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2007 Stories by Nate Patrin

• New Year's Eve Party

  published December 26, 2007

  So the promise of free food and one of the metro's less expensive New Year's parties ($10 for guys, half that if you're of the womanly... More >>

• London to Houston to Shaolin

  published December 19, 2007

  Dizzee Rascal Maths + English The third album from London's biggest grime superstar... More >>

• New MC

  published December 12, 2007

  NEW MC White Jesus Interlock There are two song titles of note on this Kanser... More >>

• Jonathan Coulton

  published December 5, 2007

  I could spend a few hundred words dorking out about the reasons Portal is one of the greatest video games of the last five years—the comedy,... More >>

• Prof

  published December 5, 2007

  PROF Project Gampo AlamoYard The last time some dudes from Atlanta came to... More >>

• Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

  published November 14, 2007

  An old-school funk revival outfit fronted by a fiftysomething former correctional officer born in—where else—Augusta, Georgia, Sharon... More >>

• the Hold Steady

  published October 24, 2007

  This year's annual Hold Steady semi-homecoming is doubly weird. For one thing, even with Craig Finn's literary brilliance, they're essentially a... More >>

• Van Halen

  published October 24, 2007

  No, really, this time they mean it (probably): Van Halen are touring again with David Lee Roth, which is good news—at least for those of us... More >>

• ECID

  published October 24, 2007

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• Justice

  published October 10, 2007

  There's plenty of things that the French don't necessarily do better than anyone else, they just...well, they invented the phrase je... More >>

• On Dethklok: A Conversation

  published October 10, 2007

  Your hosts:Nate Patrin: A "rap/club/garage-rock fan who is simultaneously open to and bewildered by... More >>

• Kill the Vultures

  published October 3, 2007

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• Ice Rod CD-Release

  published September 19, 2007

  In times like this when everyone's worried about hip hop being "dead" and bloggers are complaining about "indie hipsters" (read: white folks)... More >>

• Bonde Do Role; Juice Boxxx

  published September 19, 2007

  To understand exactly how filthy Bonde do Role are, it helps to overcome the language barrier. Imagine a Brazilian electro group that mixes the... More >>

• Words I M.anifest

  published September 19, 2007

  Every MC wants to be different from every other MC. Luckily for Kwame Tsikata, he's got plenty of things to set him apart.... More >>

• M.anifest CD-Release

  published September 12, 2007

  Speaking strictly for myself, I'm having a bastard of a time trying to figure out what the best local hip-hop debut CD of the year is—a... More >>

• Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

  published September 12, 2007

  Five years ago, a friend of mine directed me toward the damnedest cover of Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done for Me... More >>

• Capaciti & A-Scratch: The Blind Cinema Sessions

  published September 5, 2007

  Minnesota Mix More >>

• UGK: UGK (Underground Kingz)

  published August 29, 2007

  UGK UGK (Underground Kingz) JiveMost of the strengths from UGK's new No. 1... More >>

• Carnage Featuring Booka B: Sense of Sound

  published August 22, 2007

  Carnage Featuring Booka B Sense of Sound Hecatomb Carnage is one of the Twin... More >>

• Mark Ronson: Version

  published August 1, 2007

  Mark Ronson Version Columbia DJ Mark Ronson is like that really enthusiastic dude... More >>

• Ghostface Killah heats up the Varsity

  published July 25, 2007

  Ghostface Killah at the Varsity Theater, July 24, 2007 More >>

• Bonde do Role: With Lasers

  published July 11, 2007

  Bonde do Role With Lasers Domino College radio stations everywhere better thank... More >>

• Dan Deacon's spaceship lands at the Triple Rock

  published July 4, 2007

  Dan Deacon at the Triple Rock Social Club, July 2, 2007 More >>

• Justice: †

  published July 4, 2007

  Justice † Vice If you're the type of person who cobbles together impressions... More >>