Rising/Converging: Archive

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Best of 10 Honorable Mentions

Albums that I dug this year, but didn’t get me quite as excited as my top 10. (numbers 10-6 here, and numbers 5-1 here.) Jenny and Johnny- I’m Having Fun Now Jenny Lewis can do no wrong, and being a former fan of Johnathan Rice’s solo work, this is a great collab. Fun, sunny California pop. download “Big Wave” from J & J’s I’m Having Fun Now. Warpaint-...

Dec 31st

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Dec 30th

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Greensboro, NC pizza place Sticks & Stones Clay...

barteringlines: drgrizzly: fuckyeahdra: mollychambers: :D Read more (via leylac) Hey Phillip, don’t you live near Greensboro? Will you go here for me so I can experience it through you? I smell a roadtrip to Greensboro soon. This is amazing. Next time I’m back home, I”m bookin’ it to NC

Dec 29th

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themusiclibrary: O Valencia! - The Decemberists

Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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where do you guys buy vinyl online?

I’m itching to buy some Pixies, Radiohead, DRA, etc, and don’t want to go through Amazon. What are some credible, legit sites you use?

Dec 28th

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Dec 28th

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Dec 27th

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Dec 27th

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Dec 27th

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one of my top 5 favorite Tom Waits songs—...

Dec 27th

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Dec 26th

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Dec 26th

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Johnny Cash feat. Joe Strummer - Redemption...

Dec 24th

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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one of my favorite DBT songs ever. Anyone on the...

Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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“Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have...”

– Charles de Lint (via bitchville)

Dec 22nd

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Dec 22nd

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Dec 21st

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Rising Converging’s top 10 albums of 2010, #5-1

1. the National- High Violet Cincinnati natives the National just continue on the up and up. Though 2007’s masterpiece Boxer is nearly impossible to usurp in lyrics and musicianship, the New York-based boys have finally gained their place in the cultural capital royal court with this year’s High Violet. Seeing them at this year’s late-March Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN solidified the...

Dec 19th

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Rising Converging's top 10 albums of 2010, #10-6

Behold, dear followers. Here are the first five albums on my year-end top 10 list, albums 10 through 6. Download a song for each album if you’re feelin’ extra ambitious today too :) Albums #5-1 and more to come in the following days. Stay tuned, share your thoughts, and enjoy. 6. Arcade Fire- the Suburbs Everyone’s favorite “Canadian little band that could” third album sure had a...

Dec 18th

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Dec 16th

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Sex Ed in the Age of Snooki →

great article (written by a male) about how reality TV and raunchy female stars have blurred female sexuality. It’s worth the read, especially if you’re a man.

Dec 16th

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Radiohead- Subterranean Homesick Alien

Dec 16th

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