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Molly Tigre: Molly Tigre
by Chris M. Slawecki
Personally, I can't resist a musical story that begins: Molly Tigre set out from Brooklyn to answer one tough question: What if the 70s vibes of the cult Ethiopiques series collided with Saharan desert rock and West African blues, but with no guitar to lead the melodic way?" I'm not quite sure what some of that even means. But I do know that it intrigues me enough to find out. I wanted to bring together some of the ...
read moreBeninghove's Hangmen: Beninghove's Hangmen Plays Led Zeppelin
by Chris M. Slawecki
Super Hi-Fi founder and bassist Ezra Gale established his cassette-and download-only label Very Special Recordings to give his compatriots and their fans the chance to take a chance. The fact that cassettes are cheap to manufacture and to buy is huge, because we can take chances and just put out things we love, which we wouldn't be able to do if they cost as much as records," he explains. And people who see something that's only five or six bucks ...
read moreSuper Hi-Fi: Super Hi Fi Plays Nirvana
by Chris M. Slawecki
Super Hi-Fi founder and bassist Ezra Gale established his cassette-and download-only label Very Special Recordings to give his compatriots and their fans the chance to take a chance. The fact that cassettes are cheap to manufacture and to buy is huge, because we can take chances and just put out things we love, which we wouldn't be able to do if they cost as much as records," he explains. And people who see something that's only five or six bucks ...
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