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Wye Oak

Stephen Mejias Aug 06, 2009 First Published: Aug 06, 2009 0 comments

Wye Oak is a sort of American folk duo. Andy Stack plays drums and keys (at the same time), while Jenn Wasner sings and absolutely wails on the guitar. This is a video for their song, "Please Concrete," from their 2008 debut If Children.

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Fiery Furnaces Friday

Stephen Mejias Jul 31, 2009 First Published: Jul 31, 2009 0 comments

Hey everybody! As we like to say around here in the office, it's "Happy Friday!" For alliterative purposes, let's call it "Fiery Furnaces Friday." The">http://www.thefieryfurnaces.com/site/">The Fiery Furnaces have something up their sleeve, and I don't know what it's all about, but I'm betting that's it's good. I bet there are a lot of words involved. But, perhaps, no sound. A lot of alliteration, too. The Fiery Furnaces are good at that.

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One for Thursday

Stephen Mejias Jul 30, 2009 First Published: Jul 30, 2009 0 comments

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Hegel Music Systems

Stephen Mejias Jul 30, 2009 First Published: Jul 30, 2009 0 comments

Norway's Hegel Music Systems has made its way to the US market. I met Hegel and the company's charming founder, Bent Holter, at the 2007">http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2007/010907set/">2007 Consumer Electronics Show and then again in Las Vegas during the">http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2008/011208top/">the following year. On both occasions, I had a lot of fun listening to music and learning about Holter's designs. As I wrote last year, I was instantly attracted to the designer's combination of tech-talk and passion for music. The guy is at once serious and totally wacky.

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Kokomo Wednesday

Stephen Mejias Jul 29, 2009 First Published: Jul 29, 2009 0 comments

On the train this morning, a pretty girl sitting directly in front of me, with a large purse in her lap, and connected to it, an iPod. Earbuds to her pretty, little ears letting loose the music, the most appalling of all songs ever to hit the Top 40: The Beach Boys' "Kokomo."

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The Sennheiser Sound Tour

Stephen Mejias Jul 29, 2009 First Published: Jul 29, 2009 0 comments

We're always asking the big questions: Are we really alive? Will we ever find true happiness? How can we be better human beings? What's love, but a secondhand emotion? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken? How can the high end audio industry reach a wider audience?

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Two for Tuesday

Stephen Mejias Jul 28, 2009 First Published: Jul 28, 2009 0 comments

The Yardbirds' version of "Train Kept A-Rollin'" has been sharing space in my mind with Outkast's "Ms. Jackson." Makes no sense. It's like the train keeps rolling right into Ms. Jackson. Only my subconscious knows why.

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The Sonos CR200 Controller

Stephen Mejias Jul 28, 2009 First Published: Jul 28, 2009 0 comments

When John Atkinson reviewed Sonos's original ZP80">http://www.stereophile.com/budgetcomponents/1006sonos/index.html">ZP80 Bundle, he fell in love with the company's CR100 controller which uses a full-color, 3.5" LCD screen to provide easy navigation of music files on up to 16 network devices and displays all the metadata associated with each track, including album art. JA wrote:

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Monday Morning Theme Song

Stephen Mejias Jul 27, 2009 First Published: Jul 27, 2009 0 comments

The Pharcyde's "Otha Fish," from their crazily good 1993 album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.

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A Brief Journey Through Audiophilia

Stephen Mejias Jul 27, 2009 First Published: Jul 27, 2009 0 comments

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