There I was, struggling to think of a topic around which to construct a Friday top ten list, when an e-mail graced my inbox: the latest Aquarius Records new arrivals list! Usually…
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An Afternoon In Joshua Tree
Before I begin today, I want to request something from you. I know most of you people have Facebook accounts. Maybe we’re friends, maybe we’re not. That’s not what matters now. What…
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Blossom Toes – We Are Ever So Clean
Original copies of We Are Ever So Clean are pretty hard to come by. I’ve seen a couple in the past year (mono and stereo UK), but that is because I’m usually…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 196
Aren’t you ungrateful motherfuckers lucky. You whine and you whine about how I don’t devote enough time or energy to sharing more music, and then you get a music-heavy Top Ten and…
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The Top Ten Pop Songs You’ve Probably Never Heard
What the fuck is pop music, anyway? I mean, I know it’s short for popular music, and I know in terms of marketing it’s usually geared towards a younger audience, but how…
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Peter Michael Hamel – Hamel
This is it, folks. This is one of the Vertigo swirl records I’ve been looking for since I first laid eyes on it back in the early days of 2008. At the…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 195
Nicci sang a song in her friend’s one-man show tonight. I couldn’t make it in time to see her, but I did make it to Aroma Coffee & Tea for a delicious…
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Cressida – Asylum
Vertigo Swirl alert! If you’re anything like me — and God help you if you’re not — you have the Vertigo Swirl website bookmarked, and you are constantly scouring record bins for…
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Interview: Nate Hall (US Christmas)
One of my three favorite active bands, US Christmas, has a new album coming out at the end of this month. It’s called Run Thick In The Night, and I think it’s…
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Bill Fay – Bill Fay
Anyone who says that Fay’s first album was overproduced or too baroque can go to hell. This album is the work of a genius. From “Garden Song” — saxophone and all —…