Music Review Archive

Crease the Noodle with Music: LORN "Nothing Else"

Posted on June 11, 2010 | 2 Comments
Submitted for your approval, music that takes the time to build a landscape and world for you to actively wade through rather than sit down and be pushed along.
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I’m In Love With That Song, Vol. 6

Posted on June 4, 2010 | 2 Comments
I love educational films from the 50s and 60s. I have a coffee table book from the early 50s of designs for potential spacecraft, written entirely in Russian (which I do not read or speak). I have a 1970s guide to picking up women. I...
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I’m In Love With That Song, Vol. 5

Posted on May 30, 2010 | 3 Comments
Ah, remember the 90s? No? Then get off my lawn. Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, the 90s. When alternative became mainstream, grunge killed hair metal, then quickly became as ridiculous as the music it replaced, and no one seemed to understand the definition of...
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I’m In Love With That Song, Vol. 4

Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
I enjoy rap and hip hop (or “the hippity-hop”) as much as the next pasty white person of my generation. That is, I own Raising Hell, It Takes a Nation of Millions…, Paid In Full, and Straight Outta Compton; but I make no claims to...
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I’m In Love With That Song, Vol. 3

Posted on May 6, 2010 | 7 Comments
It seems that the music service I was using to embed these songs is shutting down a mere two weeks after I signed up for it. They’ve already removed the embed function, so an old-school link will be in its place. The whole fiasco really...
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Music: Stagefright at Traffic Lights by Danielle Lavigne

Posted on April 18, 2010 | 5 Comments
Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs. Danielle Lavigne is not one of them. Oh, she writes about love, among other things, but this little lady knows there’s a lot more to life than sugary pop-rocky bubblegummy ear candy. You will not...
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Ear Candy: The Carolina Chocolate Drops

Posted on March 4, 2010 | 5 Comments
I found out about the Carolina Chocolate Drops by checking out my friend Drew’s blog. He doesn’t say much in his post, but he’s a pretty erudite music geek, so the fact that he was impressed was enough for me to investigate. Boy, am I...
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[Retro Bunker] The Fibonaccis

Posted on January 31, 2010 | 1 Comment
I love Turner Classic Movies. I especially love that they show supremely odd stuff on Friday nights (technically Saturday mornings) and around Halloween time. Recently, they showed Terrorvision, which I had somehow never seen (despite growing up on USA’s Up All Night). Based on the...
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[Weekly Song Addiction] Crash Test Dummies-"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"

Posted on November 17, 2009 | No Comments
“Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” is pretty much the one song by the Crash Test Dummies that anyone would recognize. It was rather successful during its release in 1993, even garnering a music video and air time. Funny, too, that the only time it is mentioned...
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[Weekly Song Addiction] The Pixies- "Here Comes Your Man"

Posted on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
With The Pixies, people either adore them, can’t listen to them, or are unaware of their existence entirely. “Here Comes Your Man” are one of the few tracks by The Pixies to break any ground in the U.S. Pop-scape. This to me is hilarious, because...
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