Valentine's Day 2012 Mix

Valentine’s Day 2012 Mix

True Romance By Taylor K. Long This Valentine’s Day, enjoy this collection of a handful of my favorite “love songs” and songs about love. Whether you are part of a duo or flying solo–remember this piece of advice: I kept asking Clarence why our world seemed to be collapsing and things...
Search Terms That Have Led People to T-Sides

Search Terms That Have Led People to T-Sides

  I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For By Taylor K. Long The following is a list of amusing search terms that, according to Google Analytics, have led people to this site: morrissey naked things related to music song lyrics about turning 24 80’s rap song video by the...
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I’m rather certain that this Kanye West vs. 50 Cent “battle” is a big marketing stint, especially with all the articles over the past six months about how mainstream rap is stale and its sales are going down. I normally pride myself in my ability to avoid such schemes, both in terms of economic support...

Goodbye, Astroland?

Astroland closed for the summer this weekend – and quite possibly forever. I’ve spent a lot of time at Coney Island over the past year and a half, so if it does indeed shut its doors forever, I’ll greatly miss it. Death Cab For Cutie: “Coney Island” (download) Death Cab For Cutie: “Coney Island (Alternate)”...

Another Great Voice is Quieted.

Pavarotti did a lot of pop projects – some better than others. Though they may not have been very successful from a critical standpoint, I like the idea of mixing classical audiences with pop audiences, exposing them to each other. It reminds me of the Wordless Music Series. There’s too much needless disdain between the...

New The Boys and Girls Club: “Summer In The City”

I don’t generally read PR e-mails. It’s not that I’ve got anything against PR companies or bands with PR companies, I just want T-Sides to grow more organically, as they say in the marketing biz. But the Boys and Girls Club caught me on a lucky morning, and I’m sure glad they did. The Boys...

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Things tend to get a little long-winded over here at T-Sides, I know. Sometimes I just get so excited I can hardly contain myself. But sometimes I can. As proof, I’m launching a new feature – “Quick Impressions,” in which I will review albums by jotting down a few words on each song as I...

The Return of T-Sides and Two Gallants

I’ve been wanting to get back to updating for awhile now, but I’ve been busy, and… well, you don’t need to hear all the details, but suffice it to say, it’s been a very, very long month or two. It should come as no surprise that the music that finally gets me up and going...

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All the words that come to mind to describe “In Piles/On File,” the first-released song from Bring Back the Guns’ debut, Dry Futures, aren’t quite the right ones. I want to say “angular,” but I hate the word “angular,” and while it fits, it just sounds too boring and ordinary for this song. I want...

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Due to personal reasons, things are going to be quiet for a little while at T-Sides. I’m sure those of you who are faithful haven’t come to expect things to be particularly noisy, but if things are more quiet than usual, that’s why. I’m going to try to hunt down a guest poster or two...

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With the impending closure of Astroland at the end of the Summer, one question drove this year’s Siren Festival: “will it be the last?” The lackluster line-ups for the Siren Festivals of the past two years almost indicate that somebody knew this was coming. From 2001-2005, Siren Fest was a haven for people who didn’t...

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