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[Q&A] KMFDM's Sascha Konietzko on art, Columbine and having balls

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:22:00 GMT

KMFDM are seen by most who know of them as industrail provocateurs, having turned the sloganeering of so many punk and post-punk bands into a curious critique of the form while also utilizing...

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SXSW 2013: The Punk Singer

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:08:00 GMT

One of this year's most anticipated events of SXSW was the world premiere of the new documentary about Kathleen Hanna. (Named after the best Julie Ruin song ever FYI.) I was able to catch one...

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Post-NRMAL: Five music discoveries from the Monterrey festival

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:23:00 GMT

Last week I told you about a two-week adventure I’d just embarked on, traveling from Monterrey, Mexico’s Festival NRMAL to McAllen, TX’s Galax Z Fair and then SXSW in Austin. Festival NRMAL wrapped...

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Weekly Playlist #21: New Hampshire edition with the Migs, Betty Nico, Howling Boil, Pleasure Gap

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:05:00 GMT

The past couple of years have been kinda rough for New Hampshire music. Bands are leaving town, venues are closing, and college kids won’t listen to anything that doesn’t have a bass drop in it. But...

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[from the gut] The female rock musician's perspective, featuring Speedy Ortiz, Earthquake Party, Fat Creeps, and the New Highway Hymnal

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:29:00 GMT

Around 15 years ago I started going to local rock shows in and around Boston. At that time, the rock bands I saw play at halls and clubs around Massachusetts were made up of almost all guys. And yet...

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Rock And Roll Rumble lineups announced: Dear fan of that one band, you're gonna end up hearing some new shit

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:28:00 GMT

Last week we got the participating bands in the 2013 ROCK AND ROLL RUMBLE, and last night we got the nightly lineups, randomly drawn out of RICHARD BOUCHARD'S hat live on the air during organizer...

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[dance party review] Strut your stuff: Honey Dijon @ RISE 03.09.13

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:43:00 GMT

Noted by house music fans for being a Chicago club kid whom Danny Tenaglia, no less, encouraged to become a DJ, HONEY DIJON -- real name Honey Redmond -- has more than lived up to whatever it was in...

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[live review] Animal Collective + Dan Deacon @ the House of Blues 03.07.13

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:22:00 GMT

Photos courtesy of Nick Walecka. You know that phenomenon when you find out that a band you reeaally love is coming through town, but then you're struck with the immediate realization that you...

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Amanda Palmer's TED Talk: Is Greed Good? Celebrity and "asking" in a crowded age

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:52:00 GMT

Anyone who understands the artistic process knows that guilt and shame are part of the game. In a way, expressing yourself through artistic means is all part of a circle of guilt and shame: you...

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Tickets on-sale alert: Best Coast, Peter Murphy, Boston Calling Fest, Jay Z + Justin Timberlake (2nd show added) + Youngblood Hawke, Lights, Foxygen + more

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:35:00 GMT

Best Coast are at Royale on June 6 with Guards On Sale Now Mellow Bravo + Oldjack + Goddamn Draculas + Red Sky Mary | March 30 at Great Scott | $10 | boweryboston.com Diarrhea Planet + Yale,...

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[extended q&a] Talking shop with Deakin of Animal Collective // tonight @ HOB

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:03:00 GMT

Below is an extended Q&A from our recent spotlight on ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, which plays the House of Blues tonight. You might not know Josh Dibbs, aka Deakin, but you know Animal Collective, who...

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Weekly Playlist #20: Magic Man, Vary Lumar, Bear Language, Burglary Years

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:32:00 GMT

MAGIC MAN have been shrouded in mystery the past few years. First surfacing out of Providence in 2010 as a duo parked behind laptops, debut LP Real Life Color shared much DNA with the likes of MGMT...

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Boston Accents 03.06.13: SXSW edition with You Won't, Mellow Bravo, David Wax Museum, Coyote Kolb, Animal Talk

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:21:00 GMT

With one week until SXSW, and a snowstorm ready to hit New England, I had Austin on the brain this afternoon, so we dedicated today's BOSTON ACCENTS to a handful of bands headed to Texas this...

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[dance party review] Some drama, more not: tINI @ Naga 02.28.13

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:12:00 GMT

What to do with techno is the question for DJs who employ the genre. To complicate it with effects, render it dramatic with a voice or two, or leave it be as a pile-driving stomp: these are the...

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[pre-sxsw] Adventures in Monterrey, Mexico and McAllen, TX

onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:10:00 GMT

Yesterday at 5am on the way to the airport, my friend (and occassional Phoenix contributor) Ali Carter and I kept laughing and wondering whether or not we are crazy people. A couple of hours...

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