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The American Underground

I don't mean to be rude, but I haven't yet caught your name. It's been a crazy couple of years, and

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"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."

I'd like to meet:

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson

Music:

Velvet Underground, VietNam, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Devendra Banhart, The Faces, The Black Angels, Darker My Love, Wooden Shjips, TK Webb and The Visions, Crystal Antlers, Suicide, Silver Apples, Eddie Cochran, Bert Jansch, The Fall, The Black Keys, Historics, Crystal Antlers, Black Mountain, The Black Jesuses, Iron and Wine, The Klaxons, The Vibes, Paul Chesne, Dr. Dog, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Band, My Morning Jacket, The Izzys, The Kills, Talking Heads, Patty Smith, Agent Orange, 13th Floor Elevators, Sonic Youth, Flavor Crystals, Secret Machines, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Elvis Costello, The Dead Boys, Flying Burrito Bros, Wilco, Pink Floyd, Primus, Cream, Singapore Sling, The Damned, Love and Rockets, Apples In Stereo, The Shys, Capitol Years, Silversun Pickups, The Willowz, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Donovan, The Black Box Revelation, Blonde, The Cramps, Oasis, Delta Spirit, Babyshambles, Nirvana, The Clash, Everest, Blur, Catfish Haven, Little Feat, Two Gallants, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Queens Of The Stoneage, Iggy and the Stooges, Sean Lennon, The Antarticans, Spiritualized, The Black Crowes, Radiohead, Ramones, John Spencer Blues Explosion, The Libertines, New York Dolls, The Plastic Ono Band, The Strokes, Regina Spektor, White Stripes, Syd Barrett, Motorhead, Pearl Jam, KOL, Obsolete Heart, Eagles of Death Metal, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Daft Punk, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Cold War Kids, John Lee Hooker, Grateful Dead, Gram Parsons, Spacemen 3, Neil Young, Richard Hell, Be Your Own Pet, Ride On Rides, The Binges, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jefferson Airplane, Leon Russell, Ry Cooder, The Allman Bros Band, Stevie Wonder, Bright Eyes, The Parsons Red Heads, TK Webb, The Vacation, Guns N Roses, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Gliss, Girl In A Coma, Viva Volce, Gomez, The Takeover UK, The Ringers, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Raveonettes, The Flaming Lips, Beck, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Kasabian, The Mooney Suzuki, The Kills, Interpol, The Smiths, The National, SPOON, Sergeant, Josh T. Person, Harry Nilsson, Pulp, Small Faces, The Redwalls, Sparrow Love Crew, NIN, The Beatles, The Parlor Mob, Pj Harvey, Nick Cave, Bauhaus, Humble Pie, Vetiver, The Beach Boys, Earlimart, The Warlocks, Comets On Fire, Autolux, Wolf Parade, The Magic Numbers, Ferraby Lionheart, The Horrors, The Wildbirds, Dot Allison, Dead Meadow, & so on...

My Blog

The Shys: You’ll Never Understand This Band the Way That I Do - Album Review

When I got the new Shys album in the mail, I wondered what The Shys would have to say? What have they been cooking up? Will it measure up to the first album, "Astoria"? That album was filled with heav...
Posted by The American Underground on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:00 PST

Arthur Magazine NEEDS Your Help! NOW!

Arthur needs your help! Now!! Arthur Magazine needs funds to stay alive. They are very close to their goal, but only have a few days left. Please donate what you can to help keep this important inde...
Posted by The American Underground on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:04:00 PST

Albums of 2007

 VietNam- VietNam  Dr Dog-We All Belong  Devendra Banhart- Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Mountain The National- Boxer Baby Shambles-Shotter's Nation  The Good The Bad & T...
Posted by The American Underground on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:49:00 PST