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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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Fiona Apple “Extraordinary Machine” & “Tymps” on Jimmy Kimmel Live 06/17/06
June 30, 2006 – 1:37 pm | 3 Comments

A beautiful performance from an amazing artist. Fiona’s last album wasn’t received to outstanding acclaim, but as it grows a little older it is starting to show itself for what it truly is. Hopefully Fiona …

Interview with Henry Binns of Zero 7
June 30, 2006 – 10:27 am | No Comment

Electronic crooners Zero 7’s recent follow up to the highly acclaimed 2004 album When It Falls, The Garden, touches on a unique blend of suburban beats and grassroots tones. Throughout the development of the …

Dinosaur Jr.: “Raisans” on The Henry Rollins Show
June 25, 2006 – 7:07 pm | No Comment

Check out a great performance by one of the most influental bands of the last twenty years, Dinosaur Jr. on The Henry Rollins Show. They’re aging, yeah, but at least the band is back …

Good Riddance “My Republic” Review
June 23, 2006 – 11:26 pm | One Comment

With the release of Good Riddance’s eighth full length Southern California-branded album, My Republic, there comes a continuation of a back-to-basics movement for the band (without ever neglecting the basics). Seemingly following the if …

The Go! Team – “Bull In Heather” Sonic Youth Cover
June 23, 2006 – 10:21 pm | No Comment

Occasionally something on Pitchfork really peaks my attention…today was one such day that this was oh so true. What kind of crazy mixed up sounding explosion of goodness could come from everyone’s favorite sample-steady …

The Walkmen “A Hundred Miles Off” Review
June 21, 2006 – 7:58 pm | No Comment

Through the New York based band’s travels the recording process has proven to produce an increasingly overachieving brand of music as time progresses. With The Walkmen’s follow-up to the band’s uber-successful 2004 album Bows …

Snow Patrol: Eyes Open
June 21, 2006 – 2:18 pm | One Comment

Irish indie rockers Snow Patrol fell into fashion with the band’s 2003 release Final Straw. Blending into its surroundings Snow Patrol found popularity through the band’s fresh appeal; though in all reality it had been …

Sonic Youth – “Incinerate” on The Late Show With David Letterman 06/16/06
June 20, 2006 – 8:46 pm | One Comment

Sonic Youth is one of my all time favorite bands and it is truly amazing to see a band aging with such grace. One of the true great bands of the last century (I’m …

Review – The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower: INRI EP
June 18, 2006 – 10:48 pm | No Comment

San Diego’s The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower have been receiving quite a bit of recognition within the confines of modern indie, but when it comes to bands with more than 7 words …

Review – Pretty Flowers: Pretty Flowers EP
June 18, 2006 – 12:28 pm | No Comment

Pretty Flowers is a Brooklyn-based four-piece that harkens back to the post-punk era of bands that played solid mid-tempo music based on harder, faster influences. The three-song debut EP explicitly borrows from a wide …

Björk “Drawing Restraint 9″ Review
June 18, 2006 – 11:57 am | No Comment

[by Chris DeLine]
Björk has made a handsome living from recreating boundaries within the aural arts. One of the key characteristics made throughout her career has been the tremendous lack of separation between what is recorded …

Neko Case on the Late Show With David Letterman
June 18, 2006 – 12:16 am | 2 Comments

Neko Case performs “Maybe Sparrow” on the June 14 episode of the Late Show.