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BEN & JIM: Favorite Songs of 2008

By Jim Shearer on 11/06/2008

Filed under: BEN & JIM

Welcome back to the round table (although there's only two of us, so the table doesn't necessarily need to be round) discussion of power-pop-occasionally-Warp-Tour-attending, Ben and indie-minded-see-you at-SXSW-in-March-music-enthusiast, Jim. Today, Ben and Jim discuss their favorite songs of 2008: Ben's Top-10 Mix 1. Underoath, "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear" 2. Lydia, "Hospital" 3. Deas Vail, "White Lights" 4. The Matches, "Point Me Toward the Morning" 5. The Hush Sound, "Honey" 6. Valencia, "Holiday" 7. Straylight Run, "Wait and Watch" 8. PlayRadioPlay!, "Lococommotion" 9. Automatic Loveletter, "The Answer" 10. People in Cars, "Clutch" Jim's Top-10 Mix 1.... MORE »

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LUNCHBOX: Top 10 Songs of 2008 (Thus Far)

By Jim Shearer on 10/14/2008

Filed under: VIDEO BLOG

Why wait to compile my Top-10-Songs-of-the-Year list in December when I can do it on October 14 (a good month and a half before the rest of the competition)? The flash 8 plugin was not detected. var so = new SWFObject("/static/bc/ifc_generic_blog.swf", "thusfar", "380", "295", "8", "#ffffff"); so.addParam("wmode", "transparent"); //change player width so.addVariable("pwidth", 380); //change player height so.addVariable("pheight", 285); //distinguish between different videos so.addVariable("s_movieID", "thusfar"); //insert brightcove title id here so.addVariable("bctid", 1855495888); so.write("thusfar"); MORE »

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INDIE ROCK OLYMPIC SKETCHES: Dizzee Rascal

By Jim Shearer on 08/13/2008

Filed under: INDIE ROCK OLYMPIC SKETCHES

WHO: Dizzee Rascal SPORT: Boxing WHY: I'm sure Dizzee has mixed it up in his share of East London brawls, but the reason I think he'd be great for Britain's national boxing team is because he's flat out ripped (anyone see him at this year's Pitchfork Festival?). He also manages to deliver hour-long sets of spitfire rhymes without losing his breath. I'm telling you, the kid's got gold-medal stamina. MORE »

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LIVE: Dizzee Rascal (Pitchfork '08)

By Jim Shearer on 07/19/2008

Filed under: LIVE

Amazingly, Dizzee Rascal churned out one of the most crowd-friendly sets of the day--also one of the funniest. (left: Dizzee Rascal, maybe the only artist at this year's Pitchfork Festival who will publicly admonish the soundman.) It's been a few years since I've seen Dizzee perform live, but in those few years he's grown as both a performer and entertainer. Anyone familiar with his quick-fire rhyme flow knows that he's spittin' hundreds of words per minute, and somehow, he never runs out of breath--the kryptonite of many stateside MC's. He does have a hypeman, Scope, but for the most... MORE »

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Indie Music's Version of the Grammy Awards Tonight

By Jim Shearer on 03/05/2008

Filed under: NEWS

Thursday, March 6 Tonight at 8PM, Terminal 5 in New York City will host the annual Plug Independent Music Awards. Think Grammy Awards with an Independent twist--all artists, albums, songs, and videos nominated must have been released from an independent record label (i.e., record labels not owned by Universal, Sony BMG, EMI, Warner). MORE »

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