PopFilter Podcast 34

In which the friends, minus Jason plus writer Lynz, chat about School of Seven Bells- Ghostory, Life’s Too Short and Hugo. There may or may not be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Pretzel M&M’s involved.

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Good-Pass Filter

Hello Yourpopfilter-heads! Want some music? Cool. Electric Guest. I got a chance to catch these guys live a couple weeks ago and damn that was a fun show.  A hipster mix of rock, funk and synth-pop, coupled with great sound and a lively stage performance, I was hooked almost immediately.  If this video doesn’t make…

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It’s GRAMMY Time! (if you care) This Sunday, Feb 12, is the annual gathering of everyone in the music industry who is out of touch with the reality of most music fans.  Sounds fun, huh?  Think of it like the first 3 quarters of the super bowl, plus the boring parts of the halftime show,…

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NAMM 2012: A Snapshot of a Screwed-Up Music Industry My first experience at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show was dizzying. Thousands of booths with everything from sheet music to instruments to computer programs and plug-ins.  Also about a billion iPads. What struck me about this gathering was how out of touch…

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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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POP FILTER VS THE CLASSICS

POP FILTER VS RAGING BULL     Clocking in at 129 minutes, Raging Bull is the longest pro-domestic violence propaganda film of all time. Actually it might be making a statement AGAINST domestic violence. I can’t honestly tell. All I know is that it’s a long movie about boxing where you probably see equal number…

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FUCK THAT CALF!

FUCK THAT CALF! In which we slay the things others hold dear. THE OFFICE   It’s tough watching your friends get older. They stop partying so much, they get married, they get a little less funny. That’s why it’s best to replace all your friends every few years with some new ones. Then you don’t…

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