Buy Mariak Chuor’s book, Rebuilding What Had Been Destroyed, at Outskirts Press The year is 1991 in the southern Sudanese village of Maper. To Mariak Chuor, it still plays like a movie in his head. He is 8 years old. It is late at night. Mariak is sleeping near his 12-year-old brother Mangong. Earlier in […]
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I Was Totally Destroying It keeps getting stronger
Listen up! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. ⇒ Read also: Our review of Horror Vacui When most longtime couples break up, they spend some time apart. They take a few months to cool off, to forget about those harsh last words, to find some new buddies and […]
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Live: Ra Ra Riot is fine
Ra Ra Riot Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro Wednesday, Oct. 30 The populist Vampire Weekend? That’s what a concertgoer behind me dubbed Ra Ra Riot as the Syracuse band tore through an hour-long set of baroque-tinged chamber pop last night at Carrboro’s Cat’s Cradle. Not sure what that whole populist thing meanscan you pay for a cello […]
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Tonight: Cymbals Eat Guitars talk follow-up, Wilco and longevity
Cymbals Eat Guitars‘ DIY debut, Why There Are Mountains, took months after its soft release to catch with critics and fans. After all, it’s not the easiest thing to sidle up to, considering frontman Joseph D’Agostino’s sprawling, ragged songcraft and Isaac Brock-style yelps. But for every moment of ear-shredding cymbal-crashing, there’s a soaring guitar solo […]