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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Friday Fix: Camera Obscura, Bishop Allen, The Boy Least Likely To
Camera Obscura – “French Navy” (from My Maudlin Career) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Is there such a thing as a Camera Obscura song that doesn’t start in a dusty library? Tucked away inside, surrounded by stacks of old books and LPs, Tracyanne Campbell is the introvert par excellence. But the melancholy of [...]
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Ode to the High Strung, tonight at the Firebird (St. Louis)
The High Strung – “Standing at the Door of Self Discovery” (from Ode to the Inverse of the Dude) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The High Strung are playing at the Firebird tonight, just one of the gaggle of bands making a pit stop in St. Louis on their way to or from [...]
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The Blind Eyes – Modernity
The Blind Eyes – “January” (from Modernity) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] At first, whenever anyone talked about the Blind Eyes, myself included, it seemed inevitable that someone would group the St. Louisans alongside the neatly-tailored English pop of the Jam and Elvis Costello, or occasionally next to the slightly more rambunctious Thin [...]
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man Verve Pictures I am a big Scott Walker fan, but I want to keep things in perspective. I have wanted to see Stephen Kijak’s documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man ever since its 2006 UK release. But I was never in the right place at the right time. It has [...]
Blowout 2009 – Saturday
Well, last night was the last night of Blowout. Unfortunately, Whalebomb didn’t make it (read yesterday’s post and guess why). So I’m going it alone for Saturday’s re-cap, which is unfortunate since I was a bit fatigued and am at a loss for words right now. But duty called, and I always try to answer. [...]
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Blowout 2009 – Friday
Scotter: As many of you may remember, last year’s Blowout was cold, cold, cold. And icy. And snowy. This actually made it easier to make decisions, and the fewer the options, the better. At least sometimes. I found that I watched more sets in their entirety last year, which allowed me to experience the flow [...]
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Tuesday Morning, Blues? Cheer Up! Here’s Dancing!