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Prius Route to Rock, Vol 52: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Little Green Cars, The Cave Singers

Spring will be here soon.  At least that’s what the forecast says for this weekend.  Last year was quite strange with six or seven straight 80 degree days in the early part of March, but […]

WXRT–2013/03/27

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Prius Route to Rock, Vol. 38: Chicago Cultural Center Tour, End of the Mayan Calendar/World Apocalypse Party, Green City Market

We’re coming up on some major holidays and that means that the concert scene will slow down quite a bit, but Chicago’s a big ol’ town and there’s no shortage of ways to spend your […]

WXRT–2012/12/20

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Prius Route To Rock, Vol. 37: It’s a Wonderful Life, Kool Keith, What Made Milwaukee Famous

With Christmas and New Year’s right around the corner, you probably have a lot of time with family penciled in to your calendar in the coming weeks.  Right about now, the opportunity still exists for […]

2012/12/12

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Prius Route to Rock, Vol 11: Climate Cycle, Pinback, The Hundred in the Hands

What’s going on this weekend?  Lots.  Wanna go for a 125 mile overnight bike ride to help promote environmental education in our schools?  Wanna see one of San Diego’s finest bands at Bottom Lounge?  How […]

2012/06/12

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“New” Tunes to Know, Vol. VII: Tanlines – Real Life

I put the “new” in quotations above because the song posted is on the brand new album from Tanlines called Mixed Emotions, but the song was released as a single back in 2010.  So, you […]

2012/04/09

Still Loving Bass Drum of Death

[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bass Drum of Death[/lastfm] is a band from the great state of Mississippi that’s responsible for one of my favorite albums of ’11, GB City.  They played to 20-30 people earlier this year at […]

2011/10/26

Bands You Might Want To Know About: Davila 666

I honestly can’t remember how I first came across one of their songs, but no matter, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Davila 666[/lastfm] is responsible for one of my favorite records of the year.  Davila 666 hail from Puerto […]

2011/10/12

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Audio: One DJ’s Top 10 Albums Of 2010

With 2010 100% complete, I figured I might as well go on the record here with my top 10 albums of the past year.  Lots and lots of good pop records were dropped on us […]

2011/01/03

Cold Cave @ The Empty Bottle

If you dig the synthpop, you might want to make time for [lastfm]Cold Cave[/lastfm] @ The Empty Bottle.  “Love Comes Close” is the newest album from the Philly (now NY) band that produces what could […]

2010/06/14

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