Youth are made all the more majestic by the singular focus of the record's inspiration - being a teenager.

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