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The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

Posted in Album Review, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I found this item after reading a bit of hype press in Rolling Stone. I’m glad I did, but after a half-dozen listens or so, I’m still a little trying to figure out whether it is a good album or a good collection of songs. The songs on Oh My God, Charlie Darwin evoke the [...]

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Bruce is Jacked

Posted in News, tagged , , , , , on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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B.B. King, Buddy Guy, the Beacon and a Baby

Posted in Show Review, tagged , , , , , on February 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »

What a night at the beautiful Beacon Theatre! Honestly, I don’t even know where to start. On a night of legends, a neophyte nearly stole the show. The newly renovated Beacon has never looked or sounded better. The detailing sparkles and the murals look vibrant, but it was really the sound that struck me the [...]

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Ray LaMontagne – Gossip in the Grain

Posted in Album Review, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Meg White I saw you on the big screen Oh, Jack was king, but you stole the scene I’ve seen Ray LaMontagne perform twice. The first time was in the back of the Downtown Crossing Borders in Boston in 2004 or 2005. I’d been hearing “Trouble” on the radio and I needed so see this [...]

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Myusings on Pitchfork

Posted in Myusings, tagged , on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It’s funny. Pitchfork‘s reputation, at least among my friends, is that it is pretentious and negative. Personally, I either don’t see that or I’m attracted to those qualities. Probably a dose of both. Either way, I’m struck by the following stats that Pitchformula put together back in 2004. I suspect not much has changed: score [...]

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More on M. Ward

Posted in Album Review, Personal Notes, tagged , , , on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My buddy Marc writes for Pitchfork and his review of M. Ward’s Hold Time should be up by the time most of you see this on Tuesday. In the meantime, if you’d like to hear some of the album and get his take on it, he did a nice piece for ABC News Now. I [...]

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M. Ward – Hold Time

Posted in Album Review, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

So I happened upon M. Ward’s yet-to-be-released album Hold Time and couldn’t pass up giving it a listen. It comes out on the 17th and I’ll be sure to purchase it then. Fortunately, it’s well worth its price tag. I remember as a kid being confused about the blues. I understood that it grew out [...]

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New Ting Tings Video!

Posted in News, tagged on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Ting Tings just released their new video for the song “We Walk.” Thanks to Jess for the tip!

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