Archive for April, 2007
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
Bob Castrone over at BWE shared a Will Farrell clip yesterday which within a matter of minutes made me go from suicidal to miserable to sad to happy to really happy to wow-I-didn’t-know-I-could-be-this-happy…just to reiterate - it’s pretty funny. I’ve come to understand that most good things in life are associated with one of [...]
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Though never entirely a huge of fan of the DJ’s side of things in terms of the remixes vs original battle, a few kick around from time to time that make sense, surprise, or even sound good to me. These days, who are the kids going cuckoo over? The Klaxons. And who [...]
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So, The Henry Rollins Show is back for a second season - and I’ve got to say that I’m fairly stoked. Though any future Rollins commentary is probably going to be predictable I nonetheless broke into the vaults and caught a glimpse at a few of the first episodes and they do not fail [...]
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Call me crazy but II, the sophomore release by The Presidents of the United States of America, is arguably a better album than the group’s 1995 self-titled debut. Self, let’s argue:
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Is Andrew Bird alluring in his delivery? A little. Is Andrew Bird fairly unique in his style? Yeah, kind of. Does he remind me of a modern day Tiny Tim? Without a doubt.
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Up for some old fashioned fun? The kind of laughs you would hear about when you’d visit your creepy grandpa in the home? The kinda humor that would blow Chico, Zeppo, Groucho and Gummo right back to their respective shanties where they belong (not Harpo though, that guy was a baller)? Well [...]
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Aspiring MCs could better from modeling themselves after the likes of New York-based producer/MC Aesop Rock, though doing so would most definitely have negative effects on the global market for gold and platinum grillz. The Boston University graduate recently released the latest in Nike’s Original Run series, entitled All Day, which follows last years [...]
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Has it ever crossed your mind how bands like The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, released albums so frequently and so consistent that it absolutely crushes the modern three year turn around many bands consider safe? It seems that Clutch has put an album out every year since the mid 1990s (though while not [...]
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“Brainstorm,” the first single from the upcoming Arctic Monkeys release Favourite Worst Nightmare is loud, fast and really really good. Being one of the few people who didn’t listen to Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not non-stop for the first half of last year I really never gained an appreciation for [...]
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As an outsider looking in on the local Twin Cities music scene one may be left with a simplistic look as to what it is that The Cities and their modern artists have to offer. But aside from conversations surrounding Hüsker Dü, The Replacements or even Tapes ‘n Tapes what does the rest of the [...]
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
A Weekend in the City is an album that allows you to reminisce about the tremendous thoughts that fluttered around in your mind the first time you heard it weeks and weeks after putting it down. Some may consider it a dull, lifeless follow-up to one of the best debuts of the decade, but [...]
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
The band’s most recent album Because of the Times takes a few listens before the realization settles in that it doesn’t actually suck. This process has little to do with the group’s music however, which is as solid as always, but rather it comes with the perception that the group came into fame during [...]
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One of the things that recently came to mind when considering the eventual lash-back surrounding British delight Amy Winehouse was the line “It’s only rock ‘n roll, but I like it.” After all, sure, it’s only post diva sophista-pop, but I like it. Hearing Amy’s throaty muck her way through the crowd banter [...]
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Not unlike the mix created by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy for the Nike Original Run series, Sound of Silver starts slowly with a gradual midtempo electronic introduction “Get Innocuous.” So many times electronica has been acclaimed for its progressive nature but with the album’s opener there is something highly intangible that gives it a [...]
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