Monthly Archives: August 2008

The Verve – Forth

By Todd | Published: August 21, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Verve – “Sit and Wonder” (from Forth) Continuing with this year’s theme of veteran British rock bands from the 1990s that are still making new music today, for better or worse, noise rock heavyweights the Verve have returned with their fourth full-length album after a ten-year hiatus, [...]
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Primal Scream – Hideous Lyrics, Beautiful Future

By Todd | Published: August 18, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Primal Scream – “Beautiful Future” (from Beautiful Future) Bobby Gillespie is a knob. There’s no point in beating around the bush here. Primal Scream may be responsible for a handful of the most exciting, revolutionary records I’ve heard in the last 20 years, but that still doesn’t change [...]
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Georgia on my mind

By postrockist | Published: August 13, 2008
No peace I find Just this old, sweet song
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R.I.P. Isaac Hayes

By Todd | Published: August 11, 2008
With his deep, mellifluous baritone and his gleaming, bald dome, Mr. Hayes, dubbed Black Moses, was one of the first black music superstars of the 1970s. A later generation of fans knew him as the voice of Jerome “Chef” McElroy, the school cook on the animated TV show “South Park.” Isaac Hayes, 1942-2008
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The Dreaded Sax Solo: Scourge of the Stones?

By Todd | Published: August 8, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Rolling Stones – “Brown Sugar” (demo) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Rolling Stones – “You Got the Silver” (alt. vocals) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Rolling Stones – “Loving Cup” (demo) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Rolling Stones [...]
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Champions of Breakfast – Pleasure Mountain: The Post-Rockist Inter-Review

By Scotter | Published: August 5, 2008
Hello, and welcome to The Post-Rockist’s very first Inter-Review. The format is simple. We will gather a panel of interesting personalities to review some of our favorite new albums, in the hope to create a constructive dialogue that will help us better understand the work of art in question. Our first album is Pleasure Mountain [...]
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Byrne and Eno: Together Again

By Todd | Published: August 5, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Brian Eno and David Byrne – “Very, Very Hungry” (from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] David Byrne and Brian Eno – “Strange Overtones” (from Everything That Happens Will Happen Today) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Brian Eno [...]
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