Monthly Archives: January 2008

Aretha Soars

Have you ever been so blown away by a few notes in a song upon first listen that you remember exactly where you were when you heard them for the first time? “Skylark.” 1:57. Aretha Franklin, from Sweet Bitter Love. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Driving northbound on Woodward Avenue in Ferndale, MI, [...]
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Destroyer Tour Dates

I’ve become infatuated with Destroyer and am extremely excited about Dan Bejar and company’s new album, Trouble in Dreams, out on March 18. So I’ve been checking the old internets because I definitely want to make Destroyer my number one Spring concert priority and, lo, I see that the dates are springing up. Here’s what [...]
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Dan Deacon at Scrummage University, Detroit, MI, January 27, 2008

I got to Scrummage University in Detroit’s Eastern Market District just after 10pm to find a packed performance space full of living, breathing bodies–some sweating, some really sweating–jumping and gyrating to the last few moments of Benny Stoofy‘s set, which I was pretty bummed and baffled to miss since shows at Scrummage rarely start this [...]
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Chan’s Jukebox

Cat Power – “Lost Someone” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Cat Power – “Aretha, Sing One for Me” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Jukebox) It’s after hours and you’re in a haze. Your bourbon buzz is starting to fade and exhaustion is creeping in. You’re lost, in a bad part [...]
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Meet the prockist

While many of you come to visit the Post-Rockist regularly for our groundbreaking content and dedicated focus on the customer service experience, there are those of you who visit our fair site because you want to be on the cutting edge. And what’s more cutting edge than the Post-Rockist? I mean, just look at this [...]
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Leonard Cohen to Tour in 2008

And I was just watching Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (see our review here) on the Sundance Channel last night thinking “I wonder if he’s ever going to tour again?”. Pitchfork reports that Mojo reports that the Leonard Cohen Forum reports that the legendary Canadian singer/songwriter/poet will be touring Canada and the US in May, [...]
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The Magnetic Fields – Distortion

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Magnetic Fields – “Too Drunk to Dream” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Magnetic Fields – “The Nun’s Litany” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Magnetic Fields – “Old Fools” (from Distortion) The trouble with releasing an album as monumentally encyclopedic and utterly [...]
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