Local Calendar Update: The New Pornographers @ National 2/14/15 Valentine’s Day

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"I want to go to there..." ~ HipsterApproved.net

“I want to go to there…” ~ HipsterApproved.net

Hip Halloween 2014

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Hip concert review…Clutch at The Norva 9/26/14

clutchGreat show by Clutch this past weekend at the Norva Theater in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.

Unfortunately I’m having difficulty with my camera…so I thought I’d at least post these photos I took with my phone. It was an awesome show! Enjoy!

(Thanks to Libby at MSO for the passes! Sorry about the pictures.)

Local Calendar reminder…Clutch live tonight at the Norva 9/26/14

Just a reminder…Hip band Clutch is performing at the Norva Theater in downtown Norfolk, Virginia tonight. Tickets are still on-sale, and are also available at the door.


I don’t have definite plans to go to this show as of yet, but if someone could hook me up with a comp ticket or two, that would be great! I’d love to write up a review of this show. Get a hold of me at HipsterApproved@gmail.com

Hip film…A Place We Have Been To – A film featuring the Elephant 6 Recording Co. – Trailer 1

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/elephant6doc

Jabberwocky Fest 2014 CANCELLED

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This event has been cancelled. ~ HipsterApproved.net

This event has been cancelled. ~ HipsterApproved.net

Hip music…The Electric Wurms – Heart Of The Sunrise

Local event reminder…NIN/Soundgarden tomorrow @ Va Beach Amp

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"I'm THERE Dude" ~ HipsterApproved.net

“I’m THERE Dude” ~ HipsterApproved.net

Remembering Elephant 6

Great book about NMH. It was my first of many from this 33 1/3 series.

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In honor of this week’s anniversary of Olivia Tremor Control member Bill Doss’s death, 333Sound takes a brief look back at the Elephant 6 Recording Company (and its extensive family tree).

As Kim Cooper documented in her now iconic 33 1/3 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, something extraordinary was happening in Athens, Georgia, when Jeff Magnum, William Cullen Hart, and Bill Doss emerged in the music scene as Synthetic Flying Machine. Recently transplanted from the small neighboring towns of Ruston and Dubach in Louisiana and already flying under the elusive banner of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, SFM would bring a new, DIY, pop-psychedelic sound to the then predominately grunge landscape of Athens—a musical style (and way of life) that would linger in the community for years to come.

Synthetic Flying Machine flyer, early 90s. Ruston, LA. Synthetic Flying Machine flyer, early 90s, Ruston, LA. From the Neutral Milk Hotel Picture Archive.

By 1997, SFM had…

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Hip concert reminder…Phish @ Portsmouth Pavilion tonight!

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"I want to go to there..." ~ HipsterApproved.net

“I want to go to there…” ~ HipsterApproved.net