Feature: 11 Bands You Should Get Back Together With (for FasterLouder)

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In which I make jokes about: Daniel Chick, Charlie Pickering, Nova Scotian fishing fleets, Pauline Hanson, Adam Sandler, the Pigeon Detectives and many, many other things.

Also, it’s about bands you should make sure you still like. Because they’re good. Have a read here.

Slaves – ‘Take Control’ review (Rolling Stone)

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Getting a Beastie Boy to produce your record: smart.

Slaves’ swaggery-eff  you punk, and their first album Are You Satisfied (that I also reviewed for Rolling Stone) was a blast of pungent fresh air, so getting Mike D to produce their second record is an unexpected, yet  awesome, move. With that in mind, read my review of Slaves’ Take Control for Rolling Stone right here.

Derong Guys – Top 100 Derong Dudes (Episodes 41-47)

Keep up with our weekly NBA podcast, where we’re currently going through our Top 100 Derong Dudes. We talk/gush/criticize everyone from Walt Frazier to Blake Griffin, Peja Stojakovic to Shawn Kemp and Steve Nash to  Oscar Robertson… And we’ve still got three weeks to go!

Catch up here for iTunes, or below on soundcloud!

Feature: Nine Thoughts To Keep Your Spirits Up Heading Into The 2016-17 Nets Season (for The Brooklyn Game)

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HEY NOW! I wrote about how folks can deal with the Nets upcoming season. It’s over at TheBrooklynGame.

Hint: Booze and Jeremy Lin’s (pretty amazing) hair feature prominently