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Retroselective: The Best of June 2009
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Though all other stories this month were rightfully set aside by the upsetting news of Michael Jackson’s death, there were still many highlights to better help remember June in a more positive light. Here are 10 of the best as chosen by Culture Bully.

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Review – La Rocca: Sing Song Sung EP
April 30, 2006 – 7:31 pm | No Comment

Sing Song Sung gives a brief glimpse of what is expected for the band’s debut release later this year, The Truth. Recorded under the guidance of Tony Hoffer (Beck, Belle & Sebastian) in LA, …

Review – Ane Brun: Duets
April 29, 2006 – 4:00 pm | No Comment

A tremendous thing happened to me while listening to this album. The realization of just how dense I truly am popped out at me as it finally occurred to me that Ane Brun is a …

The Fever “In The City Of Sleep”
April 26, 2006 – 7:01 pm | One Comment

I was lucky enough to have had the chance to see The Fever in Minneapolis a little while back and I was absolutely blown away. Before seeing the show, I hadn’t heard the band, …

Bands To Watch: Be Your Own PET
April 26, 2006 – 3:59 pm | No Comment

Out of Nashville, Be Your Own PET offer a brand female fronted rock that I have been waiting for. It seems that a female can’t front a band without immediately being compared to the …

Bands To Watch: Saturday Looks Good To Me
April 26, 2006 – 3:52 pm | No Comment

Detroit’s Saturday Looks Good To Me come highly recommended from a few friends. One calls them “sort of Beach Boys, Camera Obscura, Belle and Sebastian – real lo fi, very pretty stuff.” Another, …

The Sounds “Dying To Say This To You” Review
April 25, 2006 – 9:57 pm | No Comment
The Sounds “Dying To Say This To You” Review

Where did you first hear The Sounds? I heard the band far before I ever heard of the band, on a television commercial. Some might have first heard the group on a video game. No …

Pearl Jam: “Life Wasted” Amazon.com Exclusive
April 25, 2006 – 10:48 am | 2 Comments

Amazon has an exclusive in studio Pearl Jam performance of the track “Life Wasted.” It’s pretty fantastic, I have to shrug when I hear less than supportive comments about the band. They keep …

Review – People In Planes: As Far As The Eye Can See…
April 24, 2006 – 5:30 pm | No Comment

Sometimes it’s really hard for me to determine whether or not hype is a good thing. Sometimes it can lead to a situation where expectations are far too demanding of a band, movie, book, television …

The Ramones: Too Tough To Die
April 23, 2006 – 3:12 pm | No Comment

Check this trailer out for the film Too Tough To Die about the Ramones’ 30th Anniversary tribute show from the Tribeca Film Festival (link).

Dr. Octagon “The Return of Dr. Octagon”
April 22, 2006 – 2:21 pm | No Comment

Kool Keith’s Dr. Octagon project was a surprising pleasure when I initially heard it. The man is back with a new release, The Return of Dr. Octagon, and the first single, “Ants,” is terrific. …

Matthew Perry: Murderer?
April 19, 2006 – 11:10 pm | One Comment

OK, here it is, my pal Jon and I are watchin’ Black Sheep and we were discussing the semantics surrounding Chris Farley’s Death. We came to the conclusion that Matthew Perry is inadvertently responsible for …

Stiff Little Fingers: New Tour Dates Announced
April 19, 2006 – 10:06 pm | No Comment

I love the part in High Fidelity when Dick picks up that chick from Roseanne by playing her a Stiff Little Fingers song. “Is this the new Green Day?” Love it! Anyways, …