This article originally appeared in The Florida Basement, the former Swamp Records Gainesville-based blog. Great name. Amazon has been rolling out some fresh features lately. I have been taking full advantage of Prime Reading, which unleashes a cornucopia of classic and more modern titles, plus self-help materials, for your unending pleasure. But books are hardly […]
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This article originally appeared in The Florida Basement, the former Swamp Records Gainesville-based blog. Since writing, I’ve seen Local Natives in concert and I can confirm they were absolutely amazing. I cried when they played “Airplanes,” pretty lame but just so awesome. I love Local Natives. I first listened to them on a lazy, cool
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This article originally appeared in The Florida Basement, the former Swamp Records Gainesville-based blog. Since writing, actually not a whole helluva lot has changed, even though everything has. Last month the big man on campus, Barry O, released his official summer playlist, which includes several tracks I would consider off the beaten path. I’ve listened
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This article originally appeared in The Florida Basement, the former Swamp Records Gainesville-based blog. Since writing, Kid Cudi released Passion, Pain, & Demon Slayin’. Recently we have been blessed with a Travis Scott album. I say blessed, but I’ll be upfront. I wasn’t much of a fan before I acquired my copy of Birds in
This article originally appeared in The Florida Basement, the former Swamp Records Gainesville-based blog. Great name. In February of this year an article was published where I evaluated the growing influence of streaming companies on the music industry, particularly distribution. This came on the heels of Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo, which was initially
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This article originally appeared in The Florida Basement, the former Swamp Records Gainesville-based blog. Great name. Being a digital native comes with certain perks. Joining Facebook was probably a big moment in your life. When apps launched, so did you: Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram all serve as staples in your daily digestion of digital media. In
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This article originally appeared in The Florida Basement, the former Swamp Records Gainesville-based blog. Recently Stereogum reported the addition of N.W.A, the rap group of Compton fame, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an institution as dated as its name suggests. No longer does the Hall receive grace from acts of just rock
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The quest for the ultimate orchestral indie band is neverending, and even in this descriptive category Typhoon is wholly remarkable. Their most recent album, White Lighter, rocks the listener into an instrumental bliss, but this peace is always shaky. Packed with suffuse, almost dark energy, the album listens, and perhaps most important, feelslike a melancholy
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