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Showing posts with label Other Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Other Reviews. Show all posts
Monday, May 18, 2015

Calliope Musicals - Mohawk - 05.16.15

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In general terms, the point of this blog for me is to have fun writing and thinking about something other than the normal work stuff.  Liste...
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Monday, November 24, 2014

Quick Hits, Vol. 8 (Foxes in Fiction, Lecrae, Mellencamp, Porter Robinson, TV on the Radio)

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Foxes in Fiction - Ontario Gothic.   Atmospheric indie harmonies.  Pretty, moody music that worked well for me today as a cold front rolled ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Quick Hits, Vol. 7 (New Pornographers, Interpol, Johnny Winter, Sharon Van Etten, Body Count, Duck Sauce)

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The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers .  I like this album.  Fun pop mixed with interesting alternative and indie bits makes for a less obs...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

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I love me some Foos.  I still love Nirvana, but the Foo Fighters are, in their own right, a really great rock and roll band.  Their first th...
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Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

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I got started on a post adding this to another Quick Hits entry, and realized that it is just too damn good to be tucked away with my though...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Quick Hits, Vol. 5 (Prince, Jackson Browne, Aphex Twin, Lenny Kravitz, Primus, Rich Robinson)

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Prince/3rdEyeGirl - Plectrumelectrum.   Uh, well, Prince is still awesome at playing guitar! That guy can jam.  But give me When Doves Cry o...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Quick Hits, Vol. 4 (Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Bee Caves, Wara from the NBHD, My Brightest Diamond, Death from Above 1979, Preatures)

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Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime.   I would have been all over these dudes in high school if I had known about them.  I had a good, lo...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Quick Hits, Vol. 3 (Big Daddy Kane, Kevin Gates, Weezer, Hozier, Protomartyr, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Afghan Whigs)

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Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane.  I forget why this guy popped into my head the other day, but I never listened to BDK back in the days ...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Quick Hits, Vol 2 (Drive By Truckers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Kid Cudi, Warpaint, Coldplay, Old 97's, Conor Oberst, Damon Albarn, Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Parquet Courts)

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Drive by Truckers - English Oceans .  Somewhere between Wilco/Uncle Tupelo and the more normal Flaming Lips songs. Pretty good, but nothing ...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Top Ten U2 Songs

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I know that I just aged out some of my dear readers, since there is a crowd of people who think of U2 as dinosaurs that sound kind of like t...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Classics: Nickel Creek

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Nickel Creek is the real damn deal. I assume that you have heard of them.  If not, then a little bit of backstory is necessary.  They star...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Classics: Appetite for Destruction

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The American Championship Band Belt thing has me going back and listening to the music that the author said was the greatest for every era. ...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

The Strypes

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Hard rocking awesomeness from some British dudes.  Rolling Stone has a major stiffy for these guys, all under 18, and from England.  TheRS r...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Trampled by Turtles

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Banjo-fueled Bluegrass action.  My sister-in-law put me on these guys a few years ago, based on their ridiculously fast jam fest called Wait...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Spotify

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How am I such an old person?  I can remember thinking it was mildly funny, back in the day, how that old people didn’t use e-mail and were n...