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Hello! Things are heating up In 33 ⅓ land, I’ve just sent off a boatload of great writing to the shop (the shop being the copyediting/production department). That would be: Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville by Gina Arnold. Pre-order here before May 22, 2013. Oasis’s Definitely Maybe by Alex Niven. Pre-order here before May 8, 2013. […]

Every month, 33 1/3 editorial assistant Kaitlin Fontana will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in November?* Drumroll please… 1. Happy Thanksgiving, ‘Muhrica! We’re bringing you

And now, a word from our lovely UK marketer Charlotte Rose, who recently attended the first ever Louder than Words conference. On 16th November 2013, Louder Than Words made its entrance into the world, and what a entrance it was! Let me explain. Louder Than Words is a brand new UK festival celebrating oral, written

Happy DJ Culture Week! We’re celebrating the release of DJ Culture in the Mix, a groundbreaking edited collection that takes a critical academic look at international DJ culture. As the week draws to a close, our co-editors wax nostalgic via video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nf6I35i8yk&w=560&h=315] 1. The Early Days Several of the chapters in the book make reference

Happy DJ Culture Week! We’re celebrating the release of DJ Culture in the Mix, a groundbreaking edited collection that takes a critical academic look at international DJ culture. On Day 4, co-editor Bernardo Attias (California State University Northridge) tackles the age old question: Man, or Machine? At the Sónar music festival in Barcelona I had

Happy DJ Culture Week! We’re celebrating the release of DJ Culture in the Mix, a groundbreaking edited collection that takes a critical academic look at international DJ culture. On Day 3, co-editor Anna Gavanas (Linköpings Universitet, Sweden) delves into the gendered side of the DJ discussion. In  2012 I explained my involvement in DJ Culture

Happy DJ Culture Week! We’re celebrating the release of DJ Culture in the Mix, a groundbreaking edited collection that takes a critical academic look at international DJ culture. On Day 2, co-editor Hillegonda Rietveld takes a look back at her early days in Manchester, and how DJ culture has influenced her academic work. DJ Culture

Happy They Might Be Giants Week! We’re celebrating the release of the 88th volume in the 33 1/3 series: They Might Be Giants’ Flood. On our final day, co-author Philip Sandifer presents the essential TMBG video vault. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-tQSFQ-ESY&w=420&h=315] Central to our take on Flood is what we call the aesthetic of flooding–an aesthetic of unrelenting

Happy They Might Be Giants Week! We’re celebrating the release of the 88th volume in the 33 1/3 series: They Might Be Giants’ Flood. On Day 4, co-author S. Alexander Reed counts down the top ten non-album TMBG tracks. Also! Today is the day the book becomes officially available on Amazon. Buy away! “Never Had

Happy They Might Be Giants Week! We’re celebrating the release of the 88th volume in the 33 1/3 series: They Might Be Giants’ Flood. On Day 3, our co-authors find themselves outside, on film, with an accordion. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWbM1fDJW0&w=560&h=315] Tune in for more TMBG week tomorrow, and buy the book on Amazon or your local retailer.