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Black Mold — Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz

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By Evan Dickson (CHARTattack) August 12, 2009 2:46 pm
Black Mold is Chad VanGaalen's "alter ego," according to the sticker on the CD wrapping. Was the marketing guy at Flemish Eye so worried about this instrumental, mostly electronic album sullying VanGaalen's brand that he had to pull a Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines fake out? Maybe the reclusive songwriter is trying to alienate his fans so...
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Black Mold At #1 Again

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) September 15, 2009 12:26 pm
For the first time in over a year, the top five albums on the campus charts remained the same as the previous week, though switching some places with each other. Chad VanGaalen's Black Mold electronic side project continues to have legs as its debut album, Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz holds on to the #1 spot for a third week. The Friends Of...
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Black Mold — "Metal Spiderwebs"

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By CHARTattack Staff September 15, 2009 11:20 am
Here's the video for "Metal Spiderwebs" from Chad VanGaalen's Black Mold project. Like VanGaalen's other clips ("Molten Light," for example) it features VanGaalen's animations. "Metal Spiderwebs" can be found on Black Mold's Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz, which is in stores now.
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Black Mold Remains At #1 On The Chart

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) September 9, 2009 1:21 pm
There wasn't a new set of weekly charts nor a Charty Chart Chat last week. I was away on a much needed vacation in Maryland, camping and sightseeing in the rejuvenated port city of Baltimore. Skipping a week while I was away seems to have had mixed impact on the new campus chart. Black Mold's Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz holds onto the #1...
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Black Mold Is #1 On The Chart This Week

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) August 25, 2009 11:21 am
Just last week, Charty Chart Chat gazed into the crystal ball and foresaw the rise of this week's new #1, Black Mold's Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz, the first side project of a two-time #1 artist to also reach #1. Chad VanGaalen is the brain behind Black Mold, and his last two albums — 2008's 2009 Polaris Music Prize short listed Soft Airplane...
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Ohbijou Regain #1 On The Chart In A Typically Stormy August

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) August 18, 2009 1:23 pm
For the majority of the year, there's a relative amount of stability in the #1 position on the campus charts. The one exception seems to be the month of August, where there've been some epic chart battles in the past. In 2001, Radiohead's Amnesiac battled with Built To Spill's Ancient Melodies Of The Future, Eric Trip's The Eric's Trip Show...
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The Rural Alberta Advantage Grab #1 in a Weak Week

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) August 11, 2009 12:35 pm
What a messed up week this is for the top 50 chart, statistically speaking. I looked at the total compiled points for the top ten and this is the lowest numbers ever posted for the 35 stations that contributed charts this week. These lower numbers among the highest ranking albums this week is due to the divergent nature of the playlists of the...
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CHARTtrack: Black Mold's "Metal Spider Webs"

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By CHARTattack Staff July 15, 2009 2:09 pm
This isn't the type of black mold you don't want to find growing in your house. Chad VanGaalen's long-awaited electronic side project won't cause you health problems — unless, of course, you turn it up way too loud when you've got headphones on."Metal Spider Webs" will appear on Black Mold's upcoming Snow...
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Pumping: Black Mold - Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) July 8, 2009 9:37 am
Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz is a cautionary tale about what happens when you give a special kid some funny noise machines, pat him on the head encouragingly, and tell him "Go make some music, Chad!" Then, when he comes back with something you buy him a root beer float for his "good work."
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Chad VanGaalen's Black Mold Album Coming

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 5, 2009 10:53 am
Chad VanGaalen will finally release Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz, the debut album from his electronic alter-ego known as Black Mold. It comes out on Aug. 11 through Flemish Eye Records. VanGaalen has been working on the 19-track album for what seems like forever, experimenting on homemade analogue and hand-built modular synthesizers. Snow...
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Chad VanGaalen Goes Soft

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) September 26, 2008 3:49 pm
Most people who have a kid slow down a bit, take some time off and start building the family. Chad VanGaalen, on the other hand, is releasing two records this fall. The first is his third Flemish Eye album (it's on Sub Pop in the U.S.), Soft Airplane. The singer/songwriter's stab at pop still comes across as eccentric indie rock and likely won't...
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