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Jason Grishkoff
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Mar 24, 2011
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Mashups and mixtapes are a dime-a-dozen these days, so much so that I've heard a number of people complain that mashups require very little original contribution: find two tracks, align their beats, tweak it a bit, and hope it sounds cool. I suppose...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Mar 24, 2011
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This album isn't that good, and yet I've listened to it a few times, and I feel motivated enough to give it some attention. I found myself hooked by the second track, Deadbeat Summer, which features fuzziness, chilled-out vocals, and a sound that mak...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Mar 14, 2011
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"NY is Killing Me" is the second single off Hoodie Allen's upcoming mixtape, Leap Year (the first featured Oh Land, and can be heard here).One thing I love about Hoodie is that he manages to collaborate with a lot of cool up-and-coming artists. This ...
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By
Dwayne
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Mar 6, 2011
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I imagine that most people reading this won't regard mashups as "proper music," and truth be told, I'm pretty much with you on that one. Sure, they're a good bit of fun every now and then, but there is no real talent in making them. Saying that, I do...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Mar 3, 2011
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Some of you may know The Friendly Giant as a TV show that featured a giant living in a huge castle with his animal friends, Rusty the rooster and Jerome the giraffe. If you do, that's because the TV show is considered a valuable part of Canadian pop ...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 24, 2011
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It was inevitable that the remixes of Radiohead's new album would start flowing in (there's already a band in LA that has re-recorded/interpreted the entire album, which you can listen to here). One of these remixes to have caught my attention is a m...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Dec 17, 2010
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Of all the things happening with this track, it's the guitar that nails me. Not the reggae rhythm guitar. Nope, I mean the Hawaiian-sounding clean, electric guitar. It's beautiful!Remixing The Beatles can be tricky. We've featured a few unique, succe...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Nov 21, 2010
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When The Black Keys released their debut album The Big Come Up in 2002, they probably weren't aware how appropriate the name actually was. Since then, the band has catapulted into fame, recognizable by almost any indie rock fan the Western world over...
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