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    July 14, 2007

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Every night I tell myself, I am the Cosmos
over 2 years ago
  • Artist:
    Chris Bell
  • Album:
    I Am the Cosmos
  • Track:
    I Am the Cosmos

For years, I had heard the name Big Star dropped, and by some pretty heavy hitters in the 80s, most notably REM. They were raved about, named as a huge influence by many alternative rockers. But I had never heard a single song from them. Their debut album, #1 Record, released in 1972, was nearly impossible to find. Enter file sharing and Ryko releases, and in 2004 I finally had my copies of the...

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The best little band out of Manchester...
over 2 years ago

Buzzcocks are rivalled only by the early Beatles in writing short, punchy, catchy gems about love. Call 'em punk, or pop-punk if you must, but I call it genius.

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A man called E...
over 2 years ago

Before he really hit his stride with Eels, Mark Oliver Everett had a two-album solo career and was known simply as E. Broken Toy Shop is his second album, released in 1993. Like his first effort, A Man Called (E), it is pop/rock burnished to a high gloss with the lyrical beauty that fans of Eels have come to expect. I have to say, however, he's a lot more cheerful than he later became with Eels. G

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