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What Was It Anyway?: July 2008
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Monday, July 21, 2008. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place. Explosions in the Sky -. The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place. Why not just call it what it is? At least Godspeed You! Black Emperor kicks out the jams muthafuckers and Mogwai belies the novelty of watching a foreign movie with no subtitles you don’t know what’s going on, and it’s kind of pretentious, but you’ll ride along because it’s interesting. I’m not really a huge fan of either Mogwai or GY! BE, but I still. 6 Sweet Ex...
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What Was It Anyway?: June 2008
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Throwing Muses - Hunkpapa. Is far from the highlight of Throwing Muses’ varied career. Almost universally panned, and disowned by head Muse Kristin Hersh, Hunkpapa. We might put it down to nostalgia. Hunkpapa. Was my introduction to Throwing Muses; the odd melodies slowly wound their way around my head until I could anticipate every note, and now they tend to carry me away to seasons past. Yet Hunkpapa. S central flaw: the emasculation of the two bandleaders. The first time ...
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What Was It Anyway?: April 2008
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Thursday, April 24, 2008. My friend summarizes Rubberneck. For a long time Toadies’ only record, with a chuckle: I am angry and I don’t love Jesus. The first lyrics on the album ask, Are you gonna save me? Can you save me? Lewis, over the course the album, fights to live in relentless opposition to salvation. Hardly a new rock and roll trope, this could be tiresome over an entire career, but in 36 minutes will certainly do. Perhaps the artistic success of Rubberneck. On I Come From the Water, Herbert squ...
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What Was It Anyway?: January 2008
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Thursday, January 31, 2008. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain. TV on the Radio -. Return to Cookie Mountain. I wanted so bad for TV on the Radio to be what everyone insisted they were. A racially diverse quintet with convictive 9/11-wake politics prone to Pixies and They Might Be Giants covers when they’re not rewriting the (Mac)book for Radiohead’s thinking-man’s-stadium-rock? They even have the word radio in their name! What’s not to throw your byline behind? I remember because I was really, ...
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What Was It Anyway?: February 2008
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Monday, February 18, 2008. The Go-Betweens - Send Me a Lullaby vs. 16 Lovers Lane. Send Me a Lullaby. Send Me A Lullaby. Is as pretentious and clumsy as the youths who made it at the time. Robert Forster and Grant McLennan devoured music and films; they wanted to emulate their idols. And in turn, Send Me a Lullaby. Those words appropriately describe Your Turn, My Turn, Lullaby. When Send Me a Lullaby. Perhaps if the Go-Betweens had a younger fanbase, Send Me a Lullaby. Reflects this it’s light and diffus...
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JLT/JLT: Top 10's: October 2007
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007. List #70: Top 10 Stylus Pieces (One Per Writer). 01 "J-Pop Will Eat Itself: Namie Amuro". 02 "Soulseeking: From the Cradle to the Rave". 03 "Forever and Ever Amen. 04 "Soulseeking: I Hate Talking About Music". 05 "A Hindered, But Magnificent Love". 06 "A Second Take: The Sheltering Sky. By Nancy Keefe Rhodes. 06 "Scenes: Trouble in Paradise". 07 Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party. 08 Joanna Newsom - Ys. 09 "Dead Letter Office: The Grieving. Sunday, October 28, 2007. Wednesday...
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What Was It Anyway?: March 2008
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come. Strangeways, Here We Come. So what is the reputation of the Smiths like these days? I once read a theory (of whom I can’t recall) that the Cure had mysteriously turned into one of those bands that all budding music fans make their way through eventually, via old reviews and older kids, but do the Smiths receive same? Has Louder Than Bombs. Been pressed on anyone you know? I'm not knocking the Smiths as a band; their Singles. Uber-editor Tod...
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What Was It Anyway?: May 2008
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Thursday, May 29, 2008. PJ Harvey - Dry. Makes me feel like a loser. And it’s confusing. Not confusing like physics (if you throw a Toyota Yaris and a Hummer off a high-rise they’re going to hit the ground simultaneously? But confusing because people who I think have great taste love Dry. When I say I don’t like it, they give me the old stink-eye-to-eye-roll-to-exhale-of -pitying-air routine. Their non-verbal condescension speaks volumes; It says, You are a rock charlatan. To my uncouth ears Dry. And ins...