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Monthly Archives: April 2009

I’m Going Away: New Fiery Furnaces album gets me all sorts of excited

By Todd | Published: April 29, 2009
While Scotter harbors his inexplicable blog-crush for the shrill Joanna Newsom, there’s still no band that gets me quite as hot and bothered as the inimitable Fiery Furnaces. I guess where he finds sustenance in the pomp and flutter of courtly Elizabethan balladry, my heart is tickled by winding Germanic meta-narratives filled with labrynthine plot [...]
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Friday Fix: Stephin Songs

By Todd | Published: April 24, 2009
Of all the songwriters we like to heap praise upon here at the Post-Rockist, the diminutive and droll Stephin Merritt is often near the very top. But since one sign of a strong songwriter is how well his or her songs stand in the hands of others, here are a few of the most competent [...]
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New Jens Lekman Song, “Happiness Will Be My Revenge” with The Sweptaways

By Scotter | Published: April 22, 2009
There’s just something about Jens Lekman that we in Post-Rockistland can’t get enough of. “Happiness Will Be My Revenge” was written, recorded, and mixed by Jens, and can be found on The Sweptaways Show, from Sweden’s The Sweptaways. The album consists of artists taking the vocal lead while The Sweptaways accompany with full female chorus. [...]
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New Bones, New Discs

By Todd | Published: April 20, 2009
I’m no economist by any means, but when I can’t even squeeze over to the used bin without artfully dodging a slow-moving herd of cash-flush consumers, I’m guessing business is doing fairly well. Record Store Day in St. Louis was, by my entirely non-scientific analysis, a resounding success. Every single record store I went to [...]
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Friday Fix: Eccentric Soul from East St. Louis to Dimona, Israel

By Todd | Published: April 17, 2009
If you’re looking for something different to spend your money on this Record Store Day, the Numero comps are as good a place as any to start. Here are a few that I’ve been digging on: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Young Disciples Co. – “Girls Girls Girls” [Audio clip: view full [...]
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Celebrating Ye Olde Record Shoppe

By postrockist | Published: April 16, 2009
After a day of vigorous teabagging, who among us couldn’t take a breather to submit to the beck and call of shiny black vinyl and an array of rare, hot seven inches? That’s right, Record Store Day is back upon us like Woody on Soon-Yi. This Saturday, independent shops all across U.S. of A. are [...]
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Slow Listening

By Todd | Published: April 13, 2009
I am so behind the times. I haven’t yet bothered to formulate an opinion on Micachu & The Shape’s highly bloggable Jewellery (it’s alright, I guess) and, what’s worse, I haven’t even listened to a single track from Bat for Lashes hotly celebrated new record Two Suns (the last one reminded me of a less [...]
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