2008Self-Released5.5/10Your music means nothing. Your words mean nothing. Sure as hell sounds cool, though...(Read more at The Silent Ballet)Key Tracks:And The Sky Became A Burden
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Hors Sujet - Your Words Mean Nothing
Hors Sujet - Your Words Mean Nothing
2008Self-Released5.5/10Your music means nothing. Your words mean nothing. Sure as hell sounds cool, though...(Read more at The Silent Ballet)Key Tracks:And The Sky Became A Burden
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Songs of the week: 9/16/08
I feel much better this week, and now I get to play that fun little game called catch-up that comes along with the whole "missing class"...thing. Whatever. Here's hoping you had a nice weekend, I did.***songs of the week #41. Things Done Changed - The Notorious B.I.G. (Breast cancer, cookouts, and niggas getting "took out" - things done changed)2. The Shape Of Punk That Never Came - United Nati...
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Songs of the week: 9/16/08
I feel much better this week, and now I get to play that fun little game called catch-up that comes along with the whole "missing class"...thing. Whatever. Here's hoping you had a nice weekend, I did.***songs of the week #41. Things Done Changed - The Notorious B.I.G. (Breast cancer, cookouts, and niggas getting "took out" - things done changed)2. The Shape Of Punk That Never Came - United Nati...
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Songs of the week: 9/16/08
I feel much better this week, and now I get to play that fun little game called catch-up that comes along with the whole "missing class"...thing. Whatever. Here's hoping you had a nice weekend, I did.***songs of the week #41. Things Done Changed - The Notorious B.I.G. (Breast cancer, cookouts, and niggas getting "took out" - things done changed)2. The Shape Of Punk That Never Came - United Nati...
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The Tigermilks
I was on a Belle & Sebastian Livejournal community, and saw a link posted to the MySpace page for a Texas outfit dubbed The Tigermilks. They play B&S covers with a hard-rock edge, an idea that I myself (and countless others, I'd imagine) have toyed with.At the very least, they're a novelty worth checking out, to tide you over until the release of the Belle & Sebastian BBC Sessions later this year.
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The Tigermilks
I was on a Belle & Sebastian Livejournal community, and saw a link posted to the MySpace page for a Texas outfit dubbed The Tigermilks. They play B&S covers with a hard-rock edge, an idea that I myself (and countless others, I'd imagine) have toyed with.At the very least, they're a novelty worth checking out, to tide you over until the release of the Belle & Sebastian BBC Sessions later this year.
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The Tigermilks
I was on a Belle & Sebastian Livejournal community, and saw a link posted to the MySpace page for a Texas outfit dubbed The Tigermilks. They play B&S covers with a hard-rock edge, an idea that I myself (and countless others, I'd imagine) have toyed with.At the very least, they're a novelty worth checking out, to tide you over until the release of the Belle & Sebastian BBC Sessions later this year.
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Songs of the week: 9/9/08
I feel like ass, but I discovered/rediscovered some mad cool music, so it's okay.P.S. How did it suddenly become September?***songs of the week #31. You Are My Sunshine - Kevin Devine (This is one of a handful of songs that induced the cliched "shiver down my spine" the first time I heard it - to be trite, it's a heartbreaking delivery of an old standard)2. Holy Hot Flash Batman! - Loose Lips S...
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Songs of the week: 9/9/08
I feel like ass, but I discovered/rediscovered some mad cool music, so it's okay.P.S. How did it suddenly become September?***songs of the week #31. You Are My Sunshine - Kevin Devine (This is one of a handful of songs that induced the cliched "shiver down my spine" the first time I heard it - to be trite, it's a heartbreaking delivery of an old standard)2. Holy Hot Flash Batman! - Loose Lips S...
