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Exclusive: Russian Circles’ Track-By-Track Tour Of Geneva

Guitarist Mike Sullivan got deep into the nitty-gritty with the IndiePit Blog about his band’s October 20 album, which is on our short list of most anticipated LPs yet to come in ‘09.

Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 by korzeck

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Exclusive: These Arms Are Snakes Outdo Pitchfork’s Top 500

Just for us, Brian Cook mapped out a humungous, 500-song rebuttal to Pitchfork’s widely slammed “Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s.”

Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2009 by korzeck

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UPDATED: Pelican Frontman Riffs Track-By-Track About Guest-Filled New Album

In one of his first interviews - if not the first - for What We All Come to Need, Laurent Lebec tells IndiePit about Aaron Turner’s and Greg Anderson’s spots, and tons more.

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 by korzeck

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RecaPitulation: Robert Pollard, Polvo, All Smiles, Drums, Sufjan Stevens

A GbV DVD … Nick Cave novel-ties … MP3s from Volcano Choir and the Opposite Sex … cheap Mastodon tees … a Polvo pre-order bonus … an All Smiles update straight from the lips of Jim Fairchild … plus a new Drums video, Raincoats reissue deets, one of the lamest metal promo pics of the year and waaay more.

Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009 by korzeck

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Inside The Label: Pirates Press Records

Hydra Head is giving up altogether on CDs? You can press a record so that two songs play concentrically? The Joker has something in common with Madonna? PPR captain Eric “Skippy” Mueller gives IndiePit the dirt on all this, his upcoming releases and more.

Posted Thursday, August 6, 2009 by korzeck

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RecaPitulation: Pelican, Black Heart Procession, Blitzen Trapper

Moms, please don't put your kids on leashes. And if you do, don't drag them around on leashes. And if you do, don't drag them around on leashes in a Verizon store.

Instrumentalists Pelican let their impressive LP guest list do the talking … Black Heart dish up dates … Blitzen Trapper’s new MP3 sounds like Tom Petty covering Nirvana covering the Meat Puppets … plus a bygone pudgy pole-dancing pal returns, all hail Alan Lomax, a stage collapses onto a country-music singer and more colorful copy.

Posted Monday, August 3, 2009 by korzeck

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Metal Halftime Report: Best Albums Of ‘09 (So Far)

This year has already seen some thoroughly enrapturing releases slither out from Middle-earth. Here are the 15 that have already won their way into our metal heart thus far in ‘09.

Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 by korzeck

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MP3s Roundup: Melvins, Tortoise, Future Of The Left, Twilight Sad

OK, here it is: a roundup of all the MP3s we’ve presented thus far on the IndiePit Blog - and some ones that hadn’t found a home yet.

Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2009 by korzeck

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Isis’ Aaron Turner Calls Golden Gods Awards ‘Demeaning,’ ‘Ridiculous’

One of the smarter metalheads you'll meet also chats with us about why he had to get out of L.A., why walking his dog is meditating and why Isis would tour with Tool all over again.

One of the smarter metalheads you’ll meet also chats with IndiePit about why he had to leave L.A., why walking his dog is meditating and why Isis would tour with Tool again.

Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 by korzeck

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Inside The Label: Ipecac Recordings

An ongoing series profiling the indie labels we love.

Mike Patton might be out of his head, but his label is turning 10 years old. Co-founder Greg Werckman chats up IndiePit, dropping hints about a ton of upcoming releases (Melvins included) and more.

Posted Thursday, July 2, 2009 by korzeck

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