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The RAMI Strikes Back!
Now that the Rockford Area Music Industry Award nominations are online and official, we decide to alienate more people by talking about Jesus, The RAMI Awards, and stuff we presume to know about. None...
View ArticleSock Monkey Sound Throwdown – Radio Edit
Here’s the clean version of the Throwdown Ad. A bunch of folks think this one is funnier.[audio:http://sockmonkeysound.com/podcasts/Ads/SMS-Throwdown-clean.mp3]Sock Monkey Sound
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Jon Marks of Hey Champ
Jon Marks of Hey ChampJon Marks from Hey Champ joins us for love… Sock Monkey Style! We talk a crap load about Jon’s history, as well as how Hey Champ has been busting ass for the last year and a...
View ArticleSock Monkey Sound reviewed by Edgy Podcast Reviews!!!
The fine folks at Edgy Podcast Reviews (www.edgypodcastreviews.com) gave us a double 3 1/2 (out of 5) star rating on Episode 92 of their podcast. Thanks to Daniel and Jana for taking the time to listen...
View ArticleDavid Ballard of Tap Me Games
Musician, comedian, and Tap Me Games grand beardmaster David Ballard sits in on this weeks show. He talks about how he left Rockford to pursue riches in a far away land called Chicago working on...
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Album Review: Ghosts by Donkey Boy (USA)
Ghostsby Alex Danger StewartWith the new Donkey Boy (USA) EP, A Song for ‘Last Rights,” Dave Decastris delivers a rumination on his favorite theme. The pain and degradation of low class Rockfordians....
View ArticleThe Felix Culpa – The Constant
The Felix Culpa perform an acoustic version The Constant from their 2010 release Sever Your Roots. Recorded live at M.I.A Studios for Sock Monkey Sound Music & Culture Podcast. Sock Monkey Sound
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The Pleasuredome Part Deux – The 1990s!
Saved by the Monkey It’s The Pleasuredome Part Deux! Brandon’s roommate Justin Whipple sits in as we choose guilty pleasures from the 90′s. Full House, Steve Urkel, crappy Rockford radio stations, and...
View ArticleThrowdown #5: Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks, Two Versions
For this Throwdown we’re going to pit 2 different videos of the same song against each other, Grizzly Bear’s Two Weeks. The first is the video that was sanctioned by the band that features the band...
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The Artists Ensemble, Rockford’s only Professional Live Theater Group
The Artists’ Ensemble, With a fireside, radio, pipe and a pet; this is how I’ve imagined my country to be. By Andrew Whorehall SteveBy the time you read this the Artist Ensemble’s limited run encore...
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The Pimps – Another job well done.
TheThe Pimps | Part I: A CD review of 2010′s F*ck This Sh*t, We’re Outta Here by The Pimps… disguised as a letter to the Rockford Register Star and other pathetic media outlets for dropping the ball...
View ArticleDonkey Boy (USA) –"Johnsburg, IL* / Birds & Balloons / Break My Hands"...
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View ArticleDonkey Boy (USA) – “People in Bars (The Ballad of Rockford, IL)†Part 2
Donkey Boy (USA) performing live for Sock Monkey Sound.Sock Monkey Sound
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Inception: A quick review of an exceptionally pointless movie.
Starring Leo & Directed by ‘Dark Knight’ Director, Christoper NolanBy Andrew Whorehall | 07.25.2010 Some are seeing Inception 2-3xs already. Also of interest, some things have changed around the...
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Rian Murphy & Will Oldham's "All Most Heaven" E.P.
A little taste of Pre-Yankee Chicago.August 28th marks the 10 year anniversary of one of Drag City Record’s most peculiar and beautiful E.P.’s. Featuring 4 original songs by label owner, Rian Murphy,...
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The Halfway Point, 2010: Sock Monkey Sound Staff Music Review
The Halfway Point: A 2010 Music Review Songs, records, cds, downloads, whatever. National, International, Regional, Rewinds & LetdownsBy SMS Editorial & Contributing Writers: Chip Copeland (cC)...
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A+ Releases | Cameron McGill & What Army, Joie De Vivre, Lizard Skynard,...
{NOTE: Review Excerpts included from Sock Monkey Sounds 2010 Halfway Reviews} JoieJoie De Vivre The North End Young, intelligent, college kids playing off of punk emotion, setting the pace slow, early...
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Matt Hopper “Jersey Finger”: Review + Interview
Matt Hopper, singer-songwriter from Boise, Idaho, recently passed through the midwest on tour supporting his 2010 self-release, Jersey Finger. He took some time to talk with us about working with the...
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Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s – Buzzard
The Chicago, IL via Indianapolis, IN, band release record #3, their ‘September gurl.’ A rebirth of sorts, creatively & personally, for singer-songwriter & head ‘Margot,’ Richard Edwards. By...
View ArticleREVIEW WRITERS NEEDED
Sock Monkey Sound Seeks Music WritersAre you an American Dreamer? Do you seek NSA love on the internets? Now stop thinking and read below.Hey yawl,Do you like to read and write? (Stupid question?...
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