http://www.post-rockist.com can you believe we're still posting? Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:58:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's that time again - time for us to snarkily debate the merits of the latest AT40 smashes.  On this edition, we set our sights on Ke$ha's "Tik Tok," a number-one-hit just begging to be discussed.  So put on your glasses, brush your teeth with a bottle of Jack and ... http://www.post-rockist.com/2010/03/20/heres-the-thing-8-teen-hair-syndrome/ I can't believe that some of these songs are about this guy: http://www.post-rockist.com/2010/02/27/i-cant-get-into-the-new-joanna-newsom-album-heres-why/ You'll Accomp'ny Me - The Orig... http://www.post-rockist.com/2010/02/25/bob-segers-youll-accompny-me-great-song-or-greatest-song/ 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 ... http://www.post-rockist.com/2010/01/29/detroit-gorilla-on-relaxating-re-blowout/ (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 ... http://www.post-rockist.com/2010/01/07/the-best-thing-to-happen-to-destroyer-fans-since-the-last-destroyer-song/ (Post title homage the Peabs) There are two reasons for the title of this post. 1. This picture is great. Check out the varicose veins on the guy dressed as a Keebler Elf! 2. The new Aloha song is fantastic. If you like Death Cab with Cutie, then you've never heard Aloha and how much ... http://www.post-rockist.com/2010/01/07/alohaaloe-veraal-rokerello-matehello-kitty/ P4K has the logistics. My favorite band to be weirded out by. They're playing the MOCAD in Detroit on April 17. Let's get boozed up and get creepy yet strangely beautiful. I'll bring my glow sticks if you bring your S&M gear and castanets. Also, I'm definitely wearing my old ... http://www.post-rockist.com/2010/01/06/get-ready-to-par-tay-xiu-xiu-embarks-on-worldu-s-tour/ If you're like me, with the pressure of the year-end best-of list behind you, it should be of some surprise that Peter, Bjorn, and John's Living Thing, the long-awaited and oft-maligned follow-up to Writer's Block, is actually pretty good. I was unsure, but after listening to it a few times today, ... http://www.post-rockist.com/2010/01/05/this-just-in-last-years-peter-bjorn-and-john-album-actually-pretty-good/ The problem with maintaining a digital music library is that it gets so easy to acquire that there's hardly time left to appreciate. So while I easily listened to over 100 new releases in 2009, each met with at least a modicum of enthusiasm and anticipation, looking back there were ... http://www.post-rockist.com/2009/12/30/todds-favorite-albums-of-2009/ When we posted our first year-end lists way back in 2006, the whole mp3 blog thing was still fairly new. We certainly weren't the trailblazers, but we did have the advantage of starting our little music blog before the internet became flooded with the likes of us, before services like Hype ... http://www.post-rockist.com/2009/12/29/scotters-2009-music-picks-and-stuff/