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Hilty Hazzard
On its debut album, Fleet Foxes wear their influences on their sleeves, eschewing any originality for almost blind impersonation of what came before.  Pre-liberation Idiots & the Fake StonesBy
Hilty Hazzard
The first year of college for most kids is a traumatic time. I made it especially hard on myself by spending my first year at an all girls college in rural southwest Virginia. I had gone there with visions of becoming a great academic, eschewing the lesser desires of fun and parties and boys with [...]  Love in the Time of PhishBy
Hilty Hazzard
In 1996, at the tender age of 16, I was a prime target to be taken into the cult of Phish. In my world concerts were for meeting boys, radio was A-OK and my CD collection consisted of The Cranberries, Sarah McLachlan, and The Counting Crows.  Outside Our Gates by Liz DurrettBy
Hilty Hazzard
If Cat Power and Beth Orton could blend together into one artist- surely that singer/songwriter would be Liz Durrett. Try as I did, though, comparisons couldn’t be avoided. But bear with me! Comparison and similarity aren’t always bad things.  Showdown in the Mythical Land of HipstersBy
Hilty Hazzard
When I used to live in Richmond, Virginia I always heard about a mythical land of hipsters. It was a land where irony and cynicism flowed from every faucet, where bangs were on every head, and where young lads could roam the streets in tight jeans without nary a question of, “sir, where have you [...] |
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