Good-Pass Filter

If you are the type of person who likes cool shit, then you probably followed a friend’s link on Facebook to this video:  And you were not alone.  This video has over 10 million hits since it was put up on January 5th.  The band is called Walk Off The Earth and also featured a…

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Good Pass Filter: Year In Review

Hey Folks! Do you remember when I made fun of everyone for making year-end top 10 lists and such? Time to eat my words. I decided to present my top 10 list in audio form so you can enjoy my favorite sounds in the way they were meant to be enjoyed. So please take a…

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Good Pass Filter: Music w/ Less Suck

The end of the year means that every little website is making their “best album of 2011” lists and discussing the musical artists that “made it big” this year.  Well, you can read that shit anywhere. The year isn’t over. Plus, when it really comes down to it, the artistic flow that  brings us lovely…

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MUSIC WORTH BUYING + MUSIC WORTH A FREE DOWNLOAD Vol IX

Sometimes it is a struggle to find good music to write about.  The holidays are here which means a bunch of sentimental crap is being added to the already crap-saturated music market.  It isn’t quite late enough in the year to do the year-end wrap-up.  And so I am left at a crossroads…dig deep to…

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Music Worth Reminiscing About Vol I: R.E.M.

  Hey friends! With the release of this farewell retrospective this week, I can’t help but reminisce about my on-again-off-again love affair with R.E.M. and so here is my first blog trip down my musical memory lane.  Luckily for all of you, I’m not overly nostalgic, so it won’t happen often. My brother introduced me…

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MUSIC WORTH BUYING + MUSIC WORTH A FREE DOWNLOAD Vol VII

The StereoFidelics I had the great pleasure of catching this captivating duo at live show at Founder’s Brewing in Grand Rapids, MI while I was in town visiting some friends.  I went out that night to enjoy a beverage or two with some of my favorite midwestern folks, and had no idea what kind of…

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MUSIC WORTH BUYING + MUSIC WORTH A FREE DOWNLOAD Vol VI

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME EDITION! Anyone who is tuned into boring news has probably heard that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced their nominees for 2012.  The funny thing is that in order to be nominated, your first music release has to be more than 25 years old.  That means that…

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Music Worth Buying + Music Worth A Free Download Vol. V

FREE MUSIC ON AMAZON I recently spent the better part of an afternoon perusing Amazon’s free mp3’s and I had a blast downloading a ton of free songs.  You can go here to do the same thing for yourself, but you don’t need to that just yet.  Take a look at my recommendations first! Fleet…

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DMB Caravan: A Beer Drinking Event Where Music Also Happened

  The Dave Matthews Band has indeed amassed a following over the years. This year, instead of a tour, they organized 4 weekend festivals around the country.  Fellow YourPopFilter writer Mike Gravagno and I decided to make the trek up to the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington for a Labor Day weekend camping and music trip.…

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MUSIC WORTH BUYING + MUSIC WORTH A FREE DOWNLOAD Vol IV

MUSIC WORTH BUYING The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Golden Age There are 2 videos for this song, this one is the better by far, even though you might notice the Heineken plug Luckily they cut to the lovely Mette Lindberg instead of the beer. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are a project of Danish music…

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