Monthly Archives: April 2007

NECKWRECKERS

  Electro Quarterstaff – Neckwrecker Electro Quarterstaff – Titanium Overlords (from Gretzky) When the average music fan thinks of heavy metal, in either its traditional Maiden/Priest theatricality or in one of its numerous violent subgenres, there is usually one constant in its approach: a sense of misplaced seriousness.  This is a practice as old as [...]
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Andrew Bird–Majestic Theater, Detroit, MI, April 12, 2007

I’d like to take this time and this space to write about a new phenomenon I’ve recently noticed at shows of interesting, sophisticated artists such as Andrew Bird. The phenomenon can be described thusly: At the very beginning of the set and throughout, young, often short, hip-looking girls, usually in a group of three or [...]
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The Twilight Sad – Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters

The Twilight Sad – Walking For Two Hours (from Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters) Rumor has it, when Scottish band the Twilight Sad went down to Brighton, UK to meet with their label reps at Fat Cat Records, they took the piss out of everyone’s southern accent. It’s hard to believe they meant it maliciously. [...]
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Girly Music, Part 4: The 1970s

Loretta Lynn – One’s On The Way Loretta Lynn – The Pill (from The Definitive Collection) Loretta, where have you been all my life?  I’ve seen you in your whack-ass crazy dresses escorting Jack White to various events.  I heard about that Van Lear Rose album but, meh, I just brushed it off and assumed [...]
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