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Musicfest NW – Day 3
Friday- It would be difficult to follow the Dirty Three’s facemelting performance. I had been talking about it all day long to anyone who would listen, alternatively boring my friend from Seattle, my wife
Read More »The Mountain Goats: The Life Of The World To Come
The Mountain Goats The Life Of The World To Come Rating: 3.5/5.0 Label: 4AD All songwriters have their own preferred science. John Darnielle’s has always been botany- more specifically, cross-pollination. Using an unending arsenal
Read More »Grand Archives: Keep in Mind Frankenstein
Grand Archives Keep in Mind Frankenstein Rating: 2.0/5.0 Label: Sub Pop I knew a white kid from Jersey back in college who used to rap- and rap well- in various rhyme battles, usually using
Read More »Rediscover: Scott Walker: 30th Century Man
Rediscover: Scott Walker: 30th Century Man Dir. Stephen Kijak 2006 Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. Scott Walker is
Read More »Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Dir: John Krasinski Rating: 1.5/5.0 IFC Films 80 Minutes Men view women as objects; they have commitment issues; they don’t understand what women want; they don’t really care what
Read More »Rediscover: CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine: by Robert Matheu & Brian J. Bowe
Rediscover: CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine by Robert Matheu & Brian J. Bowe HarperCollins 2007 Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now
Read More »The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying Dir: Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson Rating: 2.5/5.0 Warner Bros. 100 Minutes There’s a tendency amongst inventive comedians to continuously wind up in quickly forgotten, pointless endeavors in order to
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Monsters of Folk: Monsters of Folk
Monsters of Folk Monsters of Folk Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Rough Trade Expectations are dangerous things, like gleaming double-edged swords that clear paths for albums through the thick underbrush of independent music, until their release.
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The Fresh & Onlys: Grey-Eyed Girls
The Fresh & Onlys Grey-Eyed Girls Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Woodsit The Fresh & Onlys formed in San Francisco in 2008 and have already shown themselves to be serious and prolific, having released three records
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