April 2013
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Blogging through thick and thin
For 7 years I have been writing about music nearly daily as a hobby, as a passion project. I don’t get paid, I don’t do it for glory. I do it because I love music. I do it because I love musicians. I do it because I love being swept away into other worlds. I do it because I love feeling something that can’t be explained by science.  Right now, I need to take a break. Life has...
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March 2013
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Mar 21st
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Heroes for Sale - Jim Morrison 17-year-old Kiwi rockers Fraser Hunter and Adison Whitley go literally balls out on this new video by New Zealand directing duo Thunderlips. Calling it a ‘romp’ would be a bit of an understatement - nudity abounds, cock socks, babies, pillow fights. C’mon. Get into it. Jeff the Brotherhood would be proud. You reading this, boys? Find this track...
Mar 21st
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Mar 20th
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Mar 20th
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Mar 14th
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Mar 7th
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Mar 7th
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Visuals - Levitation This project was dreamed up by Andrew Fox (guitar, vocals) and Marshall Ryan (drums) who, as legend has it, met while living in Brooklyn with the Small Black boys. I can imagine that made for some fertile and creative hang-sesh time. If this video is any indication, it was likely influenced by evenings of… let’s call it “looking deeply into the...
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Mar 5th
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Mar 5th
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Mar 3rd
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Mar 1st
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Mar 1st
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Mar 1st
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February 2013
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Feb 28th
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Feb 28th
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Who are you most excited to see at SXSW?
For those of you who’ll be in Austin. Who shouldn’t I miss while I’m there?
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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Home Alone - Wishful Sinking Wow. This video by HOV is brilliant. diamondatlas: If Orchid Tapes has taught us anything over the years, it’s that when it comes to releases, they always hold off for the juiciest fruit.  Freshly picked from the ever blossoming tree of Toronto talent, Home Alone is a new project by Thomas Mazurkiewicz. From what his facebook states, music and marijuana seem to...
Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 22nd
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“As print publications move toward blogging, online advertising is becoming the...”
– David Johnson-Irga on How Online Advertising is Killing Music Journalism | NOISEY This is why I don’t sell ads. My promise to you, dear readers, is that YVYNYL will never become Buzzfeed/Mashable.
Feb 22nd
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Announcing the #music tag on Tumblr.
Psyched to be helping out as an editor for the new #music section. Track that, y’all! music: After hearing much demand from the bloggers and fans on Tumblr, we have finally launched a #music tag page.  Track the new tag to stay up on the best new music, videos, artwork and photos on Tumblr, hand-picked by members of the community. The tag editors come from different areas of the music...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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