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Songs of the week: 9/9/08
I feel like ass, but I discovered/rediscovered some mad cool music, so it's okay.P.S. How did it suddenly become September?***songs of the week #31. You Are My Sunshine - Kevin Devine (This is one of a handful of songs that induced the cliched "shiver down my spine" the first time I heard it - to be trite, it's a heartbreaking delivery of an old standard)2. Holy Hot Flash Batman! - Loose Lips S...
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Various Artists - Erased Tapes Collection 1
2008Erased Tapes Records6.5/10Maybe I’m just a curmudgeon. Maybe this whole writing set-up is just a temp gig while I wait for Andy Rooney to die so that I may take his place – we share the same first name, maybe CBS won’t notice:“Didn’t you ever wonder, Efrim Menuck, why good instrumental music has to be watered down with questionable vocals?”Maybe curmudgeon’s the wrong word. I gue
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Various Artists - Erased Tapes Collection 1
2008Erased Tapes Records6.5/10Maybe I’m just a curmudgeon. Maybe this whole writing set-up is just a temp gig while I wait for Andy Rooney to die so that I may take his place – we share the same first name, maybe CBS won’t notice:“Didn’t you ever wonder, Efrim Menuck, why good instrumental music has to be watered down with questionable vocals?”Maybe curmudgeon’s the wrong word. I gue
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Songs of the week: 9/2/08
Yay for Labor Day weekend, yay for daytrips to New York City, yay for me being a lazy ass who can't find time to complete a proper review, yay for weekly features with songs you've probably already heard.Oh well.***songs of the week #21. A Lack Of Color - Death Cab For Cutie (Ben Gibbard's dejected resignation to "slur a plea for you to come home" remains for me the highlight of Death Cab's sem...
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Songs of the week: 9/2/08
Yay for Labor Day weekend, yay for daytrips to New York City, yay for me being a lazy ass who can't find time to complete a proper review, yay for weekly features with songs you've probably already heard.Oh well.***songs of the week #21. A Lack Of Color - Death Cab For Cutie (Ben Gibbard's dejected resignation to "slur a plea for you to come home" remains for me the highlight of Death Cab's sem...
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Songs of the week: 8/26/08
I figured it might be a good idea to add a regular feature to this website, if for no other reason than it guarantees at least one post per week during those droughts when I feel lazy and don't want to be a critic. So, songs of the week, and in no particular order - this week there are five, next week there could be three or there could be 117. Check in next Tuesday for more!***songs of the wee...
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Songs of the week: 8/26/08
I figured it might be a good idea to add a regular feature to this website, if for no other reason than it guarantees at least one post per week during those droughts when I feel lazy and don't want to be a critic. So, songs of the week, and in no particular order - this week there are five, next week there could be three or there could be 117. Check in next Tuesday for more!***songs of the wee...
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Cansei De Ser Sexy - Donkey
2008Sub PopBuy (Amazon.com)Charo/10I'm grasping at straws."Oh boy! Another metareview about writer's block. How creative - it's only been, what, 5 weeks?"Broken Social Scene's 2002 release You Forgot It In People is an indie rock milestone. This Toronto collective has fina---"That's Broken Social Scene, BSS. You're reviewing Cansei de Ser Sexy, CSS. Get it straight!"How boring. There are so man...
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Cansei De Ser Sexy - Donkey
2008Sub PopBuy (Amazon.com)Charo/10I'm grasping at straws."Oh boy! Another metareview about writer's block. How creative - it's only been, what, 5 weeks?"Broken Social Scene's 2002 release You Forgot It In People is an indie rock milestone. This Toronto collective has fina---"That's Broken Social Scene, BSS. You're reviewing Cansei de Ser Sexy, CSS. Get it straight!"How boring. There are so man...
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Autumn Chorus - Rosa
20083/10I was originally dreading the composition of this review because of what, at the time, appeared to be the utter mediocrity of this release – it appears this characterization was an utter mistake. I can’t even begin to describe my frustration as this CD began to crumble under its own weight upon repeated listens...(Read the full review at The Silent Ballet) Key Tracks:???
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