Category Archives: Muzak

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Archnemesis and Govinda Spreading Holiday Cheer at Public Assembly

Brooklyn.  Site of my second arrest and Midwestern refugees pretending they didn’t grow up across the street from cornfields.  Hopefully an evening of electronic thumpings wouldn’t involve either.  Trains after marching through lower Manhattan with the men and women who … Continue reading

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Ay Fast – Always Crying

This review was written for and originally published by Upstate Soundscape a radio show on 91.3 WBNY out of Buffalo, NY bringing you the best in experimental sounds cooked up across New York Meshing madness, life, and a slew of … Continue reading

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Deadmau5 Shakes the Washington Avenue Armory

Lines.  Always lines.  Around the block.  Around the building.  Down the street.  If guitars aren’t involved the security groping is twice as violating for some reason.  Tonight’s shape was an elongated L around a trailer parked in front of the … Continue reading

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Late Night at Fontana’s with some New Moods

New York City’s CMJ Music Marathon celebrated it’s 31st festivity last week.  Scattering over 1,200 acts across venues throughout the boroughs, CMJ lures industry professionals and scenesters to the city for five days in October.  Originally a showcase for college … Continue reading

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Camp Bisco X: The Volunteer Experience

Sorry kids, no Bisco this year. Treating the property and town like a cess pool has finally caused the event to be cancelled.  Thanks for ruining it. Guess you’ll have to do your shitty drugs somewhere else. In the meantime … Continue reading

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Syracuse’s Big Splash Against Gas Drilling

Sunday June 12 dawned dreary and gray.  The seemingly endless deluge that was spring 2011 in the Northeast lingered yet again, debating whether it was time to let the sunshine through.  Stray droplets splattered the ground as the wind occasionally … Continue reading

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The People’s Fest III

After a month and a half of dreary days the rain ceased falling in time for the first weekend of May.  The sunshine was welcomed with open arms as New York tried to shake itself dry for a few days … Continue reading

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René Breton – Asleep in Green

On March 17 René Breton released their first album as a full fledged musical ensemble.  Featuring twelve tracks the quartet recorded and released on Fifth Ace Records, this offering is all the more interesting because it is accompanied by a … Continue reading

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Dubstep Descends on Central New York

The line for the show was down the block on Tuesday night.  Bitter night air tugged as snow flakes piled up on the streets and sidewalks.  We stood motionless for what seemed like a long time before shuffling a few … Continue reading

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Hot Day at the Den

A hall that once held billiards now holds music.  Friday, January 15th a band that is quickly becoming a Northeast institution took time out from recording some new music to spend an evening in Saratoga Springs.  The foursome made the … Continue reading

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