A beautiful and ambitious work born out of a rich period for adventurous, subversive re-imaginings of what, exactly, constitutes ‘Americana’. Read the f...
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Grandaddy's The Sophtware Slump, I am not afraid to say, may be one of the greatest records made in the 2000s, if not actually of all time. If ever a record deserved to b...
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At points you’d be forgiven for thinking Neil Young was a big influence on the out-and-out folk/country moments (he is). You may think the nasty fuzz guitar and sy...
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Papa's got a brand new disc of rare tracks.
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Fremy said...Old posts, some oldies, some not...Babe Ruth - 1973 - First BaseThe Poppy Family - 1969 - Which Way You Goin' BillyTraffic - 1970 - Capitol Theatre, Port...
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Given my love for Grandaddy and my total ignorance of Earlimart it has proved annoyingly easy for me to treat this as the next Grandaddy album, rather than the collaborat...
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Monday, July 19th ADMIRAL RADLEY with Buzzyshyface @ The Crocodile West coast indie band Admiral Radley formed last year when members of Grandaddy and Earlimart decided t...
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When Modesto native and former Grandaddy leader Jason Lytle opens new project Admiral Radley with the tongue-in-cheek "I Heart California," one could easily be mistaken f...
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When Modesto native and former Grandaddy leader Jason Lytle opens new project Admiral Radley with the tongue-in-cheek "I Heart California," one could easily be mistaken f...
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-- Earlier this year, Devon Clifford, the drummer for the Canadian dance-punk band You Say Party! We Say Die!, died of a brain hemorrhage after an onstage collapse. The...
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One of the many bands I didn't get to see at SXSW this year, Admiral Radley, recently made their debut single "I Heart California" available for free download. If you're...
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Admiral Radley is made up of Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray from Earlimart and Jason Lytle and Aaron Burtch of Grandaddy. The band sounds like a good mix of both projec...
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It's not just any Hump Day, it's Cinco de Mayo! While I'm already regretting not making any thematic changes to celebrate Mexico's unlikely victory over French forces in...
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