Lo-Fi
Lo-fi is an aesthetic in music production which uses low fidelity recording practices. Its use is usually due to the artist’s financial limitations. Many lo-fi artists use inexpensive cassette tape recorders for their music. The term was coined by WFMU DJ William Berger who dedicated a half hour segment of his program to home recorded music throughout the late ’80s under the name Lo-fi… Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Jay Reatard
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lo-fi gigs in United States • view all
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 Titus AndronicusThe So So Glos |
Mercury Lounge
New York, United States
40.722024
-73.98682
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15 people attending |
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 Charlie & the MoonheartsAudacity |
Trashpretty Shop
Laguna Beach, California, Los Angeles, United States
33.534061
-117.777022
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4 people attending |
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 Tour Kick at Larimer LoungeWoodsman, Weed Diamond, M. Pyres, Pacific Pride |
Larimer Lounge
Denver, CO, Denver, United States
39.759892
-104.98385
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1 person attending |
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| Jan 3 Sunday 3 January 2010 | |||
 Kurt Vile & the Violators
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Now Thats Class Bar
Lakewood, Ohio, Cleveland, United States
41.48273
-81.765341
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5 people attending |
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 Brilliant ColorsHunx & His Punx |
Hemlock Tavern
San Francisco CA, United States
37.787349
-122.420159
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4 people attending |
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| Jan 4 Monday 4 January 2010 | |||
 Sonic YouthSic Alps |
Rialto Theatre
Tucson AZ, United States
32.222097
-110.966665
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45 people attending |
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Shoutbox
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setta_1 wrote:
<3
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moneeb wrote:
hey, cool new site featuring album and gig reviews, aswell as spotify playlists. http://www.distantreverb.com/
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revengegears wrote:
nice lo-fi http://www.last.fm/music/Marcy+Mars/Demo
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shalbhey wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/group/New+Weird+Russia.+New+Weird+Russia
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YoungHate wrote:
anyone and everyone who seriously tags music as "lo-fi" needs to kill themselves. pronto.
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jikoow wrote:
http://www.woolyss.free.fr/chipmusic.php Love it ! For 8bit composers and fans !
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buddude420 wrote:
join here: http://www.last.fm/group/Lo-Fi+music
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allancoote wrote:
mount eerie
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shinsvark wrote:
r. stevie not being higher is an atrocity
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poupougne7 wrote:
you listen a very good music ;) ............................ my blog : http://electro-pepere.over-blog.com/ lali puna, the notwist, thom yorke, Cocosuma, Beirut, CharlotteGainsbourg... ******************************* Clip, News, music *********************************************
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The_nut_cracked wrote:
I like beat happening: on a scale of 1 to 5, how lo-fi does that make me? ahah
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Streetee wrote:
i enjoy lo-fi
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THee-BeAtNiK wrote:
:-)
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Bardonodude wrote:
now people do lo-fi to be trendy
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compulsiveboy wrote:
Lo-fi people.
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Pablomax wrote:
se consigue un sonido realemnte muy agradable
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Steris wrote:
'lo-fi' has become like the 'indie' tag.
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THee-BeAtNiK wrote:
(ha)
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zvenka wrote:
it sounds interesting...
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MovieStar2000 wrote:
low fidelity. when a singer prefers to use simple machines like a cassette recorder to make music...
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