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Archive for January, 2008

Bone, Teeth, Dirt: Flowers Forever

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Out of a disastrous feeling described as either having seen god or having had a bad bout with mono came Flowers Forever. Awaking one morning on the verge of a nervous breakdown lead singer and guitarist Derek Pressnall came to earth shattering resolve that there was something he needed to inject into his life; [...]

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Mute Records & Culture Bully are giving away not one, not two, but three Soundtracks from the The Assassination of Jesse James composed by Nick Cave and Bad Seeds member Warren Ellis! Interested? Three winners will receive the following:

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Black Mountain “In The Future” Review

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

A few weeks back, during a discussion on what makes LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” such a fantastic track, a friend of mine fell heavily into the details underlining his enjoyment of the song. “Patience eludes me,” he said, “I strive for patience, I so desperately want to learn musical patience.” “The beginning [...]

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Spoolwork: Dave Fischoff Remixes Jens Lekman

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

This Jens Lekman remix serves as the first piece in musician/producer Dave Fischoff’s latest project entitled Spoolwork.  Fresh off opening a select few Midwest dates for Lekman, Fischoff returned to his native Chicago and began cultivating the idea behind the series where he will be “adding details and flourishes and sonic decorations to structures that [...]

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First Avenue’s Best New Bands 01/18/2008

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

First Avenue’s annual showcase of the Twin Cities’ best new bands returned this year bringing together 2007’s unusual talent pool that included acts ranging from ambient noise to African hip hop to stoner rock. Though each set was far too short to allow any band to leave an honest impression the overall consensus was [...]

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New Be Your Own PET: “Black Hole”

Monday, January 21st, 2008

The sporatic “Food Fight,” sounding about as close to a Dischord-version of the band as anything heard before, is just one of four newly released songs available on Be Your Own PET’s MySpace page. In addition to the ode to “Fuuuuuun” you’ll find “The Kelly Affair” and “Super Soaked,” both representing sound closer to the [...]

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Fitting that the title of The Evaporators’ latest release is aimed at a British Columbian pioneer known for his outgoing ability to support any conversation with his endless amusing exchanges. Fitting in that the group’s lead singer, affectionately known by the public as Nardwuar the Human Serviette, has grown to near legendary status himself [...]

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Lupe Fiasco on The Late Late Show

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Getting tired of this track yet? Hardly think “Dumb It Down” would help sell as many albums though…just sayin’ is all.

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Influenza with Ryan Fly of Chairs in the Arno

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. Here Chairs in the Arno guitarist Ryan Fly expands on “Input Delay,” a song featuring a rare vocal contribution from him on [...]

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2007 was an interesting year in terms of releases that (even remotely) bordered the edges of punk, many of which I found to be down right suspect if not laughable however. Approach the new year and this band’s however you may, but I consider Flogging Molly to be as true to heart as any currently [...]

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Dropkick Murphys on The Late Show

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Dropkick Murphys “The State of Massachusetts (01/11/2008)” (mp3)
Also, in an effort similar to that of Ryan Adams’ recent web exclusive performance, the Murphys played the group’s unlikely hit from The Departed.

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Kate Nash’s “Foundations” on Late Night TV

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Kate Nash “Foundations (01/15/2008)” (mp3)
(From The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson)

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Travis Barker’s “Low” Studio Session

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

I enjoy Travis Barker in the way that I enjoy Tom Cruise, I rarely have anything good to say about the man but I pay attention all the same because of celebrity. That sounds kind of mean actually, I don’t think that Barker is bound to do anything that will put him remotely in [...]

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Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artist. Here Chairs in the Arno singer Jeff Excell discusses the spirit which brought the band to begin recording music and recalls the [...]

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Wyclef Jean on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Wyclef Jean “Sweetest Girl (01/10/2008)” (mp3)
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New on Culture Bully: The Culture Roll

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Hi…
This post is kinda mostly for people who really only pretty much read Culture Bully via their feed reader (which as of the first of the year was about 45 million people). I just kinda wanted to let those those people know what they’re missing: some really sweet posts that have nothing whatsoever to [...]

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Lupe Fiasco Interview on Tavis Smiley

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

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This Week in Mashups (01/12/2008)

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

I’ve been sleeping on posting this brilliant album since late last year, but plain and simple American Zeppelin is the best American Gangster mashup album out there. I’ve long since been a huge fan of the first great Jay-Z mashup album, Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album, so I asked Doc Rok if that had [...]

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Nada Surf @ The Nomad 01/07/2008

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Playing a free acoustic set at a small Minneapolis bar as a part of the band’s ongoing promotional tour, two thirds of the one-time one-hit-wonders delivered a few new tracks in addition to a handful of old favorites.
Asking around before the show it became obvious that the majority of opinions leaned towards knowing the band [...]

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Sia on Late Night with Conan O’Brien

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Sia “Girl You Lost To Cocaine (01/08/2008)” (mp3)
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