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Friday Fix: Peter Bjorn & John, Dan Deacon, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs

By Todd | Published: March 27, 2009
Peter Bjorn & John – “I Want You!” (from Living Thing) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] No tambourine. I distinctly remember that from an interview a few years back with Björn Yttling about Writer’s Block and the smashing success of “Young Folks”: as a band, they made a conscious decision to avoid the [...]
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Friday Fix: Camera Obscura, Bishop Allen, The Boy Least Likely To

By Todd | Published: March 13, 2009
Camera Obscura – “French Navy” (from My Maudlin Career) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Is there such a thing as a Camera Obscura song that doesn’t start in a dusty library? Tucked away inside, surrounded by stacks of old books and LPs, Tracyanne Campbell is the introvert par excellence. But the melancholy of [...]
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The Department of Forgotten Songs

By Amy | Published: February 24, 2009
There are few times in my life when being a little careless works out for the best, let alone for the rapturous and revelatory. But last week – on a rainy but refreshing afternoon – it did. Let me set the scene.
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Friday Fix: David Bowie, Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship, Jumbling Towers

By Todd | Published: February 20, 2009
(art via) David Bowie – “Breaking Glass” (via) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] One of the most remarkable achievements of Bowie’s Berlin triptych was his ability to mechanize the idiosyncratic. Long before any debate about whether autotune is a more or less sincere means of human expression in recorded format, Bowie realized that [...]
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