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Are storm clouds on the horizon for the touring industry?

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Animal Collective, Inflation, Live Nation, Touring

Live Nation has been telling us for months now that live music is back and that 2022 will be one

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 24 February 2017

February 24, 2017February 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Animal Collective, Cameron Avery, Fairmont, Father John Misty, Fink, Parquet Courts, Prepare the Lake, Ride, Rolling Blackouts Crystal Fever, VANT, Xenia Rubinos

This week’s playlist was posted using the WiFi aboard EVA BR0036 enroute from Taipei to Toronto. Ain’t technology cool? Thanks to

Alternative Recording: Alt Musicians Who Recorded Outside of a Studio (And Some Very Weird Places)

August 3, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Alternative, alternative musicians, Animal Collective, Black Sabbath, Bon Iver, Burzum, Can, Chris Connelly, Cowboy Junkies, Deep Purple, Efterklang, Einsturzende Neubauten, Eric Bachmann, Gorillaz, Great Lake Swimmers, Marilyn Manson, Mike Patton, My Morning Jacket, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Recording, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regurgitator, Sigur Rós, Sunn O))), THE BLACK KEYS, The Drones, U2

Usually when we imagine bands and musicians recording their latest albums, we envision them in a recording studio with a

An Interview With Animal Collective Ahead of the Release of Their New Album

February 14, 2016February 13, 2016 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Animal Collective, Interview

Hard to believe these guys have their tenth–yes, tenth!–album on the way this coming Friday. The speed at which Animal Collective

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 11 December 2015

December 11, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Animal Collective, Banks, boots, Boots for Dancing, CHVRCHES, Dave Wave, Deerhunter, Killers, Majical Clouds, Playlist, Practical Lovers, Top 11, We Are the City

Just because I’ve been at the NE Caribbean Command Centre all this week doesn’t excuse me from issuing my weekly