Monthly Archives: April 2009

Friday Fix: The Thermals, Now We Can See

By Todd | Published: April 10, 2009
The Thermals – “Now We Can See” Quick fix this Friday, ladies and germs. Usually we like to put together a small mix of songs to get you through the weekend, but this time only one should do the trick. I had somehow sidestepped all the hype surrounding the Thermal’s last album, The Body, The [...]
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How many of you will click to a different site as soon as you see the words Joanna Newsom in the title?

By Scotter | Published: April 8, 2009
Most if not all of my music-loving pals can’t stand Joanna Newsom. Seriously, I can’t even mention the name to some of them without getting a reaction of either immediate chagrin or nausea. I just don’t understand. I mean, I can see exactly why I’m such a huge fan: the wordiness of her lyrics, I [...]
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Review(?) of The Decemberists, Hazards of Love

By Scotter | Published: April 7, 2009
“Hazards of Love (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle the Thistles Undone)” from Hazards of Love. (buy) A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a review of the Decemberists’ new album Hazards of Love in versified form for Detour. It appears among other excellent reviews, but I thought I’d let it stand alone for you, our [...]
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Beach House at the Billiken Club, St. Louis, April 3, 2009

By Todd | Published: April 4, 2009
After writing the show preview and interviewing Victoria Legrand for the Riverfront Times, I’m a little worn out on typing about Beach House. But I will say that their live show was honestly much better than I anticipated it to be. While the tinny drum machines they use on record sound as if their sole [...]
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Friday Fix: More-issey

By Scotter | Published: April 2, 2009
So I’ve been listening to Morrissey all week. I just saw him live. He’s great. I’ve been delving back through the old catalog of songs. I mights as wells just offer up to you three of my current faves. However, a brief note as to the choices, or more precisely, a note as to why [...]
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Morrissey at Michigan Theatre, March 31, 2009

By Scotter | Published: April 1, 2009
Is it wrong that I screamed when Morrissey opened with “This Charming Man”? For the next 30 seconds, I felt terribly self-conscious. I briefly felt like one of those uncouth screaming girls I’ve seen so many times in black and white in old video of The Beatles playing the Ed Sullivan show for the first [...]
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