DownIsTheNewUp

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Oct 21, 2022

Listening to the new Arctic Monkey and really enjoying their 2nd go as a modern Bowie.

Anybody familiar with my immune system would say my beloved brother is destined to outlive me. But on the off-chance that I wind up speaking at his funeral, I'm gonna begin with "This bitch once made me leave Paul McCartney and Arctic Monkey sets early in the SAME weekend because he was tired. Well, now you can rest in peace".

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Oct 14, 2022

Ibibio Sound Machine put on one of the best shows I've seen all year last night. And I've seen a number of all-timers in 2022... Reminded me of the way LCD Soundsystem's music is elevated in a live setting.

They are heading Eastward (from Chicago). Go see them.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Oct 1, 2022

Avalanches just canceled their tour the night I was supposed to see them... 2 weeks after Arlo Parks canceled her tour, a night before I was supposed to see her

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Jul 12, 2022

Should I see Low or Japanese Breakfast at Pitchfork on Saturday?

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Jun 7, 2022

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers = Kenrick's In Utereo... in an era where Nirvana would have been too abrasive to go mainstream in the 1st place.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Jun 4, 2022

When you see Haim live, just how stupid talented they are shines clear

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• May 30, 2022

Saw James Murphy put on one of the two best DJ sets I've ever seen on Friday (the other being Jamie Xx). Was tipsy enough to try and score an autograph at which point he came over and shook my hand.

"You're the reason I listen to Bowie and Can. Thank you. Oh, and Coachella 2016 is one of the handful of best shows I've seen".

I think I may have lost him on that last bit.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• May 21, 2022

Saw Sunflower Bean tonight. Not only is their album one of the best of the year... They put on a STUPID good live show.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• May 12, 2022

Having an (acclaimed) Radiohead side project and Kendrick drop an album on the same Friday is basically the equivalent of sending this agnostic to heaven. Except without the expectation that I'll be handed a tab of acid before the music drops.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Jan 27, 2022

Anyone have a copy of Courtney Barnett's Sometimes I Sit that they aren't crazy about and would consider selling or trading?

One of my very favs of last decade, and I put a skip inducing hairline in mine last night by dropping it.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Jan 25, 2022

Just wanna say that those of you who recommended Reckless for a Chicago shop... good looking out. Selection was solid and pricing was straight outta 2014.

Picked up Grimes last album and the repress of The Bends (which shockingly had good reviews on discogs) for a cool 40 + tax. They said they could order shit for me too so I can avoid supporting Bezos and get some electronic in my life.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Jan 23, 2022

Just got the TT set back up with upgraded wiring.

What are the best record shops in Chicago guys? Esp for newer music ala Amoeba. Swung by Shuga and found myself enraged at the markups. That place is everything wrong with the hobby in 2022.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Nov 25, 2021

Fuck yes... Best KEXP is a long while

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Nov 16, 2021

I've probably seen a couple hundred hip-hop shows in my life. Tyler the Creator's set at Day in Vegas on Sunday ranks pretty high among them.

And for the record: A Wu-Tang set circa 2010 Denver was easily the worst. Though Drake gave them a run for their $$$ at what I'm pretty sure was Coachella 2015.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Nov 16, 2021

Bahahaha

"The pressing is bad and it sounds like a man": Taylor Swift fans confused by LPs pressed at 45rpm

Taylor Swift fans have been left confused after receiving their exclusive vinyl editions of Red (Taylor's Version) from Target, which seem to be pressed at 45rpm instead of the standard 33rpm.

www.thelineofbestfit.com

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Nov 7, 2021

What's your guy's go to record cleaner? I've used a Spin Cleaner for years but it's time to upgrade to a vacuum based one.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Nov 4, 2021

The price that Azealia Bank's Broke With Expensive Taste is going for on Discogs makes it irrational for me not to sell... And yet I can't bring myself to do it because that album is integral to my life in the mid-10's and probably the most "golden ticket" purchase experience of my life.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Nov 4, 2021

As somebody who makes what constitues a lower middle class living in the year 2021- and has seen them press a # of my all-time favorite album over the past year- I absolutely loathe that charging $40 a record seems to be a sustainable business model for Vinyl Me Please.

I used to drop $80 a month on 3 or 4 records via them. But apparently they only want to cater to the rich. Assholes.

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Oct 22, 2021

Got a promotion that requires leaving LA for Chicago. Any tips or links for helping move my vinyl collection cross country?

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  DownIsTheNewUp

• Sep 3, 2021

I welcome all crtitics to the "Drake is bad pop for people who think they might like hip-hop" train I've been riding for over a decade.

Also, somebody call the fire department, that new Little Simz is scorching