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Monthly Archives: July 2007

From Milwaukee, With Love

The Candliers – The Unsettled West Live at WMSE I don’t want to get into the politics of Milwaukee’s local music scene, except to say that for a city that brought you both Liberace AND The Violent Femmes –and hosts the world’s largest music festival every summer –we ought to have more of a scene [...]
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Is there value in the nostalgia circuit?

In this era of band reunions, I find it necessary to examine the validity of long-running or reunited acts to determine whether they’re still actual artists with points of view or if they’re simply cashing in on former glory. I’ve seen three such bands this summer, starting with Steely Dan on the opening night of [...]
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News Post: Banhart, Friedbergers, and Nilsson

Devendra Banhart announces new album and tour Devendra Banhart, the Houston-born purveyor of the dirty hippie beard and the proverbial figurehead of the so-called Naturalismo scene, has announced that the title of his fifth studio album will be Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, which of course leads to the assumption that either Mr. Banhart has [...]
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The High Strung

The High Strung–Songs from Get the Guests Get the Guests I spent about 16 hours last weekend at Detroit’s CityFest, a celebration of music (both local and national), food, and people (the streets of the New Center district in Detroit were actually crowded. It is always a beautiful thing to see), and The High Strung [...]
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Heartless Bastards in the Heart of the Queen City

Heartless Bastards – Into the Open (from All This Time) Cincinnati is known for a few things: its curious taste in chili, its poor race relations, and its frequently arrested pro football players. For any number of reasons, rock music isn’t regularly listed near the top of the list of the Queen City’s popular contributions [...]
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