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Taco Bell announced the 100 finalists of its “Feed the Beat” promotion today, including Cobra Starship, A Place to Bury Strangers, Demon Hunter,Underoath, Murder by Death, Thursday, and Shadows Fall.
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Ackermann also showed off his extensive knowledge of noise-sculpting electronics, using both feet nearly as frenetically as his hands in switching between effects, while rocking wah and volume pedals. While volume and looped drones were by far the overwhelming focus of their performance, APTBS also showed an adept talent for fitting in some truly creative melodies behind their wall of noise.
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“I think people get a different idea as to, you know, ‘What is loud?’” says the laid-back, chatty Ackermann by phone. “I mean, we play really loud, with the amps cranked up, but you know, you can go see Bruce Springsteen and he’s probably really crazy loud; he just doesn’t sound loud because he’s playing, like, an acoustic guitar or something
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Better Than: Sitting at home crying because My Bloody Valentine won’t come to Denver.
After last night’s show, it wasn’t so much that my ears hurt or were ringing; it was more like my head was encased in a sine wave-emitting helmet.
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Radio K, the student-run radio station of the University of Minnesota, is currently in the thick of its annual fund drive. But rather than goad Golden Gophers into giving with, like, Ken Burns VHS box sets or something, they’re offering donors a crack at a very cool compilation of live tracks from some top-shelf artists set to tape in the Radio K studios.
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Picture yourself leaning firmly against a cinder-block wall in a damp echo chamber of a basement venue while being enveloped with an onslaught of sound—although it’ll be tough to do that at the American Airlines Center as the band opens up for Nine Inch Nails.
