Monthly Archives: February 2007

Who Needs a Love on Mars?

By Amy | Published: February 27, 2007
A Long (belated) Valentine to the Detholz!  The Detholz! – Mister Electricity (from Who Are the Detholz!?) The Detholz! – Behold the Man (from Cast Out Devils) Detholz! recordings, Detholz! tour dates, and other assorted Detholz! tidbits available at www.detholz.com.  The Detholz! have a way of rearranging the realities of the sensory world. At every [...]
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Ukulele Me

By Todd | Published: February 19, 2007
Stephin Merritt – Ukulele Me! (from Showtunes) Jens Lekman – Julie (RMX) (from Oh You’re So Silent Jens) Beirut – The Bunker (from Gulag Orkestar) Jolie Holland – Darlin’ Ukulele (from Escondida) “We met and spoke… at the ukulele workshop that summer. … We had quickly discovered our common love of the instrument,” Miles recalled, [...]
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Jonathan Richman at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC

By Scotter | Published: February 16, 2007
At the Jonathan Richman show at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC –Posted by Scotter
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It’s got to be sunny to me

By Todd | Published: February 14, 2007
Louis Armstrong – Jeepers Creepers (from The Majestic Years) Al Bowlly – It’s Great To Be In Love (from The Al Bowlly Story)  Though I’m generally not one for beaches and sunsets and the great outdoors and all that, it is a realm lush with metaphorical possibilities for describing that woozy internal feeling we call [...]
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Things We Do To Keep Ourselves Intact

By postrockist | Published: February 8, 2007
  Jon Brion – I Believe She’s Lying (from Meaningless) Jon Brion’s weekly live show at the shockingly small restaurant (it’s a stretch to call it a club) Largo in Los Angeles is kind of legendary.  It’s just him, a wide array of instruments, a looping system, and a stage.  You can book a reservation [...]
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Cin Sity

By Todd | Published: February 5, 2007
Essex Green – Sin City (from Cannibal Sea) This one comes from the “ask and thou shalt receive” bin.  A reader duly noted that the Essex Green’s third album, Cannibal Sea, made an appearance on one of our writer’s “Top Ten of 2006″ lists and inquired whether we would be paying any attention to today’s [...]
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