Monthly Archives: November 2007

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at The Magic Stick, Detroit, November 14, 2007

By Scotter | Published: November 27, 2007
Sharon Jones (Credit:Carrie Musgrave–livebabylive.com) It’s a rather stylish northern audience in Detroit, here to witness the kind of Northern Soul that Brit bands from the Stones to Belle and Sebastian have so reverenced and adored. It’s a Mod crowd–not a Rocker in sight. I can’t remember a time I’ve seen so many freshly shined patent-leather [...]
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A Close Encounter with the Fiery Furnaces, 10/29/07, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis

By Todd | Published: November 19, 2007
(credit) To say that I had become obsessed with the Fiery Furnaces since I had seen them at Desdemona last year would be something of an understatement. It wasn’t just a great show; it was one of those rare, earth-shattering, mind-melting concert experiences that had completely broken down and rebuilt my expectations of what a [...]
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My Bloody Valentine: Resurrected!

By Todd | Published: November 15, 2007
Continuing with our revitalized interest in 1990′s guitar bands, Irish shoegazing demigods My Bloody Valentine are officially reunited, recording, and more amazingly, preparing to tour. For years the ol’ rumor mill had churning out tall tales about the impending follow-up to 1991′s ineffably beautiful Loveless, so when The Daily Swarm reported that MBV would be [...]
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Weezer Announces New Album, In Stores April 22, 2008

By Scotter | Published: November 12, 2007
What? I thought they broke up.
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This Isn’t the Face of Your Dad’s Crazy Biker Friend

By Scotter | Published: November 9, 2007
…but it is, in fact, the face of former-Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. For those of you who may have been wondering what happened to the non-Foo Fighting /world-touring/officially-stepped-out-of-the-shadow-of-Kurt Cobain member of Nirvana, you can read weekly updates by checking out Krist Novoselic’s blog posts for the Seattle Weekly. If you haven’t been keeping up with [...]
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NPR Launches New Music Website

By Scotter | Published: November 5, 2007
I realized the extent of my NPR nerddom earlier this year while listening to my local Detroit station before work. That morning, the new Nina Totin’ Bag was announced to the NPR listening public. It’s just a tote bag with six Warhol-esque representations of NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg. But as I sat on [...]
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