Monthly Archives: September 2009

Islands – Vapours

By Todd | Published: September 25, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Islands – “Heartbeat” (from Vapours) I know I linked to this article last week, but it bears repeating: More importantly, those years saw indie types paying more attention to things outside the indie world– this website’s coverage, for instance, widened significantly– and indie, in its thieving magpie way, [...]
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The Fiery Furnaces Visit the Department of Motor Vehicles

By Todd | Published: September 24, 2009
CLERK Can I help the next person in line? ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER (approaches, hands clerk a document) I’m plowing through a stir fry like it’s the last one ever Tied to my porch with chicken wire and clever When Vargas dips his fingers into my sticky rice And up floats a letter from the DMV, very [...]
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The xx – Basic Space

By Todd | Published: September 18, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The xx – “Basic Space” (buy) This song hits the spot.
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Goings On This Weekend in St. Louis

By Todd | Published: September 17, 2009
Since when did tonight become the night that everything happens? There is so much going on in Brick City tonight and through the weekend, it’s almost enough to make up for the complete dearth of quality entertainment we’ve had since Sonic Youth experimentally jet set and trashed the riverfront back in July. So let’s dispense [...]
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Passionate Introverts: Another Post-Rockist Mix 2009

By Todd | Published: September 14, 2009
Shoegaze splintered into several different directions after its early-’90s heyday: Slowdive went ambient, Chapterhouse went dance, and bands like Seefeel always straddled the line between dream pop and experimental electronic. Most bands went belly up. At the time, it seemed like these acts were just desperate to hop aboard any trend that would help them [...]
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“Gilberta” and the return of Jumbling Towers

By Todd | Published: September 11, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jumbling Towers – “Gilberta” (from Kanetown City Rips) I’m not exaggerating when I say that this song has been lodged in my head since I first heard it a little over a month ago. Entire albums have come and gone from my radar without as much as a [...]
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The Post-Rockist Post-Rad Mix of ’09: Hazy, late summer jams and wobbly-kneed joints

By Todd | Published: September 8, 2009
I could have been productive this weekend, I could have been social. Instead, I wasted way too much of my time on mp3 blogs, digging through elbo.ws trying to catch up with various of-the-moment bands — bands whose careers may very well only last as long as it takes to press play on a single [...]
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