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The Beastly Beauty of Niche Noise Label Archivenew

Almost all of the 40-odd releases on Archive — spanning everything from dirty psych rock by Philly locals to import Asian synth duels and freak-outs — have been culled from the constantly expanding universe that is Scott Slimm's collection of live recordings.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Jakob Dorof  |  04-21-2009  |  Music

Will Your Favorite Indie Book Store Survive or Be Swallowed Whole?new

More than a decade deep into Amazon, Borders and Barnes & Noble's ravenous gangbang of all things mom-and-pop, local bookstores are now staring down the barrel of Depression 2.0.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Jakob Dorof  |  03-24-2009  |  Books

Joe Meno Wallows in 'Demons in the Spring'new

But when Meno feels sad, he revels in it: He's made a career out of doing just that with Hairstyles of the Damned, a conversational punk-rock update of J.D. Salinger's most famous, and The Boy Detective Fails, a book that knows it's a book, but doesn't let that get in the way of breaking some hearts.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Jakob Dorof  |  09-23-2008  |  Fiction

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