December 2009
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Label Feature: Vulpiano Records
Dear readers, After a quite a spell of spotty activity here at A Future in Noise on my part, I am thrilled to announce the official launch of a new endeavor I have recently embarked on - a record label, Vulpiano Records! The concept of Vulpiano is based around this: each artist involved must make at least one single, EP, or album available for free. Purchasables with an on-line store will be...
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John Carpenter - Fairy Tales Forgotten
John Carpenter has been featured on A Future in Noise for over a year, figuring in the top EPs of 2009, independent music discoveries, and had one of the very first music submission reviews on the site. Recently featured on Stereogum and with a fantastic single out on Mexican Summer (“Seasons” w/ “Haunt My Home”), John Carpenter and his crew (J. Explosive on drums, live...
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My Musical Journey Through the 2000s
As I was born in 1989 and music has been a crucial part of my life since I was a baby (see my earlier post Momma’s Mix-Tapes for more on that), I have now lived through two entire decades. The 1990s for me meant going to see Beck and the Flaming Lips a lot, watching music videos (on a TV set, even - imagine that!), and discovering my love of video game music. Kraftwerk’s Computer...
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Favorite Albums of the 2000s
More lists, ahoy! This time, it’s my picks for top 15 favorite albums of each decade (other AFINers are at liberty to post theirs as well). Since so many of the other end-of-decade lists are best-of-centric, I figured I would step away from that to highlight my personal favorites, rather than collecting just what is critically acclaimed/respected by legions of people. Yes, there will be a...