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Benjy Eisen

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Benjy Eisen resides in San Francisco and has written about music for a number of publications including Rolling Stone, Paste and Filter. His writing has also appeared in several anthologies and his work has been nominated for several Jammy Awards.

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Les Claypool Looks Back on Primus 'Breakup,' Influence of Coen Brothers
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Les Claypool Looks Back on Primus 'Breakup,' Influence of Coen Brothers

Getty Images Although Primus got their start in the Bay Area music scene, circa 1984, bassist and band leader Les Claypool is, by now, firmly entrenched in Sonom, two counties north of San Francisco. Wine country. In fact, Claypool even runs a boutique winery called Claypool Cellars, with a tasting room in Sebastopol. Many of his lyrics over ...

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Young Man Outgrows 'Boy,' Is More Than That Indie-Covers Kid From YouTube

Taylor Burton As much as the Young Man moniker is, technically, an accurate description of singer-songwriter Colin Caulfield, it is also evident that this young man is, as the saying goes, wise beyond his years. You can substitute any number of other adjectives for "wise" in that statement and you wouldn't be wrong. At just 22-years-old, ...

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LCD's James Murphy and Disco Biscuits Discuss Irish Dance Beats at Camp Bisco

Roger Kisby, Getty Images It took ten different incarnations, but the Disco Biscuits finally had a festival sell-out to the tune of 25,000 at their annual Camp Bisco in upstate New York this past weekend. While they hosted a number of marquee acts -- including Wiz Khalifa, Death From Above 1979, Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, Yeasayer and ...

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Phish Deliver 'Prime' Performance at 'Super Ball 9' Festival in New York

AP Photo One of the biggest rock festivals of the summer took place this past weekend on a racetrack in Watkin's Glen, New York. The same site that, in 1973, hosted Summer Jam. That one-day festival became legendary for having a crowd far larger than Woodstock but for just three bands -- the Band, the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead. ...

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Bruce Springsteen Posts Moving, Revealing Clarence Clemons Eulogy Online

Kevin Mazur, WireImage When Clarence Clemons, longtime saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, passed away on June 18, Bruce Springsteen was quick to offer a statement, which ran on his official website just hours after Clemons' death. He also spoke at the funeral, giving a eulogy that many in attendance had described to ...

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Odd Future's Pitchfork Appearance Will Be Protested by Women's Rights Group

Roger Kisby, Getty Images We all know that Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA or, just, Odd Future for short) is not exactly a family values band. In fact, if 2 Live Crew didn't do it in the early 1990s, this L.A. hip-hop collective might've single-handedly ushered in those once-controversial "Parental Guidance: Explicit Lyrics" ...

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Chuck Berry Statue Approved, Despite Opposition

Francois G. Durand, WireImage.com Rock 'n' roll history buffs, music aficionados and statue-loving citizens can relax now -- a short-lived protest against a proposed 8-foot Chuck Berry statue in his hometown of St. Louis, Mo. has been quieted after the local council rejected the protesters' bid to delay its installation. The statue will soon ...

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