Category: Music
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Top 40 Over 40.23: KRS-One Live at Cat’s Cradle
I saw KRS – One live a few months ago, and the musical assumptions of ageism took another body blow for sure. Aging musicians often lose the full power of their stage presence, and / or seem bitter or disillusioned or worn down by the passage of time, or lose the critical edge of their […]
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Inka Cola / Holiday Shows
One of my favorite lyrics on our new record uses a nugget I got from a passage in Mark Pendergrast’s great history of the Coca-Cola corporation: in perhaps the perfect symbol of neo-colonialism, the Coca-Cola corporation actually bought out Inka Cola of Peru. The line in the song goes, “Mao’s Little Red Book slandered you […]
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Our record came out today
I started writing these songs back in 2010. 7 and 3/4 years later they are out there, it’s pretty cool. Early reviews from Ghettoblaster Magazine, With A Messy Head and Popdust.Com are already out with more to come from Magnet, Bandcamp, and others. Magnet premiered Contamination In the Grass last week, while The Big Takeover premiered […]
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New Album available for Pre-Sale; Back from Europe for late July / early August USA shows
Me and the Cicadas are back from Europe, where I was locked out of posting on this website cuz of technical difficulties. Alex, Wendy, Scott and I had a great tour with some pony-riding and other vacation hijinks mixed in between the shows. Thanks to the many folks who helped make it happen. Our new […]
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Stream track from upcoming album
Brooklyn Vegan premiered the track Stock Up All the Prisons from our forthcoming album yesterday. You can check it out here. You can also go to my until recently private Soundcloud page and check it out there. I’m working on a video for this track with RUMUR, who did the videos for Spare Parts last […]
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Taxman Tour Dates April 2017
(photo by Lindsey Metvier) April 15th…brings to mind visions of scrambling to file tax returns for many, and visions of dodging them in the Cayman Islands for the few. For the Cicadas, it will, this year, bring to mind scrambling down various eastern interstates. We are announcing 7 shows running from April 8th to April […]
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serpentwithfeet 4Ethers
I’ve seen a lot of people on social media giving props to Carrie Fisher for speaking out about mental illness, which wasn’t as common when she started doing it as it is now. I remember Carrie equally for being sarcastic and mean in a way that few women celebrities are allowed to present themselves to […]
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Old, but new: DFI on Vi-nil
A blast from the past: Deluxx Folk Implosion have released a session of 14 tunes recorded back in the day in Brighton or Allston MA, take your pick. Previously represented by a single track on the Kids soundtrack and a 7″ ep on Domino, DFI now lays all its nonsense punk cards on the table […]
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The Core is Getting Soft.17: Noah’s ARC
I haven’t been geeking out on software as much as I was when I started this series of posts on software ironically titled after a lyric from a Minor Threat song, a band that sure as hell never used any damn software. I’ve been refraining from buying new plug-ins* in favor of making sure the […]
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Mixing complete! Going to Georgia…with a Heart Like a Starfish.
Just a quick word to share the news that Scott Solter and I have finished mixing our new record and it is now headed for mastering. I will of course share details about its release as they become available. I’d like to thank Scott for all the hard work he put into producing this project […]
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