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August 22nd, 2008
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Concerts, Music, News, San Francisco |
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It’s finally here. Though the months of anticipation, Outside Lands-related posts and Radiohead worship have been fun here at the Stranger Dance, it’ll be nice to get this bitch done with, so we can have some fun. So, in the spirit of community, good citizenship and milking this high-traffic cow one last time, we present the Stranger Dance Outside Lands Survival Kit. This will (hopefully) be everything you need to survive the day, minus the tickets, money, booze and drugs … if you’re into that type of thing.
Join us, won’t you, after the jump.
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Published
July 20th, 2008
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MP3s, Music, Panther Picks |
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As Uncle Corey said, we’ve been lazy recently. I spent this weekend watching movies, visiting Bolinas and watching more movies. Yup, saw The Dark Knight - two thumbs up. These picks are as random as ever but should slide you right into your Monday. Get ready for Post Rock 101: Part 2 by the end of this week (I know you’ve been on the edge of your seat).
MP3s:
Sam Prekop - Something
The Amazing - Dragon
Andrew Bird - Tables and Chairs
Koushik - Homage
The Fiery Furnaces - The Philadelphia Grand Jury (BOX.NET)
Mazzy Star - Bells Ring
Mad Decent - Dreams (DEMO) (BOX.NET)
Hieroglyphics - Battle of the Shadow
Published
April 9th, 2008
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Concerts, Music, News, San Francisco |
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While the folks at APE Concerts haven’t announced the schedule for the Outside Lands Festival [Update: full schedule now available here], most of the bands involved have which night they’re playing on their respective sites. So we did a little investigative journalism to cobble together a schedule.
According to their site, Radiohead is scheduled to headline the opening night of the three-day festival. Tom Petty’s site notes that they will play Saturday night, leaving MoR Jack Johnson to close out the festival on Sunday night
[Full schedule after the jump.] (more…)
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April 7th, 2008
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Music, TV, Video |
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When I first saw Nike’s new television ad during the other night’s episode of South Park, I couldn’t decide what I was feeling. Anger, joy, discontent, surprise, shock, dismay? Saul Williams’ righteous anthem – “List of Demands (Reparations)” – raises the hairs on the back of my neck. But now that Nike has plundered it for the “My Better is Better” campaign, I can’t decide if I should be outraged or pleased.
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March 24th, 2008
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As we previously posted, we were already pretty excited about the upcoming Summer concerts. The lineup for the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was announced today and I’m peeing in my pants. One word: incredible. 3-Day pass tickets go on sale this Sunday for $225. Single-day passes have not yet been confirmed. [Update #1, 4/28: Full lineup/schedule and single-day tickets announced; Update #2, 6/18: Even More Acts Announced]
See below for the full announced line-up: (more…)
Published
December 21st, 2007
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2007 Releases, Best albums of 2007, Music |
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So, apparently you can’t start a music blog without having a top ten list of the past year’s best albums. Even if it’s about a month too late. That’s what Editor-in-Chief The Stranger claims… but relax, the Vague Panther’s list is clearly the best.
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December 20th, 2007
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2007 started off fairly slowly, but ended up as a very strong year for indie music. I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad thing, but a lot of my favorite releases came from an extended indie family (I’m fairly sure that Leslie Feist has dated, toured with or lived with almost every one), and more surprisingly, not a single hip-hop or electronic artist made my list this year.
With the advent of iTunes, I feel like music has returned to a singles-based model, but was pleasantly surprised to find more true albums (not collections of random songs) come out in ‘07.
Without further ado, here are my picks for the best of 2007:
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