Monthly Archives: February 2008

Review: Thao (with the Get Down Stay Down) – We Brave Bee Stings and All

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Beat (Health, Life, and Fire) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Bag of Hammers For the first verses of “Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)” I was nearly convinced that Shannon Hoon was actually alive and posing as this Thao Nguyen character. The “Oh no!” at about the [...]
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Beach House – Devotion

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Beach House – “Wedding Bell” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Beach House – “D.A.R.L.I.N.G.” (from Devotion) I’m not really sure how this happened, but Beach House’s Devotion has managed to become my most played album of 2008. And the strangest thing is, I have only the [...]
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Unhappy St. Skeletor’s Day, Friday, February 15

Do you hate Valentine’s day? Are you single and still nauseated from co-workers receiving and giving flowers and candies of various ilk to and from their “sweethearts”? Were you trying to get a stinkin’ meal last night only to find that you were the only one to bring a book as your date for the [...]
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A Wed Wose, How Womantic

Elvis Presley – I Love You Because (from Elvis Presley) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Buddy Holly – You’ve Got Love (from The “Chirping” Crickets) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jerry Lee Lewis – Let’s Talk About Us (from The Essential Sun Collection) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Ricky [...]
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News Item: Dead Guys I’ve Never Heard of Sing Song I Kind of Know in a Language I Don’t Know and Make Me Feel Chills

I don’t know what these guys are singing about. I’ve heard of Bizet–he wrote Carmen and was French–but that doesn’t matter with music this moving. Although I’m sure that my experience would be heightened if I knew what they were singing, I still get chills from this piece. A piece on classical music on NPR [...]
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of Montreal New Album Track Listing – A Post-Rockist Exclusive!

Looks like we beat Pitchfork to the punch yet again. Through friends of friends of friends of friends of friends of friends of friends of the band, The Post-Rockist has acquired a complete track listing to of Montreal’s next full-length album, entitled Skeletal Lamping, due out on Polyvinyl in October 2008. Reportedly, the album will [...]
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Daniel Johnston – Magic Stick – Detroit, February 5, 2008

Photo Credit: Lindsay Benson Daniel Johnston started the show with a rocker. Yeah, you read that: a rocker. With full band in tow, Johnston blazed into “Speeding Motorcycle,” gripping the microphone as if he were holding on for dear life. And just as quickly as the band entered the stage, they exited, leaving Johnston to [...]
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