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Peter Bjorn and John at the Magic Stick, Detroit: Top 5 Awesomes

By Scotter | Published: September 3, 2011
The Peter Bjorn and John show at the Magic Stick on September 1 was so good that it moved me to write about it–something that doesn’t happen often these days. For brevity’s sake, a quick list of awesomes: 5. The fact that this show was actually at The Magic Stick and NOT at the Crofoot. [...]
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An American Music Mix

By Scotter | Published: July 3, 2011
I am a member of two Mix CD clubs. They’re great! You get 12 people together and each month someone is responsible for sending the other 11 members a mix. You get new music, new perspectives, all for the price of the effort it takes to make one of these yourself and the subsequent packaging [...]
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Not sure if it’s true, but I can’t say that it’s false

By Scotter | Published: April 28, 2011
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I can’t get into the new Joanna Newsom album. Here’s why:

By Scotter | Published: February 27, 2010
I can’t believe that some of these songs are about this guy:
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Bob Seger’s “You’ll Accomp’ny Me”: Great song, or Greatest Song?

By Scotter | Published: February 25, 2010
You’ll Accomp’ny Me – The Orig…
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Detroit Gorilla on Relaxating re: Blowout

By Scotter | Published: January 29, 2010
This is a “should read” for anyone who complains about Blowout or any other organized music event in Detroit. I tried to find at least something to disagree with to ensure that I’m adding some kind of critical voice, but I pretty much agree with everything Gorilla says. “It’s Just Blowout People…Relax.” from Detroit Gorilla
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The Best Thing to Happen to Destroyer Fans since the Last Destroyer Song

By Scotter | Published: January 7, 2010
(via Ryan Catbird via MBV) Portastatic is a band I hadn’t heard before, founded by a founding member of Superchunk, according to the internet. Destroyer is my favorite band that doesn’t have Joanna Newsom in it. Portastatic wrote an album of Merge Record artists covers. One of them was “Foam Hands” by Destroyer. There’s a bunch [...]
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