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Post-Rockist Picks for 2008: Scotter

By Scotter | Published: December 26, 2008
Yes, it’s all subjective and we know that. Yes, it’s impossible to give a fair assessment of all the music released in some form in 2008, because collectively as a group of music lovers and writers we certainly haven’t listened to 1/1000th of the new music that came out in 2008. And yes, we know [...]
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My Five Favorite Swedish Albums of 2008

By Todd | Published: December 9, 2008
This hasn’t been the best year for Sweden. Throughout 2006-2007, it seemed like any band with a Jens or Johan or Annika or Bjorn in it was a serious contender to win over my heart. In comparison, 2008 has been a little lackluster. First, Peter Bjorn & John released Seaside Rock, a bland palette cleanser [...]
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Electro Day-Glo

By Todd | Published: September 23, 2008
I get a lot of my quality music listening time in at work on my iPod. And as much as I love traditional songs in rock and pop and folk formats, sometimes the lyrics and abrupt start-stop dynamics can be distracting when you’re trying to focus on something important work-related. (Okay, you can stop laughing [...]
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Quick Friday Post: My Favorite Tiny Mix Tapes News Headlines

By Scotter | Published: August 1, 2008
One of my favorite music news/reviews sources is Tiny Mix Tapes, a site that also offers something called the Automated Mix Tapes Generator, a service to site users where you can enter in a theme or topic for a mix tape and they will produce for you the proper tracks. Some good titles of recent [...]
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Post-Rockist’s Faves of ’08: So far, Sooooo good!

By postrockist | Published: July 16, 2008
Gather ’round, chirren, and let Grandpappy Prockist tell ye a tale of yesteryear — a halcyon time when there was only one iPhone, one Flavor of Love, and, thank God, only one time of year when music bloggers would rigorously compile their highly informative and not-at-all redundant “Best Of” lists. But 2008 is a different [...]
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House music (the loving kind, not the dancing kind)

By Todd | Published: May 29, 2008
1. Woody Guthrie – I Ain’t Got No Home (from Dust Bowl Ballads) 2. Hank Williams – Ready To Go Home (from The Ultimate Collection) 3. Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner – Better Move It On Home (from The Essential Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton) 4. Eddie Floyd – Bring It On Home (from Chronicle: [...]
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Post-Rockist Picks of 2007: Day 4 (Lists from Todd and Kim)

By postrockist | Published: December 29, 2007
TODD’s TOP 15 SONGS OF 2007 At the risk of sounding like a rock snob (which, after all, is the very antithesis of what being a post-rockist is all about), I can’t honestly say there were very many albums this year that grabbed my attention and drew me in obsessively from start to finish like [...]
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