Author Archives: E. Kula

E. Kula’s Choicest Picks for 2009

Please note: A mix of E. Kula’s finest cuts of 2009 can be found in a .zip file at the bottom of this post. Top Ten Albums 2009 10. Grooms – Rejoicer (Death by Audio) 9. Manic Street Preachers – Journal for Plague Lovers (Columbia) “This Joke Sport Severed”
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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 [...]
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Post-Rockist Picks for 2008: E.Kula

For Day Two of what’s looking to be our five-day list extravaganza, E.Kula, who wrote a great review of the Love Is All album in October, offers his list of fave music in 08. BEST ALBUMS (Record Label in parentheses) 10. Christina Carter – Original Darkness (Kranky) 9. Shugo Tokumaru – Exit (Almost Gold’s 2008 [...]
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Review: Love Is All – A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Love Is All – “Sea Sick” (from A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night) Sometimes it doesn’t take long to realize you’ve found a good thing. A great pilot episode. The first bite of a delicious meal. The first time you went to the Post-Rockist website. Sometimes [...]
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The Twilight Sad – Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters

The Twilight Sad – Walking For Two Hours (from Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters) Rumor has it, when Scottish band the Twilight Sad went down to Brighton, UK to meet with their label reps at Fat Cat Records, they took the piss out of everyone’s southern accent. It’s hard to believe they meant it maliciously. [...]
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The Skygreen Leopards – Disciples of California

  The Skygreen Leopards Disciples of California [Jagjaguwar; 2006]  In 2001, Bar/None re-released some obscure recordings made in a grade school gymnasium with the key performers being…grade schoolers.  The Langley Schools Music Project captures nine to twelve year old children singing their hearts out to some of the best pop music of the 1960s and [...]
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Mouse on Mars – Varcharz

  Mouse on Mars Varcharz [Ipecac Recordings; 2006] The least frivolous record ever!like a hard electronic spanking. Germans have never been regarded as the most playful or jocular people.  They have developed a reputation that is easily lampooned as ill-tempered drill sergeants mixed with androgynous perversion as seen on “Sprockets.”  One need only briefly glance [...]
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