Monthly Archives: November 2011

Damien Jurado “Nothing is the News”

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Over the course of fifteen years and almost as many albums, Damien Jurado has proven to be a master at crafting intimate folk confessionals and stark tales of troubled, restless souls. With a muse as restless the characters who inhabit his songs, Jurado often explores … Read More

Backtracks–Dwight Twilley Band “I’m On Fire”

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With all this going on about power pop los grillos has been doing lately, it’d be no small crime to fail to mention one of the best of the best of the scene, Dwight Twilley. Twilley emerged in 1975 as the Dwight Twilley Band, also … Read More

Hear Here–Jacaszek ‘Glimmer’

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Polish composer and musician Michal Jacaszek brings together classical instrumentation and electronic textures to create soundscapes that are distinctly modern in construction yet timeless in emotion. Jacaszek’s latest lp, Glimmer, plays like the aural equivalent of a cracked, ancient, black and white photograph that captures … Read More

Marvelous Darlings ‘Single Life’

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In a pretty hilarious essay about his brother, Paul, author David Sedaris describes how his brother, who refers to himself as ‘The Rooster,’ copes with hard times with the help of what he calls a “Fuck-It Bucket”–a plastic pail filled with jawbreakers and bite-sized candy … Read More

Demon’s Claws ‘Lost in the Desert — Part Deux’

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Lost in the Desert — Part Deux from Montreal’s Demon’s Claws follows 2010′s In The Red release, The Defrosting Of…, with an odds, sods, and rarities collection of low-down, loose and dirty garage punk. Delivered with the band’s Stones-ian flair for country blues and laced … Read More