Monthly Archives: December 2008

McSweeney’s Rock n’ Roll History in Single Sentences

By Scotter | Published: December 17, 2008
Here at Post-Rockistland, we try to produce all our own content and try not to just post another blog’s good idea, but this one is too funny and our productivity has been very low as of late. So here, “Fifty Years of Popular Songs Condensed into Single Sentences,” by Marc Haynes. It’s funny. It’s fast. [...]
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STFU PB&J!

By Todd | Published: December 12, 2008
I just saw this over at the Pitchforks, and it’s pretty damn ingenious. And by “pretty damn ingenious” I mean I have no idea what the hell is going on but I can’t stop watching it. This may or may not be a new track off the new Peter Bjorn & John album, due sometime [...]
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My Five Favorite Swedish Albums of 2008

By Todd | Published: December 9, 2008
This hasn’t been the best year for Sweden. Throughout 2006-2007, it seemed like any band with a Jens or Johan or Annika or Bjorn in it was a serious contender to win over my heart. In comparison, 2008 has been a little lackluster. First, Peter Bjorn & John released Seaside Rock, a bland palette cleanser [...]
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Lightning Love – November Birthday

By Scotter | Published: December 2, 2008
So, I was watching “Top 100 Songs of the ’80s” with my roommate and, lo, Poison’s “Every Rose has its Thorn” is ridiculously high on the list. Jesus of fucking Christland! I was furious! I can’t stand Monster Ballads, and I’m guessing that this song was one of the “genres’” progenitors. My problem is that [...]
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The Five Most Ridic Things Said by Dick Valentine at Last Saturday’s Electric Six Show at St. Andrews

By Scotter | Published: December 2, 2008
After finishing the third song of the night: “Those are the three worst songs we have.” “Let me take you back to the year 2005, when Senor Smoke sold 1,700 copies” “That’s my drummer. He’s from Manchester. He’s a Mancunian drummer. He learned to play drums at the Hacienda.” Some crazy thing about a Stephen [...]
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It’s probably time we wrote something about the new Kanye West album…

By Scotter | Published: December 1, 2008
but why when Fone Culture killed it? Although we may have more to say soon, please check out Fone Culture’s werds on 808s and Heartbreak. It’s worth five minutes of your day to read.
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