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Home » Man or Astro-Man?

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Posted inMusic

Man or Astro-Man? go surfing in outer space

by James Porter February 14, 2020August 18, 2021

There’s a difference between surf and instrumental rock—not every rock ’n’ roll tune without a vocal is surf. The likes of Duane Eddy, Link Wray, and even Booker T. & the MGs have all been mistaken for surf artists, but none of them have had that “wet” reverb sound favored by west-coast guitarists such as […]

Posted inBlogs

Best shows to see: Owen Pallett, Foxes in Fiction, Vijay Iyer, Man or Astro-man?, Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance

by Leor Galil September 4, 2014August 18, 2021

The best shows to see through Sunday include Owen Pallett, Foxes in Fiction, Vijay Iyer, Man or Astro-man?, and Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance.

David Bowie in 1973
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Whitney Allen of Toupee on the world’s loneliest whale

by Kevin Warwick June 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Verma’s Whitney Johnson, Toupee’s Whitney Allen, and the Reader‘s Kevin Warwick

Posted inBlogs

Best shows to see: Jack Oblivian, Man or Astro-Man?, Vieux Farka Toure, Buika

by Tosten Burks June 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include the Spring Awakening fest, the Taste of Randolph Street, Jack Oblivian, Black Star, the Mountain Goats, and Man or Astro-Man?

The Black Lips headline this Chicago Avenue fest
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West Fest

by Luca Cimarusti July 3, 2012August 19, 2021

Black Lips, Man or Astro-Man?, Derrick Carter, and more at this weekend’s West Fest

Henry Owings
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The Keeper of the Cassettes

by Miles Raymer December 24, 2009August 19, 2021

What to do with those old practice tapes? Chunklet’s Henry Owings is digitizing and posting rarities from the 80s and 90s.

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