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Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 6, No. 2 - 'Coachella Is Coming...' Coachella is coming and it sure seems like everyone and their mother is going to Indio, doesn't it?
 04/21/04
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 6, No. 1 - 'Bodysong Contest' We're running a great new contest to give away ten limited edition seven-inches from Jonny Greenwood's acclaimed soundtrack to the documentary Bodysong. Plus, you can buy the new Secret Machines album online and you should check out an exclusive new comp from Amnesty International and you should head down to Miami for the new M3 music festival next month.
 02/17/04
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 12 - 'So Long, 2003' We reflect on reasons for hope going into the next year.
 12/19/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 11 - 'Regrets & Celebrations' Last thoughts on Elliott Smith, the magic of CMJ, and the Directors Label launches.
 10/30/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 10 'Total Recall, Total Baseball' Yes, California has an action figure governor, but maybe that's not all bad. And what of this possibility of a Red Sox vs. Cubs world series? It's been over 80 years since either have seen a world series title and we figure it's impossible for them to each loose should they make it to the series and face each other.
 10/15/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 9 'The Man In Black, Invisible Ink, & A Generation Gap Follow-up' This week we mourn the loss of an American legend, introduce a radio show now featured on epitonic.com, and discuss the Radiohead interpretation offered by a class of fifth graders.
 09/23/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 8 'Gaps in Grids and Generations' Last week's blackout may have left you in the dark or without access to the 'tonic, but we're back online and continuing to spread our gospel. This week's thoughtful commentary centers around the kids these days. Today's graduating seniors haven't heard of Fugazi or Black Flag or a thousand other bands and we're doing our part to change that.
 09/05/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 7 'RESFEST Gets Musical' This week we bring you some sweet updates, let you know about the amazing music component of this year's RESFEST, and weigh in on the spectacle also known as the California gubernatorial recall election.
 08/11/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 5 'Contests 'n' Prizes' Epitonic celebrates the multitudes of summer releases with a couple of great music contests. Plus we weigh in on a notorious email hoax.
 07/03/03
Epitonic New Music Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 4 'FCC Paves the Way for More Media Consolidation' Some hot new updates on Epitonic, plus information about the upcoming FCC rule changes.
 06/02/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 3 'The Riches to Rags Tale of the Webbys' In which we offer our thoughts on being nominated for a Webby, bring you up to date on the latest music to hit the 'Tonic, and meditate a bit on our last newsletter.
 05/02/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 5, No. 1 - 'The Indomitable Epitonic' What's going on with us and our picks for the best Epitonic tracks of 2002.
 03/13/03
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 38 'Survey Time Again' We ask you to take the survey on the future of Epitonic, tell you about this cool new feature called Artist Radio, and encourage you to check out the fine new music.
 12/06/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 37 'The King of Pop Pops Off Again' Philosophy on Michael Jackson, plus a host of new electronic tunes, including a poignant track from Bjork.
 11/22/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 36 'Beyond the Pale Returns to SF' For the second year, Neurot Recordings shows San Francisco what it's like Beyond the Pale, plus we encourage you to listen to the radio, sputnik7.com style, and we ask you if you think we're pretty.
 11/15/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 35 'Busy Week: Shortlist, CMJ, Resfest' It's an exciting week in New York and LA, with the Shortlist Awards and Resfest dropping in the West and CMJ blowing up in the East.
 10/25/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 34 'Yesterday's Sounds of Tomorrow, Today' The early part of the '80s has played a big role in shaping the sounds of the early '00's. And we're not talking about electroclash, neither.
 10/11/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 33 'Rock Is Back? Where Did It Go?' This week we ask this question: if rock is back, where has it been all this while? Plus we fill you in on the inaugural city of RESFEST's fall 2002 world tour.
 09/26/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 32 'The Classic Edition (A Punk Rock History Lesson)' We take you back to the old school days with this one, which features an astonishing playlist of tunes from the late '60s to the early '80s.
 09/13/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 31 'Brand Spankin' New' A dozen brand spankin' new tunes, plus a tantalizing preview of coming attractions.
 08/29/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 30 'The Gospel According to Lee' We encourage you to check out our awesome interview with Lee Ranaldo and to vote in the "Perrier Across America" filmmaker contest.
 08/19/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 29 'Tacos, Northwest Indie Rock, August Electronic' We alert you to some great new Fishwrap features and drench you in a cold ice bath of fine electronic tunes.
 08/07/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 28 'Classic Hardcore on the 'Tonic' Breaking news: Godfathers of hardcore Bad Brains come to Epitonic. Also MTV has a contest featuring a couple of Epitonic bands.
