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REVIEWS
Victoria Legrand’s Hair at Freebird Live: A Beach House Review
by Michaela Gugliotta
on May 22, 2012 • No Comments
I should have wrote about Beach House the night I saw them, but I was so mesmerized by them that I couldn't do anything that involved thinking afterwards.
Just kidding, kind of.
REVIEWS
Youth Lagoon at The Social 3/21
by Michaela Gugliotta
on Mar 28, 2012 • 2 Comments
If you’ve read my introduction post, you’d know that Youth Lagoon’s The Year Of Hibernation, is an album that I have great admiration for. Being that the album is one of my favorites, I put away any sorrow that I had and decided to fully enjoy Youth Lagoon’s imaginative, nostalgic set. The show took place in a venue called...
MISC
NobFest Rising!
by matthew.moyer
on Mar 23, 2012 • 1 Comment
St. Augustine's Nobby's is throwing an extremely loud party and wants YOU to come. Promoter Nick Commoditie gives us the lowdown on three days worth of rock, punk, and garage goodness going down this very weekend.
MISC
Synconation on Action News Jax!
by Tron
on Mar 20, 2012 • No Comments
Here's co-founder Ian Latchmansingh with a blurb about his upcoming presentation for Pecha Kucha 18 on March 20, 2012 at Intuition Ale Works. Come out and see how Synconation works!
Local Events
Beach House at Freebird Live on 5/10
by Michaela Gugliotta
on Mar 13, 2012 • No Comments
Beach House are once again coming to Jacksonville FL. With their new album Bloom under their belt, they will be playing at Freebird Live on Thursday May 10. Tickets are $20 in advance, so be sure to pick them up soon. You can buy tickets here Related Posts:Victoria Legrand’s Hair at Freebird Live: A Beach House ReviewBeach House...
REVIEWS
In The Realm Of The Senses With Thom Yorke’s Lazy Eye
by Errett Goff
on Mar 11, 2012 • No Comments
Holding onto the chair for dear life, lest he be sucked into the green cosmos, Errett Goff inhaled the rapture of the Radiohead concert. Life would go on, much as it has this past age, but something would be different.
INTERVIEWS / REVIEWS
The Clearing and the Clear View It Lends: A Discussion with Phil Moore of the Bowerbirds
by Bryan Duffy
on Mar 5, 2012 • 3 Comments
The Clearing, the Bowerbirds third album due out March 6th, 2012 on Dead Oceans, is a grand representation of Phil Moore and Beth Tacular’s outlook on the world, the life they live and the challenges that hail from that pursuit. By now, it should be understood that the Bowerbirds are a band enjoyed by many, especially those...
Local Events
Benefit Show for Warehouse Studios – March 3rd
by Brenton Crozier
on Mar 1, 2012 • No Comments
This Saturday, a number of Jacksonville’s best bands are assembling to play a benefit show for Warehouse Studios . . . get the full skinny here. Date/Time: Saturday, March 3 from 3 to 10:30 p.m. At: Thief in the Knight Gallery – 115 W. Adams Street Admission: $5 Bands: Opiate Eyes, RICE, Robin Rütenberg and Friends, Crash the Satellites,...
Top 5s
Five B-Sides That Skirt The Issue That B-Sides Are $#iT
by Errett Goff
on Feb 21, 2012 • 1 Comment
B-Sides suck. But they also don't. Life is strange like that. Errett Goff discusses this in detail and also does da cha-cha. Errett Goff like-a do-a da cha-cha.
REVIEWS
Osprey Radio Top 30
by andrew.landis
on Feb 14, 2012 • No Comments
Osprey Radio is the University of North Florida’s student run radio station. To listen, go to www.ospreyradio.com. For more information on Osprey Radio contact Andrew Landis at orstationmanager@gmail.com Related Posts:No Related Posts
INTERVIEWS
Distracted: A moment with Yellow Ostrich’s Alex Schaaf
by Tron
on Feb 14, 2012 • No Comments
Synconation had the opportunity to speak with Alex Schaaf of Yellow Ostrich, a great indie rock band originally from Wisconsin transplanted to NYC. He’s quickly gaining visibility, as we went through two different managers to eventually reach him and he sounds too busy to respond altogether. Forgivable though, as he’s about to embark on a lengthy tour...
REVIEWS
He’s Nobody’s Dave Matthews – A Review of Mason Jennings’ Performance at Jack Rabbit’s
by Paul Chapman
on Feb 7, 2012 • No Comments
Mason Jennings is EASILY the most underrated songwriter in the last decade. It may be easy to understand why so many people have passed him over. Early on, he was adopted by the same community of bros and neo-hippies that define the base of the Jack Johnsons, the Dave Matthews, and the OG Bonnaroos—but that is, quite...