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Post-Rockist Picks for 2008: Dan

By Daniel | Published: December 29, 2008
The Post-Rockist continues its Third Annual Listgiving with a set of favorite records from our Bay Area correspondent Dan. For more, in case you haven’t already had more than you need, don’t forget to check out our earlier ’08 lists: Day One – Scotter Day Two – E. Kula Day Three – Amy FANCY DAN’S [...]
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Public Enemy: Waxin’ Nostalgiac

By Daniel | Published: July 17, 2008
[Editor's note: We'll be at Pitchfork this weekend, but since we're going to miss Friday, we wanted to give Public Enemy some much needed preemptive lovin'.] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Public Enemy – “Bring the Noise” (from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back) When I first heard It [...]
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Dylan Demystified

By Daniel | Published: September 17, 2006
Bob Dylan Modern Times [Columbia Records; 2006] This is the first time I have ever attempted to write about Mr. Bob Dylan.  He has always been one of the most important people in my life and has gotten me through numerous hard times, but I have never been able to come up with the words [...]
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Pop Roundup! – September 1, 2006

By Daniel | Published: September 1, 2006
Okay, listen up, gentle readers. If the Post-Rockist is a place for recovering music snobs, I think it’s high time we did a feature on today’s pop music, or, music that snobs wouldn’t be caught dead listening to. It is time to review current popular singles that most of us used to call “pop shit” or [...]
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Jolie Holland: The Dirty Queen of San Francisco

By Daniel | Published: July 28, 2006
  Recently I had the pleasure of seeing Jolie Holland live in her native San Francisco, along with a band made up of her favorite local backing musicians. The show took place in the posh Bimbo’s 365 Club with its elegant seating and two drink minimum. However, it was clear from the very start of the [...]
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The Walkmen – A Hundred Miles Off

By Daniel | Published: July 10, 2006
  If I’ve said it before I’ll say it again: modern music could use a whole lot more mariachi horns.  Who would have thought an indie rock garage band from New York City would completely relearn the art of songwriting and spend a year studying such oddball albums as Bob Dylan and The Band’s Basement [...]
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