 07/30/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 27 'The Summertime Driver's MP3 Companion' The summertime calls out for driving music, perhaps to accompany a trip to one of the many festivals taking place around the world. And we bid adieu to the great musicologist Alan Lomax.
 07/22/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 26 'Midsummer Missive' We tell you about new albums and tours from Beck and the Flaming Lips, celebrate the life of filmmaker John Frankenheimer, and muse on the similarities between the presidencies of Bush Sr. and Bush Jr.
 07/15/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 25 - 'Summer Soundtrack' We rejoice in the juicy magic of the summer season.
 06/28/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 24 'Presents & Treats' We deliver some tasty presents and treats, including new music by Sonic Youth, Guided by Voices, and others. Also, our homepage has a new look.
 06/21/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 23 'Summer Dance Tuneage' We apologize for postponing our special surprise, exhort you to dance to this week's fine summer tunes, and remind you to check out all the latest news in Fish Wrap.
 06/17/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 22 'Late Spring News & Gossip' A scattered late spring newsletter featuring a rundown of new music, a note on Paul McCartney's new beau, musings on the world of sports, and a shout-out to Dee Dee Ramone.
 06/07/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 21 'Introducing Fish Wrap' Epitonic unveils its newest addition, an editorial section called Fish Wrap. We also want to fill you in on the long-awaited new Breeders record.
 05/31/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 20 'For Francophiles' The theme this week is the French. Yep, they've contributed some good tunes to the ol' 'tonic. We also let you know that we've built a newsletter archive, so you can browse all the old issues.
 05/24/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 19 'End of an Era?' Report on the newest chapter in the tumultuous Napster saga.
 05/17/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 18 'Burning Questions...and Tasty Morsels' A few choice burns and some early May music news.
 05/10/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 17 'New Music, NXNE, & Other News' The lowdown on the upcoming North by Northeast music festival and other tidbits from around the music world.
 05/03/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 16 'Warp Magic Bus Tour...And Other Interesting Tidbits' WARP takes their show on the road for a month-long tour of Europe. Plus, a cool electronic music festival in Montreal. And R.E.M.'s Peter Buck gets off the hook for being a lout.
 04/26/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 15 'ATP -- Again!' Shellac curates the third annual All Tomorrow's Parties UK and they've invited some pretty cool bands to perform, a few of which you can hear in this week's newsletter.
 04/18/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 14 'Yes, Another Music Festival' Perry Farrell continues to pursue his Lollapalooza dream with Coachella, the third installment of which descends on the California desert this weekend.
 04/12/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 13 'Odds & Ends' In the news this week: the 6th Annual Audiotistic Future Sound Festival (or SAAFSF for short...), Sub Pop turns 14, Alternative Tentacles declares April Jello Biafra month, KRS says goodbye to Unwound, Megadeth disbands, and tickets go on sale for a music/poetry event in the Bronx.
 04/05/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 12 'Newman and New Stuff' When you've been nominated 15 times for an Oscar without ever taking home the little bronze man, it's gotta make the first victory that much sweeter. Kudos to Randy Newman.
 03/29/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 11 'The Epitonic Hall of Fame' The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts some new members. Epitonic responds with its own Hall of Fame.
 03/22/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 10 'Month of the Music Conference Part III, Winter Music Conference' Another week, another conference. Leave it to the DJs to have a "winter" music conference in Miami.
 03/15/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 9 'Month of the Music Conference Part II, All Tomorrow's Parties' If you can get to L.A. next week, then by all means go. All Tomorrow's Parties is calling you there.
 03/08/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 8 'Month of the Music Conference: South by Southwest' The underground music community converges on Austin, Texas this week for that grandaddy of indie rock music conferences, now in its 15th year.
 03/01/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 7 'Noise Pop Decennial' Noise Pop, San Francisco's revered indie music festival, turns ten this month. We offer it a happy birthday newsletter.
 02/22/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 6 'A Very Scratchy Day-After-Valentine's Day Kiss ' The turntablist documentary Scratch opens this week, so we pose this question: do you know your DJ history? Well if not, it's time to brush up.
 02/15/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 5 'The Honorable Mr. Marley' A Grammy nomination for one of the last century's greatest artists, plus a list of new music you won't believe.
 02/07/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 4 'No More Obits Except the Grammys' We'll stop talking about dead people, but dead music awards shows are still fair game.
 02/01/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 3 'Spage Age Bachelor Pad Music' The grandfather of space age bachelor pad music has left this plane of being.
 01/18/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 2 'Best of '01' With the dawn of the new year, we present a list of the finest tunes to reach our ears during the last one.
 01/11/02
Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 1 'Easing into the New Year' The holidays are over -- are you relieved?
 01/04/02