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Record Review: Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement

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By Alex Brenner Just in time to coincide with the much anticipated Pavement reunion comes a greatest hits package from Matador Records. I don’t know if I’d call them “hits” but it’s definitely a decent best of compilation. For those of you unfamiliar with Pavement this is a great introduction to the band. The tracks range from [...]

Written by Rube Ambler

March 6th, 2010 at 5:02 pm

Pavement, September 26 at the Tabernacle

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The poster says it all. Pavement is coming to Atlanta. Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 5. We already marked Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement as one we are looking forward to in March.  It will be available at Decatur CD, Criminal Records and other fine establishments on March 9 from Matador Records.  Look for [...]

Written by Rube Ambler

March 1st, 2010 at 9:09 am

March Madness Music Preview

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Yes it’s that time of year. March releases will soon be upon us. We plan on a slew of reviews covering all kinds of styles from debut artists to established veterans. Until that happens though, we wanted to share the teaser tracks from some releases we are looking forward to. Ted Leo & [...]

Written by Rube Ambler

February 25th, 2010 at 9:14 pm

Record Review: Jawbox – For Your Own Special Sweetheart (reissue)

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By Alex Brenner Amidst the slew of reunion tours from 90’s acts, such as the Jesus Lizard, Pixies and Pavement, it only seems fitting to reissue one of the most brilliant records to come out of that time when alternative was alternative. The story of Jawbox is one we have all heard before: small indie band [...]

Written by Rube Ambler

December 16th, 2009 at 7:20 pm